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Mullahs on the Mainframe: Islam and Modernity Among the Daudi Bohras

Mullahs on the Mainframe: Islam and Modernity Among the Daudi Bohras Paperback - 2002 - 1st Edition

by Jonah Blank

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New. The values of traditionalist Islam are often portrayed as inherently hostile to those of a modern, pluralistic society. This book shatters many of these stereotypes. Jonah Blank provides a first-hand account of the Daudi Bohra community, a Shi'a denomination numbering 1 million, concentrated in South Asia but spread worldwide. This society has no contradiction between Islamic traditions and full-fledged modernity. The Bohras uphold orthodox Muslim practices, such as in prayer and dress, while at the same time embracing aspects of modern culture not in direct conflict with their core beliefs. They send their children, of both genders, abroad for education, exhibit greater gender equality than most of the communities of the Indian sub-continent, and have become Internet pioneers, uniting members around the world. This volume shows how a premodern clerical elite has embraced modernity, not rejected it.
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  • Title Mullahs on the Mainframe: Islam and Modernity Among the Daudi Bohras
  • Author Jonah Blank
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition New
  • Pages 426
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, London
  • Date March 2002
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # A9780226056777
  • ISBN 9780226056777 / 0226056775
  • Weight 1.26 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.06 x 6.12 x 0.92 in (23.01 x 15.54 x 2.34 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Islamic
  • Library of Congress subjects Ismailites - India, Ismailites - Pakistan
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00057686
  • Dewey Decimal Code 297.822

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In this important, myth-shattering book, the West gets its first look at the Daudi Bohras, a unique Muslim denomination who have found the core of their religious beliefs largely compatible with modern ideology. Combining orthodox Muslim prayer, dress, and practice with secular education, relative gender equality, and Internet use, this community serves as a surprising reminder that the central values of "modernity" are hardly limited to the West.

About the author

Jonah Blank, an anthropologist and journalist, is South Asia policy advisor to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and author of Arrow of the Blue-Skinned God: Retracing the Ramayana through India.