The role of Islam in Pakistan's future

Haqqani, Husain

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“…Many writers have written on the role of American intervention in shaping Pakistan's past and present politics, especially in the backdrop of military regimes and their alliance with America to cater for its geostrategic interests in South Asia (Rashid, 2002;Raja, 2011;Haqqani, 2004). Likewise, the same theme has been dealt with differently in the fictional accounts by Anglophone Pakistani writers (Hanif, 2008;Khan, 2009;Ali, 2002).…”

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A Critique of American Supremacist Politics in Cold War in Sorayya Khan's City of Spies

Farid

Aftab

Iqbal

2021

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The present study investigates the representation of America in Anglophone Pakistani Literature with a special focus on Sorayya Khan's City of Spies with the assumption to trace some possible connection between American intervention and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in the context of Pakistan's politics. Given the American intervention in Pakistani politics and its indelible impact on the domestic and international scenario had made the country a virtual battleground for the superpowers of the world. Khan's novel situates this conflict in the aftermath of the military coup of General Zia, followed by the Afghan war and (c)overt American alliance in it, which brought about serious implications for the Pakistani state. The story of the novel offers some pertinent extracts which deal, literally or metaphorically, with the role and representation of America in these geostrategic events. The article has used the critical cultural angle by investing the theoretical views of Ziauddin Sardar in terms of the Muslim world's apathy for America in the aftermath of cold war politics are used to get a better insight into the central problem by underscoring how this foreign policy of America has been responsible for the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Pakistan.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Critique of American Supremacist Politics in Cold War in Sorayya Khan's City of Spies

Farid

Aftab

Iqbal

2021

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“…This involved processes of institutionalizing Islamic political instruments, such as increasing the number of government-employed ulama and thus expanding the state’s religious bureaucracy (Hamayotsu, 2002). Pakistan, under the military rule of General Zia-ul Haq (1977–1988), established a federal Sharia court, made Islamic education compulsory in schools, promoted religious schools, and attempted to Islamize the army (Haqqani, 2004).…”

Section: Islam and Troubled Federalismmentioning

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The Covenant Connection Reexamined: The Nexus between Religions and Federalism in Asia

Allison-Reumann

Breen

2017

Political Studies

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The covenant connection thesis forms an important basis from which to understand the religious source of federalism. Yet with its Judeo-Christian roots, to what extent does it apply to Asian countries that have different religious traditions? In this article, we explore whether the covenant connection thesis is relevant to Asian federalism in the context of Muslim-, Hindu-, and Buddhistmajority countries. We find that while the presence or absence of a covenantal tradition within a religion can partially explain acceptance of, or resistance to, federalism, there are other religious features that also play a role. These include the extent to which traditional religious organizations are internally centralized, the extent to which religion and state governance are intertwined or separate from each other, and the extent to which a religion that constitutes the core national identity is threatened by other religions that are or may be empowered by federal arrangements.

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“…Pakistan was established in 1947 as a homeland for Muslims at the time of the partition of British India. Establishing Islam as the state ideology was a device aimed at defining a Pakistani identity during the country’s formative years (Haqqanni, 2005). Although the predominant vision for Pakistan was that of a modern liberal secular nation-state that embraced Islamic universal principles, ideological battles over the role of Islam have ensued since then.…”

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“…Although the predominant vision for Pakistan was that of a modern liberal secular nation-state that embraced Islamic universal principles, ideological battles over the role of Islam have ensued since then. Pakistan’s leaders play on religious sentiment as a means of strengthening the country’s national identity and to rally national unity against perceived and real external threats such as India (Jahangir, 2000; Haqqanni, 2005; Qadeer, 2006; Weiss, 2009). Persistent and growing challenges are mounted by retrogressive political Islamists.…”

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Struggle and Hope: Challenging Gender Violence in Pakistan

Critelli

Willett

2012

Critical Sociology

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Despite the overwhelming media attention to the rise of fundamentalism, Pakistan's vocal women's movement has remained unrevealed and unexamined. Gender violence is integral to the agenda of the women's movement, because of the profound violation of women's human rights to life and security. This article draws on formal in-depth interviews and participant observation with women's activists of two prominent women's nongovernmental organizations in Lahore, Pakistan. Using a transnational feminist framework and feminist social movement theory, it examines the organizations' strategies for change and how the historical, political, and social environments of their fields for protest shape these strategies. The struggles and achievements of women's activism against gender violence are analyzed with implications beyond the experiences of these organizations.

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The role of Islam in Pakistan's future

Cited by 20 publications

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A Critique of American Supremacist Politics in Cold War in Sorayya Khan's City of Spies

A Critique of American Supremacist Politics in Cold War in Sorayya Khan's City of Spies

The Covenant Connection Reexamined: The Nexus between Religions and Federalism in Asia

Struggle and Hope: Challenging Gender Violence in Pakistan

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