Politics of Desecularization - Law and the Minority Question in Pakistan

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

List of contents

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.

Summary

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

Product details

• Authors: Sadia Saeed, Sadia (University of San Francisco) Saeed, Saeed Sadia
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781316505571
• ISBN: 978-1-316-50557-1
• No. of pages: 283
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics; Cambridge Studies in Social Th; Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, South East Asia, Politics & government, Politics and government, Religious and theocratic ideologies, Political ideologies and movements, Society and Social Sciences, Religious & theocratic ideologies