Muslims in Indian cities :

Muslims in Indian cities : trajectories of marginalisation / edited by Laurent Gayer and Christophe Jaffrelot. - New Delhi : HarperCollins Publishers India : India Today Group, 2012. - vi, 400 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Muslims of the Indian city. from centrality to marginality / Laurent Gayer and Christophe Jaffrelot -- Â "unwanted in my city" the making of a "Muslim slum" in Mumbai / Qudsiya Contractor -- Facing ghettoisation in "riot-city": old Ahmedabad and juhapura between victimisation and self-help / Christophe Jaffrelot and Charlotte Thomas -- Ramganj, Jaipur: from occupation-based to "communal" neighbourhood? / Gayatri Jai Singh Rathore -- A minority within a minority: the Shias of Kashmiri Mohalla Lucknow / Gilles Verniers -- Aligarh: from Sir Syed Nagar to Shah Jamal, contrasted tales of a "Muslim" city / Juliette Galonnier -- Bhopal Muslims: besieged in the old city? / Christophe Jaffrelot and Shazia Wuìlbers Aziz -- Muslims of Hyderabad: land locked in the walled city / Neena Ambre Rao and S. Abdul Thaha -- Safe and sound: searching for a "good environment" in Abul Fazl Enclave, Delhi / Laurent Gayer -- Marginalised in a syncretic city: Muslims in Cuttack / Pralay Kanungo -- Calicut's kuttichira: exclusivity maintained proudly / Radhika Kanchana -- Muslims in Bangalore: a minority at ease? / Aminah Mohammad-Arif -- Conclusion: "In their place"? the trajectories of marginalisation of India's urban Muslims -- Laurent Gayer and Christophe Jaffrelot -- Annex: Hindu/Muslim riots in post-independence India.

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Muslims--India.
Muslims--Social conditions.--India
Social marginality--India.
Identification (Religion)--India.


India--Ethnic relations.

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