Kafka in India: Terrorism, Media, Muslims
Kafka in India: Terrorism, Media, Muslims
In Being Muslim in South Asia. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Cracks in the ‘Mightiest Fortress’
Ahmad, Irfan. 2012e. “Cracks in the ‘Mightiest Fortress’: Jamaat-e-Islami’s Changing Discourse on Women”.In. Caroline Osella and Filippo Osella (eds). Islamic Reform in South Asia. Delhi: Cambridge University Press.
Islam and Politics in South Asia
Ahmad, Irfan. 2013a. “Islam and Politics in South Asia”. In. John Esposito & Emad El-Din Shahin (eds). The Oxford Handbook of Islam and Politics. New York: Oxford University Press. Pp. 324–339.
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
Ahmad, Irfan. 2012d.“Sir Syed Ahmad Khan”. In. G. Böwering, P. Crone, W. Kadi, D. Stewart, and Qasim Zaman (eds). The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.Pp. 27–28.
Jamaat-e-Islami
Ahmad, Irfan. 2012c.
“Jamaat-e-Islami”. In. Gerhard Böwering, Patricia Crone, Wadad Kadi, Devin Stewart, and Qasim Zaman (eds). The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Pp. 50–52.
Mawdudi, Syed Abul Ala -1903-1979
Ahmad, Irfan. 2012b. “Mawdudi, Syed Abul Ala -1903-1979”. In. G. Böwering, P. Crone, W. Kadi, D. Stewart, and Qasim Zaman (eds). The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Pp. 112–115.
Aligarh
Ahmad, Irfan. 2012a.
“Aligarh”. In. Gerhard Böwering, Patricia Crone, Wadad Kadi, Devine Stewart, Qasim Zaman (eds). The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Pp. 38–40.
Between Moderation & Radicalization: Transnatio nal Interactions of Jamaat-e-Islami
Ahmad, Irfan. 2012f. “Between Moderation & Radicalization: Transnatio nal Interactions of Jamaat-e-Islami”, In. Ajay Sahooet al (eds). Indian Diaspora and Transnationalism. Delhi: Rawat (rpro. from Global Networks: A Journal of Transnational Affairs. The present study of transnationalism was born out of observations that migrants no longer simply cross borders to live elsewhere, but regularly turn this ‘crossing borders’ into…
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Genealogy of the Islamic State: Reflections on Maududi’s Political Thought and Islamism
Ahmad, Irfan. 2010. “Genealogy of the Islamic State: Reflections on Maududi’s Political Thought and Islamism”.In. F. Osella and B. Soares (eds). Islam, Politics and Anthropology. Wiley-Blackwell & JRAI. 138-55. Part of The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series, Islam, Politics, Anthropology offers critical reflections on past and current studies of Islam and politics in…
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The Indian Jamaat-e-Islami Reconsiders Secular Democracy
Ahmad, Irfan. 2009. “The Indian Jamaat-e-Islami Reconsiders Secular Democracy” In. Barbara D. Metcalf (ed.). Islam in South Asia in Practice: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press: 447–456 This volume of Princeton Readings in Religions brings together the work of more than thirty scholars of Islam and Muslim societies in South Asia to create a rich anthology of primary…
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Power, Purity and the Vanguard: Educational Ideology of the Jamaat-e-Islami of India
Ahmad, Irfan. 2008. “Power, Purity and the Vanguard: Educational Ideology of the Jamaat-e-Islami of India”. In. Jamal Malik (ed.). Madrasas in South Asia: Teaching Terror? London: Routledge: 142– 164. After 9/11, madrasas have been linked to international terrorism. They are suspected to foster anti-western, traditionalist or even fundamentalist views and to train al-Qaeda fighters. This has led…
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The Jewish Hand: The Response of the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
Ahmad, Irfan. 2004. “The Jewish Hand: The Response of the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind”. In. Peter Van der Veer and Shoma Munshi (eds) Media, War and Terrorism: Responses from the Middle East and Asia. London and New York: Routledge Curzon: 137– 154. This collection of essays covers the media and public debate dimension of the events of 9/11…
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Looking Beyond the Radcliffe Line
Ahmad, Irfan. 1997.
“Looking Beyond the Radcliffe Line”. In. V. Grover and R. Arora (eds). India: Fifty Years of Independence. Delhi: Deep and Deep Publications.