Description: The movement away from secularist practices and toward political Islam is a prominent trend across Muslim polities. Yet this shift remains under-theorized. Why do modern Muslim polities adopt policies that explicitly cater to religious sensibilities? How are these encoded in law and with what effects? Sadia Saeed addresses these questions through examining shifts in Pakistan's official state policies toward the rights of religious minorities, in particular the controversial Ahmadiyya community. Looking closely at the 'Ahmadi question', Saeed develops a framework for conceptualizing and explaining modern desecularization processes that emphasizes the critical role of nation-state formation, political majoritarianism, and struggles between 'secularist' and 'religious' ideologues in evolving political and legal fields. The book demonstrates that desecularization entails instituting new understandings of religion through processes and justifications that are quintessentially modern.
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EAN: 9781316505571
UPC: 9781316505571
ISBN: 9781316505571
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Book Title: Politics of Desecularization: Law and the Minority
Item Length: 22.9 cm
Number of Pages: 283 Pages
Publication Name: Politics of Desecularization: Law and the Minority Question in Pakistan
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Item Height: 229 mm
Subject: Government, Politics
Publication Year: 2018
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 440 g
Subject Area: Political Science
Author: Sadia Saeed
Item Width: 151 mm
Series: Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics
Format: Paperback
