Travellers in Faith: Studies of the Tablighi Jama'at as a Transnational Islamic Movement for Faith Renewal

This volume offers studies on the Tablighe Jama~at, a 20th century faith renewal movement, operating in more than 80 countries. With millions of participants, its annual conference has become now the second largest Muslim congregation after the Hajj. In the absence of official writings and the abstinence from media publicity, the Jama~at can be studied best by participant observation, as illustrated by the studies of its activities in India, Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Canada, Morocco and South Africa. Studying the historical and social growth of this movement in India, its transnational transformation, the development of its ideology, particularly on the questions of conversion, gender, religious diversity, organization, communication, adjustment with the local environment and personal transformation, the volume offers information about contemporary da~wa phenomenon in Islam.