The Twelver Shīʻa as a Muslim minority in India

"The Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in India: Pulpit of Tears looks at the minority identity of India's Shi'i Muslims through the sermons preached at their mourning gatherings. Mourning commemorations are held by millions of Shi'i Muslims across the world to remember the death of Imam Husayn, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala. This book uses these mourning sermons as a window into understanding the identity of India's Shi'as in a context of extraordinary cultural and religious plurality."--Jacket.