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008			231023s2023 nyu 000 0 eng
020			_a9780198903321 _q(hardback)
020			_z9780198903345 _q(epub)
020			_z9780198903352
082			_a305.6970954 MEN
100	1		_aR. Menon, Nandagopal,
245	1	0	_aIntra-Muslim polemics in South India : _bintimacies, mass publicity, and secularism / _cNandagopal R. Menon.
264		1	_aNew York : _bNandagopal R. Menon, _c2023.
300			_aix, 191 p. :
520			_a"When Habeeb Moulavi came on the phone for the first time and I explained to him about my research on theological polemics among various Muslim groups in the southwest Indian state of Kerala, he replied: "I don't know what people will say about us if you write about these things [polemics]." Such polemical events led by ulama, all conducted in Malayalam and primarily dealing with theological matters like the scriptural legitimacy of devotion to saints (awliya), take diverse forms in contemporary Kerala such as a disputation"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650			_aintra-Muslim polemics marginalize theology
650			_apolemics constitute inter- and intra-religious socialities
650			_aIslam as a public religion
650			_a secular nation-state.
942			_2ddc _cBK
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