Living Islam: Muslim Religious Experience in Pakistan's North-West Frontier

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Maps......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Note on transliteration......Page 12
Glossary of Khowar words used in text......Page 13
Chatting, playing and performing: Muslim life in Chitral......Page 19
Aims of the book......Page 26
Village and town: ‘Local Islam’ in northern Pakistan......Page 30
The Frontier and the Pakistan state......Page 42
Emotions, the intellect and debate in Muslim societies......Page 44
Plan of the book......Page 53
Orientations......Page 55
The outside world......Page 57
Village lords......Page 62
Household economics......Page 65
Conclusion......Page 67
Introduction......Page 69
My mother! She cares for her cows, but has no love for me......Page 72
‘Dirty environments’, ‘immoral boys’ and flirtatious girls......Page 84
‘The village’ and the ‘outside’......Page 97
Conclusion......Page 100
Introduction......Page 103
Stop thinking! You’ll become thin......Page 105
Village debaters and village educators......Page 108
‘Iron ladies’......Page 117
Reading minds and reaching the truth......Page 127
Conclusion......Page 137
Introduction......Page 140
Small town Islam in northern Pakistan......Page 143
The Nobles......Page 146
The performers......Page 161
The Nobles and Chitrali high society......Page 168
Conclusion......Page 173
Introduction......Page 175
Mosque schools and Jama\'at Khanas: educating the ‘little ones’......Page 178
Young dashmanan, and ‘down country’ madrasas......Page 184
Love and Rowshan’s amulet-making ulama......Page 196
Conclusion......Page 209
Introduction......Page 211
To eat or not to eat: Sunnis and Ismai\'lis in Rowshan......Page 215
Love, anger, greed and the rotting of faith......Page 222
Sunni-Ismai\'li ‘critical events’ in Chitral: 1982-2001......Page 224
Dry Land, Revenge and the Taliban: Critical Event No. 1......Page 227
Courts, terrorists and communal harmony: the April 2001 shootings......Page 234
Analysis......Page 237
Deedar Mubarak! Catching a glimpse of the Aga Khan......Page 241
Conclusion......Page 255
The life of the mind in northern Pakistan......Page 257
Where Rumi and Rousseau meet: Islam in south Asia......Page 258
‘Sectarian conflict’ or ‘Islamic plurality’?......Page 262
The Islamic revival......Page 267
Chitral and the wider world......Page 271
The anthropology of the intellect and the emotions......Page 276
Islam, submission and the independent self......Page 279
Bibliography......Page 282
Index......Page 308