Traditional institutions as tools of political Islam in Bangladesh

Journal of Asian and African Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 171-196

  Riaz, Ali ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Fatwa; Political Islam

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; ISLAMISM; RURAL SOCIETY; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 22544434931     PISSN: 00219096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021909605055072     Document Type: Review

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