The Islamic welfare state : Muslim charity, human security, and government legitimacy in Pakistan / Christopher Candland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Candland, Christopher, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welfare state--Pakistan.

Welfare state.

Islam and state--Pakistan.

Islam and state.

Islam and social problems--Pakistan.

Islam and social problems.

Economics--Religious aspects--Islam.

Economics.

Pakistan--Social policy.

Pakistan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 337 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"The Islamic Welfare State explains the relationship between government legitimacy, everyday security, and lived Islam in Pakistan-a major Muslim-majority country. Its humanitarian spirit makes Islam a compelling, community-strengthening faith that motivates people to provide essential services to the needy, to foster moral sentiments that build social solidarity, and to thereby challenge the legitimacy of government with its focus on 'protecting Islam' and 'national security' rather than enhancing the lives of ordinary people. The book surveys four kinds of Islamic charities-traditional, professional, partisan, and state. The focus is on ground realities, on the activities of welfare workers and beneficiaries, mostly patients and students from low-income families. The attention to the different political sentiments that different kinds of charity foster allows us to better understand politics and political change in Pakistan and across the Muslim world"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Cover

The Islamic Welfare State

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraph

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Note on Translations and Transliterations

List of Abbreviations

PART 1 INTRODUCTION

1 Islam and the Social Welfare Ideal

Study of Muslim Charity

Charitable Pakistan

Exemplary Pakistan

Methods of Inquiry

Overview

Observations and Inferences

PART 2 PIETY AND PUBLIC GOODS

2 The Good of Government

What Is the Good of Government?

Thinking about Politics

Everyday Security

Learning from Pakistan

3 Social Welfare in a Muslim Society

Accounting for the Unseen

Islamic Charity

Muslim Philanthropy

Muslim Charity

Zakat

Mustahiqeen

Infaq

Awqaf

Islamic Finance

Islamic Healthcare

Conclusion

PART 3 PAKISTAN

4 Muslim Identities and Political Parties

The Creation of Pakistan

Islamic Foundation?

Islam as Faith Itself

Islamic Attributes and Identities

Who Is a Muslim?

Muslim Diversity in South Asia

Repression of Muslims

Modernist Muslims

Deobandi and Barelvi Traditions

'Islamic' and 'Muslim' Political Parties

The All-India Muslim League

Jamaat-i-Islami, Pakistan

Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam

Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan

5 Everyday Public Security and Insecurity

Demographics

Everyday Insecurity

Insecurity and Government

Insecurity by Military

Public Education

Public Health

Government and Anti-Government Violence

PART 4 CHARITIES

6 Methods of Discovery

Faith and Charity

Research Techniques

Surveys for Variable-Oriented Analysis

Ethnography

Research Biases

Comparative Methods

Getting Started

7 Traditional Islamic Charities

The Pakistani Langar

Dargah-based Charity

Dargah of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (Sehwan Sharif)

Dargah of Data Ganj Bakhsh (Lahore)

Dargah of Baba Farid Ganj Shakar (Pakpattan)

Dargah of Hazrat Pir Mehr Ali Shah (Golra Sharif)

Dargah of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (Bhit Shah)

Hazrat Sultan Bahu Trust (Jhang)

Dargah of Khwaja Ghulam Farid (Kot Mithan)

Zakat and Qurbani in Pakistan

Madaris

Imam-based Charity and Madrasah-based Charity

8 Professional Islamic Charities

Registration of Social Welfare Associations

Pre-Partition Religious Charities

Landlord Charity

Private Muslim Charity Since Independence

Hamdard Pakistan and Healthy Living

Pakistan Red Cross Society

Family Welfare Cooperative Society

Kawish Welfare Trust

Abdul Sattar Edhi and the Edhi Foundation

The Aman Foundation

Aga Khan Development Network

Adib Rizvi and the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation

Abdul Bari Khan and the Indus Hospital

Amjad Saqib and Akhuwat

Ahsan Saleem and The Citizens Foundation

Noreen Tahir and the Aagosh-e-Noorani Foundation

Zahida Hameed Qureshi and the Society for Special Persons

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Apr 2024).

ISBN:

9781009268455

1009268457

9781009268417

1009268414