Sociology of Muslims in India-A Review

A Review Nasreen Fazalbhoy A look at the sociological and anthropological studies of Muslims and Islam in India in past few decades reveals that the research interest has got focused on a few selected areas relegating to the background issues of everyday cultural practices among Muslims which were explored in the 1970s. Moreover, politicisation of Hindu-Muslim relations has resulted in essentialising their religious identities, and is acting as a disincentive to understand them in historical perspective.