Beschreibung:
Khizar Humayun Ansari is Professor of Islam and Cultural Diversity and Director for the Centre for Minority Studies, Department of History at Royal Holloway, University of London. He has written extensively on the subject of Muslims in Western society, South Asia, ethnic diversity, identity, and cross-cultural issues. Professor Ansari has provided briefings to senior policy-makers and has made major contributions to local, national, and international print andbroadcast media. He was awarded an OBE in 2002 for his services to higher education and race relations in the community.
The reconciliation of basic Islamic principles with modernity has been a major challenge for Muslims over the last two centuries. This study uncovers the responses of Indian Muslims who were drawn to socialist ideas between the Bolshevik Revolution and Partition.