Identifying and Regulating Religion in India: Law, History and the Place of Worship

Law, History and the Place of Worship

This book takes up the challenge of legally defining religion in contemporary India by investigating the intellectual history of colonial law.

Arnould comments that this should not be understood as the profession of Shia faith but a pledge from those who are already Shia to give up Sunni practices, thus accepting the legitimacy of Aga Khan to dictate what practices are Shia.