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A Living Faith: My Quest for Peace, Harmony and Social Change

An Autobiography of Asghar Ali Engineer

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A Living Faith: My Quest for Peace, Harmony and Social Change

An Autobiography of Asghar Ali Engineer

Binding: Paperback Pages: 356 Price: Rs 395/- ISBN: 978-81-250-4197-9

The Book A Living Faith is an autobiography of Right Livelihood awardee, Asghar Ali Engineer. This book narrates the author’s tireless efforts for communal harmony and national integration since his student days. It also provides readers with important insights into various communal riots through his investigations in post-Independent India. The author mainly narrates his struggle against the orthodox Bohra priesthood and his role as a leader of the reform movement.

This autobiography is a record of contemporary Indian, social, political and communal history and politics, particularly the social and religious history of the Bohra community. In it, Engineer discusses his ideas of an inclusive society and his interpretation of Islam from a modernist point of view.

This book gives a detailed account of Engineer’s many travels and of his participation in various international conferences on inter-religious dialogue across the world.

The Author

Dr Asghar Ali Engineer is a well-known reformist, writer and activist, counted among the 500 topmost Islamic scholars of the world today. Internationally known for his work on liberation theology in Islam, he leads the progressive Dawoodi Bohra reform movement.

Contents

Foreword by Mushirul Hasan

PART I

My Life, My Struggle

One: My Growing-up Years

Two: Understanding the Divide: Within and Outside

Three: Towards the Truth: My Struggle Begins…

Four: The Bohra Reform Movement

Five: The Communal Challenge continues: Amidst Politics, Power and the People

PART II

Beyond Boundaries: My Travels Abroad

Six: The United Kingdom

Seven: The Indian Sub-Continent

Eight: Africa

Nine: Asia

Ten: The Americas

Eleven: Middle-East and Central Asia

Twelve: Europe

Thirteen: Australia

PART III

The Journey So Far…

Looking Back, Looking Ahead