Da‘wa, an idea rooted within the scriptural and classical culture of Islam, has been dramatically re-appropriated nowa days around the Muslim international. Championed through quite a few actors in different contexts, da‘wa –"inviting" to Islam, or Islamic missionary job – has develop into principal to the vocabulary of up to date Islamic activism.

Da‘wa and different Religions explores the fashionable resurgence of da‘wa throughout the lens of inter-religious kinfolk and in the horizons of Islamic historical past and modernity. half I presents an account of da‘wa from the Qur’an to the current. It demonstrates the shut dating that has existed among da‘wa and inter-religious family members all through Islamic historical past and sheds mild at the variety of da‘wa over the years. The booklet additionally argues that Muslim groups in colonial and post-colonial India make clear those issues with specific readability. half II, hence, analyzes and juxtaposes well known da‘wa agencies to emerge from the Indian subcontinent some time past century: the Tabl?gh? Jam?‘at and the Islamic study origin of Zakir Naik. via investigating the formative histories and inter-religious discourses of those routine, half II elucidates the influential roles Indian Muslims have performed in glossy da‘wa.

This ebook makes vital contributions to the examine of da‘wa ordinarily and to the examine of the Tabl?gh? Jam?‘at, one of many world’s biggest da‘wa pursuits. It additionally presents the 1st significant scholarly learn of Zakir Naik and the Islamic examine Foundation. Further, it demanding situations universal assumptions and enriches our figuring out of recent Islam. it's going to have a huge charm for college students and students of Islamic reports, Indian spiritual historical past and somebody drawn to da‘wa and inter-religious kinfolk all through Islamic history.