Diagnosing 'Ignorance': conversion, race, and reform among Muslims in Madras and Ceylon

This article analyses the impact of colonial racialisation on Muslim reform movements in the Madras Presidency and Ceylon. It argues that that the internal racialisation of Muslims into ‘racially foreign’ ‘born Muslims’ and ‘racially Indian’ converts had direct consequences on the manner in which Mu...

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1. Verfasser: Tschacher, Torsten (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2024
In: Nidān
Year: 2024, Jahrgang: 9, Heft: 1, Pages: 68-89
ISSN:2414-8636
DOI:10.58125/nidan.2024.1.27183
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.58125/nidan.2024.1.27183
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/nidan/article/view/27183
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