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Secularizing Islamists?
Humeira Iqtidar
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Description for Secularizing Islamists?
Hardcover. Provides an analysis of two Islamist political parties in Pakistan, the highly influential Jama'at-e-Islami and the more militant Jama'at-ud-Da'wa, widely blamed for the November 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India. This title offers an account of the relationship between the ideology of secularism and the processes of secularization. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
"Secularizing Islamists?" provides an in-depth analysis of two Islamist political parties in Pakistan, the highly influential Jama'at-e-Islami and the more militant Jama'at-ud-Da'wa, widely blamed for the November 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India. Basing her findings on thirteen months of ethnographic work with the two parties in Lahore, Humeira Iqtidar proposes that these Islamists are facilitating secularization within Muslim societies, even as they vehemently oppose secularism. This book offers a fine-grained account of the workings of both parties that challenges received ideas about the relationship between the ideology of secularism and the processes of secularization. Iqtidar particularly illuminates the impact ... Read more
"Secularizing Islamists?" provides an in-depth analysis of two Islamist political parties in Pakistan, the highly influential Jama'at-e-Islami and the more militant Jama'at-ud-Da'wa, widely blamed for the November 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India. Basing her findings on thirteen months of ethnographic work with the two parties in Lahore, Humeira Iqtidar proposes that these Islamists are facilitating secularization within Muslim societies, even as they vehemently oppose secularism. This book offers a fine-grained account of the workings of both parties that challenges received ideas about the relationship between the ideology of secularism and the processes of secularization. Iqtidar particularly illuminates the impact ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
South Asia Across the Disciplines
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226384689
SKU
V9780226384689
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About Humeira Iqtidar
Humeira Iqtidar is graduate officer in research at the Centre for South Asian Studies and a research fellow at King's College, University of Cambridge.
Reviews for Secularizing Islamists?
"The real strength of the book is the serious depth of its empirical research, both historical and anthropological - there is no other work that brings such a range of materials to a study of Islamism in contemporary Pakistan. This important book will interest policy professionals worldwide who are concerned with Islamic radicalism." (Aamir Mufti, University of California, Los Angeles)" ... Read more