Transforming Faith: The Story of Al-Huda and Islamic Revivalism Among Urban Pakistani Women

by Sadaf Ahmad

Book Overview

Over the last decade, there has been an increasing number of middle and upper-class urban Pakistani women actively turning toward Islam via Al-Huda, an Islamic school for women aiming to transform the women who absorb its message into "pious" subjects. Established in the early 1990s, Al-Huda is unique in its ability to attract a following among these women, a feat other religious groups have been unsuccessful in accomplishing.

In Transforming...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815632096
• ISBN13: 9780815632092
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"