Islam in Pakistan : A History / Muhammad Qasim Zaman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zaman, Muhammad Qasim, author.

Series:

Princeton studies in Muslim politics.

Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics ; 68

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and state--Pakistan.

Islam and state.

Islam--Pakistan--History.

Islam.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The first book to explore the modern history of Islam in South AsiaThe first modern state to be founded in the name of Islam, Pakistan was the largest Muslim country in the world at the time of its establishment in 1947. Today it is the second-most populous, after Indonesia. Islam in Pakistan is the first comprehensive book to explore Islam's evolution in this region over the past century and a half, from the British colonial era to the present day. Muhammad Qasim Zaman presents a rich historical account of this major Muslim nation, insights into the rise and gradual decline of Islamic modernist thought in the South Asian region, and an understanding of how Islam has fared in the contemporary world. Much attention has been given to Pakistan's role in sustaining the Afghan struggle against the Soviet occupation in the 1980s, in the growth of the Taliban in the 1990s, and in the War on Terror after 9/11. But as Zaman shows, the nation's significance in matters relating to Islam has much deeper roots. Since the late nineteenth century, South Asia has witnessed important initiatives toward rethinking core Islamic texts and traditions in the interest of their compatibility with the imperatives of modern life. Traditionalist scholars and their institutions, too, have had a prominent presence in the region, as have Islamism and Sufism. Pakistan did not merely inherit these and other aspects of Islam. Rather, it has been and remains a site of intense contestation over Islam's public place, meaning, and interpretation. Examining how facets of Islam have been pivotal in Pakistani history, Islam in Pakistan offers sweeping perspectives on what constitutes an Islamic state.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

A Note on Transliteration, Spelling, Abbreviations, and Other Conventions

Maps

Introduction

Chapter one. Islamic Identities in Colonial India

Chapter two. Modernism and Its Ethical Commitments

Chapter three. The `Ulama and the State

Chapter four. Islamism and the Sovereignty of God

Chapter five. Religious Minorities and the Anxieties of an Islamic Identity

Chapter six. The Contested Terrain of Sufism

Chapter seven. Religion, Violence, and the State

Epilogue

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Princeton studies in muslim politics

A note on the type

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

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ISBN:

9781400889747

140088974X

OCLC:

1029759786