History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization, Vol. VII. The Rise of New Polity and Life in Villages and Towns, Part V. Development of Islamic Religion and Philosophy in India

Contents: General introduction/D.P. Chattopadhyaya. Introduction/Mohammad Rafique. 1. Some basic features of Islamic ethics/Mohammad Rafique. 2. Contribution of Indian Muslims to knowledge/Anwar Moazzam. 3. Rational sciences in medieval India/Hamid N. Rafiabadi. 4. Contribution of Indian scholars to Islamic economic thought/Masood Hasan. 5. Impact of Greco-Arab philosophy in India/I.H. Azad Faruqi. 6. Development of Fatawa literature in the Sultanate Period/Zafarul Islam Islahi. 7. Sufism: a mystic religious movement in Islam and its impact on India\'s religio-culture/Saral Jhingran. 8. Development of Islam and the Sufi Movement in Bengal/Mohammad Ismail. 9. Development of Islam in Assam/Fayyazul Haqq. 10. Development of Shi\'i thought in India/S.M. Azizuddin Husain. 11. Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi\'s criticism of the doctrine of Wahdat al-Wujud/Abdul Haq Ansari. 12. Shaikh Muhibbullah Allahabadi--his life and works/Abdul Qadir Jafari. 13. Contribution of Shah Wali-Allah as a religious thinker/Abdul Ali. 14. Contribution of Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi in the field of psychopathology and psychotherapy/Akbar Husain. 15. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan\'s religious thought/M.A. Saleem Khan. 16. Philosophy of Sir Mohammad Iqbal/Mohammad Rafique. 17. Sirah writing in Arabic in India--a survey/M. Salahuddin Umari. 18. Metaphors in the Qur\'an--Indian interpretation/Muzaffar Shahmiri. 19. Evolution of Madrasah education in India and the contribution of the \'Ulama of Firangi Mahal/Iqbal Husain. 20. Tafsir-e-Majidi and Tadabbur-e-Qur\'an--A comparison/Abu Sufyan Islahi. 21. Contribution of Nawab Siddiq Hasan Khan to Islamic religious sciences/Abdul Ali. 22. Navdat al-\'Ulama--a bridge between traditional Madrasah education and modern education/Ghazanafar Ali Khan. 23. Ideology in practice among the Tablighis/S. Zainuddin. 24. Madrasah education--continuity and change/Abidullah Ghazi. 25. Maulana Hamiduddin Farahi\'s views on education in the context of modern times/Abu Sufyan Islahi. 26. Darul Musannefin (Shibli Academy)--The first decade/Javed Ali Khan. 27. Composite culture of India/Maulana Ziauddin Islahi. 28. Impact of Islam on Indian culture and religion/Reeta Bagchi. 29. Majmu a-i-Ziya--A landmark of composite medicine in an emergent composite culture/Jaweed Ashraf. 30. Indian perception of Islam in modern times/Nikhat M.R. Shaikh. Index.

"The volumes of Project on the History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization aim at discovering the main aspects of India\'s heritage and present them in an interrelated way. In spite of their unitary look, these volumes recognize the difference between the areas of material civilization and those of ideational culture. The project is not being executed by a single group of thinkers and writers who are methodologically uniform or ideologically identical in their commitments. The project is marked by what may be called \'methodological pluralism\'. In spite of its primarily historical character, this project, both in its conceptualization and execution, has been shaped by scholars drawn from different disciplines. It is for the first time that an endeavour of such a unique and comprehensive character has been undertaken to study critically a major world civilization.

The present volume on Islam forms a part of the other volumes of the PHISPC under "The Religious Systems of India". The conceiving of this volume speaks of the thoughtfulness of the Centre for Studies in Civilizations as Islam is the religion of the largest minority in India. Islam\'s presence in India is practically as old as Islam itself. Naturally, it has undergone important changes and development in India. These developments are in the fields of commentaries of the Quran and Hadiths, Jurisprudence, Sufism, Philosophy and culture. Our efforts are directed to project and highlight these developments through the articles included in this volume. It is hoped that the volume will be of interest to those who want to know Islam and Muslims in India, rather closely. Most of these articles were obtained from the participants of the two national seminars held at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh in June 2002 and 2003 under the auspices of the centre." (jacket)