Vol. 24 (2021): Cromohs
Book Reviews

The Importance of Being Islamic: reviewed by Nabeelah Jaffer

Nabeelah Jaffer
University of Oxford
Cover image: Alcázar Palace, Seville: the Salón de Embajadores (Hall of the Ambassadors). Watercolour, attributed to E.S., ninetheenth century. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain

Published 2022-06-08

Keywords

  • Mughal empire,
  • Caliphal succession,
  • history of Islam,
  • Malay,
  • Pashtō,
  • Arabic,
  • Fārsi,
  • Sufi-Philosophical amalgam,
  • Balkans-to-Bengal complex,
  • multiple Islams
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Abstract

review of

Shahab Ahmed, What is Islam? The Importance of Being Islamic (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2015)