Embracing Muslims in a Catholic Land

Embracing Muslims in a Catholic Land

"This study presents a contrasting hypothesis concerning the genesis and development of Islam in Mexico than the one generally held across academic spheres and current historiography. It demonstrates that Colonial and Early Independent Mexico and Islam may have as well known about the existence...

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Main Author: Benzion, Jonathan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : BRILL, 2022
Series:Muslim Minorities Ser.
Subjects:
Islam > Mexico > History.
Muslims > Mexico > History.
Mexico > History > 19th century.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction. On Hispania, Islām, Mexico, and Religious Tradition
  • Chapter 1. Imagined Communities: An Islamic New World in Pre-Columbian Times
  • Chapter 2. Fiction in the Archives: An Islamic Tradition in the Viceroyalty of Nueva España
  • Chapter 3. Taqiyyah, Fatwas, and Cédulas Reales: A Novohispanic Crypto-Islām between Paradigm, Folk Tale, and Faith
  • Chapter 4. Hidden Heretics in New Spain: Myth, Legend, and Evidence of the Abrahamic Religious Traditions of Colonial Mexico
  • Chapter 5. The Corps Expéditionnaire Français of Napoleon III and an Islamic Resurgence in Mexico (1862-1867): Reassessing the Question
  • Chapter 6. Le Bataillon Nègre Égyptien and the Resurfacing of Islām in Mexico (1862-1867): Rethinking the Equation
  • Conclusion. A Reappraisal of Claims versus Evidence
  • Sources
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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