Muhammad Abdullah: Reformer of Indo-Fijian Islam, 1930–1960
This essay explores the reformist drive undertaken by Muhammad Abdullah, a globe-trotting educator from Punjab, British India who belonged to the Anjuman Ahmadiyya Ishaat-i-Islam Lahore (AAIIL), an offshoot of the larger Qadiyani Ahmadiyya community. Apart from uplifting Islamic education in Fiji un...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2023
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Journal of Muslim minority affairs
Année: 2023, Volume: 43, Numéro: 1/2, Pages: 151-172 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Islamic Education
B minority identity B interreligious and interracial relations B Reformism |
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| Résumé: | This essay explores the reformist drive undertaken by Muhammad Abdullah, a globe-trotting educator from Punjab, British India who belonged to the Anjuman Ahmadiyya Ishaat-i-Islam Lahore (AAIIL), an offshoot of the larger Qadiyani Ahmadiyya community. Apart from uplifting Islamic education in Fiji under the aegis of the Anjuman Hidayat-ul Islam (Islam Teaching Society), Abdullah also served as a journalist, philanthropist and humanitarian in his quest to promote Lahore Ahmadi Islamic thought. Throughout the first half of the twentieth century, Abdullah skilfully navigated the AAIIL’s complex relations with Hindu, Christian and other Islamic movements. By the 1940s, Abdullah began adopting a more internationalist outlook and eventually departed for San Francisco. Yet, even after Abdullah departed for the USA in 1959, the AAIIL constructed layers of hagiographic myths to honour Abdullah, but this has unfortunately obscured his legacy. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9591 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of Muslim minority affairs
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13602004.2025.2476136 |
