Political Islam in South Asia
Author | : Are J. Knudsen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 70 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Islam and politics |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Are J. Knudsen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 70 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Islam and politics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Md Nazrul Islam |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 343 |
Release | : 2020-03-20 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 3030429091 |
Grounded in the Weberian tradition, Islam and Democracy in South Asia: The Case of Bangladesh presents a critical analysis of the complex relationship between Islam and democracy in South Asia and Bangladesh. The book posits that Islam and democracy are not necessarily incompatible, but that the former has a contributory role in the development of the latter. Islam came to Bengal largely by Sufis and missionaries through peaceful means and hence a moderate form of this religion got rooted in the society. Both militant Islam and militant secularism are equal threats to democracy and pluralism. Like democracy, political Islam has many faces. Political Islam adhering to democratic norms and practices, what the authors call “democratic Islamism,” unlike “militant Islamism,” is not anti-democratic. The book shows that the suppression of democracy and human rights creates avenues for the consolidation of militant Islamism, orthodox Islam, and “Islamic” terrorism, while the “fair play” of democracy results in the decline of anti-democratic form of political Islam.
Author | : Johan Saravanamuttu |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2009-12-16 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1135171874 |
This book examines the ways in which Muslim politics in Southeast Asia has greatly impacted democratic practice and contributed to its practical and discursive development. It provides comparisons and linkages amongst Muslim-majority and -minority countries, to aid understanding of the phenomenon of Muslim politics in the region as a whole.
Author | : Angel Rabasa |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 83 |
Release | : 2014-08-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 113605376X |
Provides an overview of the evolution of political Islam in South-east Asia. Analyses the sources of relgious radicalism and assesses the regional terrorist and radical networks. Describes how secular democratic institutions can be strengthened, and how moderate and tolerant tendencies can be promoted.
Author | : Deepra Dandekar |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 435 |
Release | : 2016-09-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1317435958 |
This book looks at the study of ideas, practices and institutions in South Asian Islam, commonly identified as ‘Sufism’, and how they relate to politics in South Asia. While the importance of Sufism for the lives of South Asian Muslims has been repeatedly asserted, the specific role played by Sufism in contestations over social and political belonging in South Asia has not yet been fully analysed. Looking at examples from five countries in South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan), the book begins with a detailed introduction to political concerns over ‘belonging’ in relation to questions concerning Sufism and Islam in South Asia. This is followed with sections on Producing and Identifying Sufism; Everyday and Public Forms of Belonging; Sufi Belonging, Local and National; and Intellectual History and Narratives of Belonging. Bringing together scholars from diverse disciplines, the book explores the connection of Islam, Sufism and the Politics of Belonging in South Asia. It is an important contribution to South Asian Studies, Islamic Studies and South Asian Religion.
Author | : Jamal Malik |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 535 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004168591 |
Islamic South Asia has become a focal point in academia. Where did Muslims come from? How did they fare in interacting with Hindu cultures? How did they negotiate identity as ruling and ruled minorities and majorities? Part I covers early Muslim expansion and the formative phase in context of initial cultural encounter (app. 700-1300). Part II views the establishment of Muslim empire, cultures oscillating between Islamic and Islamicate, centralised and regionalised power (app. 1300-1700). Part III is composed in the backdrop of regional centralisation, territoriality and colonial rule, displaying processes of integration and differentiation of Muslim cultures in colonial setting (app. 1700-1930). Tensions between Muslim pluralism and singularity evolving in public sphere make up the fourth cluster (app. 1930-2002).
Author | : Katherine Pratt Ewing |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2020-08-25 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0231551460 |
Sufism is typically thought of as the mystical side of Islam. In recent years, it has been held up as a supposedly peaceful alternative to the spread of forms of Islam associated with violence, an embodiment of democratic ideals of tolerance and pluralism. Are Sufis in fact as otherworldy and apolitical as this stereotype suggests? Modern Sufis and the State brings together a range of scholars, including anthropologists, historians, and religious-studies specialists, to challenge common assumptions that are made about Sufism today. Focusing on India and Pakistan within a broader global context, this book provides locally grounded accounts of how Sufis in South Asia have engaged in politics from the colonial period to the present. Contributors foreground the effects and unintended consequences of efforts to link Sufism with the spread of democracy and consider what roles scholars and governments have played in the making of twenty-first-century Sufism. They critique the belief that Salafism and Sufism are antithetical, offering nuanced analyses of the diversity, multivalence, and local embeddedness of Sufi political engagements and self-representations in Pakistan and India. Essays question the portrayal of Sufi shrines as sites of toleration, peace, and harmony, exploring cases of tension and conflict. A wide-ranging interdisciplinary collection, Modern Sufis and the State is a timely call to think critically about the role of public discourse in shaping perceptions of Sufism.
Author | : Norshahril Saat |
Publisher | : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2018-05-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9814786993 |
"Islam in the Malay world of Southeast Asia or Islam Nusantara, as it has come to be known, had for a long time been seen as representing the more spiritual and Sufi dimension of Islam, thereby striking a balance between the exoteric and the esoteric. This image of 'the smiling face of Islam' has been disturbed during the last decades with increasing calls for the implementation of Shari’ah, conceived of in a narrow manner, intolerant discourse against non-Muslim communities, and hate speech against minority Muslims such as the Shi’ites. There has also been what some have referred to as the Salafization of Sunni Muslims in the region. The chapters of this volume are written by scholars and activists from the region who are very perceptive of such trends in Malay world Islam and promise to improve our understanding of developments that are sometimes difficult to grapple with." — Professor Syed Farid Alatas, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore
Author | : K S Nathan |
Publisher | : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9789812302830 |
Examines the role, relevance and challenges, as well as the political and strategic dimensions of Islam in contemporary Southeast Asia.
Author | : Chiara Formichi |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 2020-05-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107106125 |
An accessible, transregional exploration of how Islam and Asia have shaped each other's histories, societies and cultures from the seventh century to today.