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D e bati ng Ort h o d ox y, Contesting Tr a d i t i o n 1 2 9ing the believers of their spiritual and social duties in the presence of God. Inthe face of constant change and new challenges, Islamic faith and practice stills e rve as a powerful and enduring source of guidance and inspiration for thediverse Muslim communities of South Asia, even as Muslims continue to debateorthodoxy and contest tradition.Notes1 . The following quotations are drawn from interviews with Chishti Sabiri disciplesduring fourteen months of research in Pakistan (September 2000–November 2001).This fieldwork was conducted under the auspices of fellowships from the Social ScienceResearch Council and the American Institute of Pakistan Studies. At the request of seniorfigures in the Sufi order, I have withheld the names of individual respondents in theinterest of anonymity and privacy.ReferencesAhmad, Mumtaz. 1991. “Islamic Fundamentalism in South Asia: Jamaat-i Islami andthe Tablighi Jamaat of South Asia.” In Fundamentalisms Observ e d , edited by Martin E.Marty and R. Scott Appleby, 457–530. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.A k h t a r, Shabbir. 1990. A Faith for all Seasons: Islam and the Challenge of the Modern Wo r l d .Chicago: Ivan Lee.Asad, Muhammad. [1954] 2000. The Road to Mecca. Louisville, KY: Fons Vitae.Bose, Sugata, and Ayesha Jalal. 1998. M o d e rn South Asia: History, Culture, PoliticalE c o n o m y. London: Routledge.B u e h l e r, Arthur F. 1998. Sufi Heirs of the Prophet: The Indian Naqshbandiyya and the Rise ofthe Mediating Sufi Shaykh. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press.Ernst, Carl W. 1997. The Shambhala Guide to Sufism. Boston: Shambhala Publications.Ernst, Carl W., and Bruce B. Lawrence. 2002. Sufi Martyrs of Love: The Chishti Order inSouth Asia and Beyond. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.Esposito, John L., and John O. Voll. 2001. “Maryam Jameelah: A Voice of Conserv a t i v eIslam.” In Makers of Contemporary Islam, 54–67. New York: Oxford University Press.Ewing, Katherine Pratt. 1997. Arguing Sainthood: Modern i t y, Psychoanalysis, and Islam.D u rham, NC: Duke University Press.Faridi, Shahidullah. [1979] 1986. Inner Aspects of Faith. Karachi: Mahfil-e Zauqia.Gimartin, David. 1988. E m p i re and Islam: Punjab and the Making of Pakistan. B e r k e l e yand Los Angeles: University of California Press.Hodgson, Marshall G. S. 1974. The Ve n t u re of Islam: Conscience and History in a Wo r l dC i v i l i z a t i o n . Vol. 3, The Gunpowder Empires and Modern Ti m e s . Chicago: University ofChicago Press.Iqbal, Allama Muhammad. [1934] 1982. The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam.Lahore: Ashraf Press.