{"product_id":"the-islamic-connection-south-asia-and-the-gulf-9780143455653","title":"The Islamic Connection: South Asia and the Gulf","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe region inhabited by the largest number of Muslims-roughly 500 million-today is South Asia. In the course of the Islamization process that began in the eighth century, the region developed a distinct Indo-Islamic civilization that culminated in the Mughal Empire. In the Gulf, while paying lip service to the power centres, including Mecca and Medina, this civilization cultivated its own variety of Islam, which was based on Sufism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Over the last fifty years, pan-Islamic ties have intensified between these two regions. Gathering together some of the best specialists on the subject, this volume explores these ideological, educational and spiritual networks, which have gained momentum due to political strategies, migration flows and increased communications. At stake are both the resilience of the civilization that imbued South Asia with a specific identity and the relations between Sunnis and Shias in a region where Saudi Arabia and Iran are fighting a cultural proxy war. \u003ci\u003eThe Islamic Connection\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the nature and implications of the cultural, spiritual and socio-economic rapprochement between these two Islams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e India Penguin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143455653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320","brand":"Laurence Lou\u0026#235;r, Christophe Jaffrelot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42077535273141,"sku":"9780143455653","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1ae3d749-acd9-486a-b88b-9d8adc24adc1.jpg?v=1650956927","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-islamic-connection-south-asia-and-the-gulf-9780143455653","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}