The Spread of Islamism in South Asia——

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Abstract: In Ma Huan’s “Ying Ya Sheng Lan”, there are two myths which are associated with the Islamism. From those two myths, we can see the spread of Islamism in South Asia, doesn’t through the approach of orthodox methods, but the approach of using miraculous signs, which is against the Islamism’s doctrine. The primary reason is that the propagator of Islamism in South Asia is mostly Muslim traders rather than formal Islamic missionary group. This unorthodox approach made the ancient Islamism in South Asia with a certain amount of witchcraft form and the characteristic of ignoring doctrine.

Key words: the myths of Islamism; orthodox methods; Muslim traders; miraculous signs

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