Politics of Desecularization: Law and the Minority Question in Pakistan

ISBN-13: 9781316505571 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 283 str.

Sadia Saeed

Opis

A fascinating account of how Islam can be deployed or resisted to shape minority rights and religious change in Muslim societies.

Recenzje

'This book is rich in historical depth, and its most profound contribution for this reader is its sustained demonstration that the place of Islam in Pakistan remains unsettled, complicated, entangled in public affairs, orientated towards exclusion, and contested.' Imran Ahmed, Asian Studies Review

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; Introduction. Rethinking desecularization; 1. Colonial genealogy of Muslim politics; 2. Democratic exclusions, authoritarian inclusions; 3. Politics of minoritization; 4. The nation-state and its heretics; 5. Courts and the minority question; Conclusion. After secularization; Appendix A. Text of Objectives Resolution, Preamble to the Constitution of Pakistan; Appendix B. Text of Anti-Islamic Activities of the Qadiani Group, Lahore Group and Ahmadis (Prohibition and Punishment) Ordinance, 1984; Bibliography.