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3 2 2Islam i n World Cult u r e sInternet ResourcesEnglish-language Internet resources are plentiful for those interested in furtherexploring various aspects of Islam in contemporary South Asia. A numberof major Muslim organizations active in the region have their own official English-languageWeb pages, including the Dar al-Ulum m a d r a s a at Deoband( h t t p : / / w w w.darululoom-deoband.com/english/index.htm), the Jama’at-i Islami (http://www.jamaat.org), and the Tablighi Jama’at (http://www. a l m a d i n a h.org). Material related to the life and work of Muhammad Iqbal can be foundat the home page of the Iqbal Academy of Pakistan, http://www. a l l a m a i q b a l.com, and the Chishti Sabiri Sufi order discussed in Chapter 4 runs an onlinebookstore at http://www. m o o n o v e r m e d i n a . c o m .5. Islam in Contemporary Central AsiaPrimary Sources Available in EnglishAini, Sadriddin. 1998. The Sands of the Oxus: Boyhood Reminiscences of Sadriddin Aini.Translated by Rachel Lehr and John Perry. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers.This is one of the very few twentieth-century writings by a Central AsianMuslim to be translated into English. Aini grew up in rural Bukhara in theRussian imperial period. These reminiscences were written after the RussianRevolution, and they remain the greatest work of modern Central Asian autobiography.The translated volume contains only the first fourth of the originalTajik-language text.Kurzman, Charles, ed. 2002. M o d e rnist Islam, 1840–1940: A Sourc e b o o k . N e wYork: Oxford University Press.This anthology includes excerpts from some of the writings of CentralAsian Muslims associated with the Jadid movement.Secondary StudiesD e Weese, Devin. 1994. Islamization and Native Religion in the Golden Hord e :Baba Tükles and Conversion to Islam in Historical and Epic Tr a d i t i o n . U n i v e r s i t yPark: Pennsylvania State University Press.This is the best religious history of the region in the premodern period. Itssheer length may be a challenge for more casual readers, but it is richly rewardingand quite unparalleled in its scope and conceptual sophistication.