Mappila Muslim Culture

Mappila Muslim CultureThorough exploration of the distinct culture of the Mappila Muslims of Kerala, India. This book provides a comprehensive account of the distinct culture of the Mappila Muslims, a large community from the southern Indian state of Kerala. Although they were the first Muslim community in South Asia, the Mappilas are little known in the West. Roland E. Miller explores the Mappilas' fourteen century long history of social adaptation and their current

the evidence supports a relatively peaceful development within a single cultural tradition rather than the intrusion of a new people or segment of the existing population

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