TY - BOOK AU - Scott Steven Reese TI - Imperial Muslims: Islam, Community and Authority in the Indian Ocean, 1839-1937 SN - 9781474452762 PY - 2018/// CY - Edinburgh PB - Edinburgh University Press KW - Muslims KW - Indian Ocean Region KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Religious communities KW - Social change KW - 20th century N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-205) and index; Introduction : a community of Muslims -- Hanuman's tunnel : collapsing the space between Hind and Arabia in the Arab imaginary -- Aden, the Company and Indian Ocean interests -- Claims to community : mosques, cemeteries and the universe -- "The Qadi is not a judge" : the Qadi's courts, community and authority -- "An innocent amusement" : marginality, spirit possession and the moral community -- Scripturalism, Sufism and the limits of defining public religiosity ER -