South Asian Sufis

Notes on Contributors \ Acknowledgments \ Introduction: South Asian Sufis, Continuity, Complexity and Change Clinton Bennett \ 1. Iran's Role in Stimulating South Asian Islam Clinton Bennett \ 2. A Model of Sufi Training in the Twenty-First Century: a Case Study of the Qadiriyya in Hyderabad Mauro Valdinoci \ 3. Understanding the Philosophy of Spirituality at Shrines in Pakistan Hafeez-ur-Rehman Chaudhry \ 4. Spiritual Power and 'Threshold' Identities: The Mazars of Sayyid Pir Waris Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai Uzma Rehman \ 5. Du'a: Popular Culture and Powerful Blessing at the 'Urs Pnina Werbner \ 6. The Sufi Center of Jhok Sharif in Sindh (Pakistan): Questioning the Ziyarat as a Social Process Michel Boivin \ 7. When Sufi Tradition Reinvents Islamic Modernity. The Minhaj-ul Qur'an, a Neo-Sufi order in Pakistan Alix Philippon \ 8. Making the Case for Sainthood in Modern Bangladesh: Narrative Strategies and the Presentation of Holiness in the Life of Zia ul-Haqq Maizbhandari Sarwar Alam \ 9. Ahmad Sirhindi: Nationalist Hero, Good Sufi, or Bad Sufi? Arthur Buehler \ 10. Encountering the Unholy: The Establishment of Political Parties by Sufi Masters in Modern Bangladesh Sarwar Alam \ 11. The Transformation and Development of South Asian Sufis in Britain Ron Geaves \ 12. Rishiwaer: Kashmir, the Garden of the Saints Charles M. Ramsey \ 13. Bangladeshi Sufism - An Interfaith Bridge Clinton Bennett \ 14. A Garden Amidst the Flames: The Categorical Imperative of Sufi Wisdom Hugh van Skyhawk \ 15. South Asian Sufism in America Marcia Hermansen \ 16. Sufis and Social Activism: a Chishti Response to Communal Strife in India Today Kelly Pemberton \ Conclusion: South Asian Sufis, Devotion, Deviation, and Destiny Charles M. Ramsey \ Bibliography \ Index