A Quran Belt is a region where Islamic Values are strong. It is most commonly associated with an area where Islam has historically been influential in northwest China ( Xinjiang, Ningxia, Gansu and Qinghai) along the borders of central Asia, Tibet and Mongolia. [1] [2]
Other parts of the world where Islam is or has historically been highly influential have also been referred to as the Quran Belt, such as Kabul and Kandahar in Afghanistan, [3] central Saudi Arabia, [4] Southeastern Anatolia, [5] Iran's Qom, Iraq's Karbala, Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and India's Jammu and Kashmir territory, Lakshadweep islands, and Barak Valley region of Assam state. [6]
In South East Asia, Aceh and Cirebon in Indonesia, and Kelantan and Terengganu in Malaysia are frequently referred to as Quran Belts because the governments of these localities impose a puritanical version of Islam which is not imposed in the rest of the country.
See also
References
- ^ Gladney, Dru C. (1993-01-01). "Hui Urban Entrepreneurialism in Beijing: State Policy, Ethnoreligious Identity and the Chinese City". In Guldin, Gregory; Southall, Aidan (eds.). Urban Anthropology in China. BRILL. p. 282. ISBN 9789004096202.
- ^ Atwill, David G. (2005). The Chinese Sultanate: Islam, Ethnicity, and the Panthay Rebellion in Southwest China, 1856-1873. Stanford University Press. p. 34.
- ^ Williams, Brian Glyn (September 22, 2011). Afghanistan Declassified: A Guide to America's Longest War. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 103. ISBN 9780812206159.
- ^ Ajami, Fouad (1992). The Arab Predicament: Arab Political Thought and Practice since 1967. Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Jenkins, John Philip (2009). The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-and How It Died. HarperOne. p. 163.
- ^ Knudsen, Are J. (2002). Political Islam in South Asia. Chr. Michelsen Institute, Development Studies and Human Rights. p. 4. ISBN 9788280620262.
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A Quran Belt is a region where Islamic Values are strong. It is most commonly associated with an area where Islam has historically been influential in northwest China ( Xinjiang, Ningxia, Gansu and Qinghai) along the borders of central Asia, Tibet and Mongolia. [1] [2]
Other parts of the world where Islam is or has historically been highly influential have also been referred to as the Quran Belt, such as Kabul and Kandahar in Afghanistan, [3] central Saudi Arabia, [4] Southeastern Anatolia, [5] Iran's Qom, Iraq's Karbala, Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and India's Jammu and Kashmir territory, Lakshadweep islands, and Barak Valley region of Assam state. [6]
In South East Asia, Aceh and Cirebon in Indonesia, and Kelantan and Terengganu in Malaysia are frequently referred to as Quran Belts because the governments of these localities impose a puritanical version of Islam which is not imposed in the rest of the country.
See also
References
- ^ Gladney, Dru C. (1993-01-01). "Hui Urban Entrepreneurialism in Beijing: State Policy, Ethnoreligious Identity and the Chinese City". In Guldin, Gregory; Southall, Aidan (eds.). Urban Anthropology in China. BRILL. p. 282. ISBN 9789004096202.
- ^ Atwill, David G. (2005). The Chinese Sultanate: Islam, Ethnicity, and the Panthay Rebellion in Southwest China, 1856-1873. Stanford University Press. p. 34.
- ^ Williams, Brian Glyn (September 22, 2011). Afghanistan Declassified: A Guide to America's Longest War. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 103. ISBN 9780812206159.
- ^ Ajami, Fouad (1992). The Arab Predicament: Arab Political Thought and Practice since 1967. Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Jenkins, John Philip (2009). The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-and How It Died. HarperOne. p. 163.
- ^ Knudsen, Are J. (2002). Political Islam in South Asia. Chr. Michelsen Institute, Development Studies and Human Rights. p. 4. ISBN 9788280620262.
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