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Page 166
... Islam in India . For years thereafter , Indian Muslims could brood over their loss of power . In a sense , Indian Islam never accepted a future on equal terms with the Hindus who had formerly been ruled by Muslim kings . This fact ...
... Islam in India . For years thereafter , Indian Muslims could brood over their loss of power . In a sense , Indian Islam never accepted a future on equal terms with the Hindus who had formerly been ruled by Muslim kings . This fact ...
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... Islamic religious and political community . However , as Islam spread in Africa and Asia , the bonds of political unity over these vast territories weak- ened , until the caliphate became a powerless symbol and finally was eliminated ...
... Islamic religious and political community . However , as Islam spread in Africa and Asia , the bonds of political unity over these vast territories weak- ened , until the caliphate became a powerless symbol and finally was eliminated ...
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... Islam . How- ever , it is left to the president and the legislators — including non - Muslims to determine what is required or forbidden by Islam , and no law can be challenged in the courts on the ground that it is un - Islamic ...
... Islam . How- ever , it is left to the president and the legislators — including non - Muslims to determine what is required or forbidden by Islam , and no law can be challenged in the courts on the ground that it is un - Islamic ...
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vi | 13 |
GEOGRAPHY THE PHYSICAL BASIS | 42 |
Charles O Hucker | 67 |
Copyright | |
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