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Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Tables -- Glossary -- Chapters -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Myth of Muslim Unity: Colonial and National Narratives -- 3. Making a Separate Nation -- 4. India Partitioned: The Other Face of Freedom -- 5. Secularism: The Post-colonial Predicament -- 6. Forging Secular Identities -- 7. Redefining Boundaries: Modernist Interpretations and the New 'Intellectual Structures' -- 8. Empowering Differences: Political Actions, Sectarian Violence and the Retreat of Secularism -- 9. Ayodhya and its Consequences: Reappraising Minority Identity -- Apendixes -- A. Distribution of Muslim population in India -- B. The Divine Law -- C. Resolutions of the All-India Jamiyat-Ulama-i Islam conference, Calcutta, 31 October 1945 -- D. 'What Does Secularism Mean?' -- E. 'Myths Relating to Minorities in India' -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

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