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In a study of the vitality of Islam in late-nineteenth-century north India, Barbara Metcalf explains the response of Islamic religious scholars ('ulama) to the
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Shi'i Islam
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This book examines the development of Shi'i Islam through the lenses of belief, narrative, and memory.