A Converstation in Muslim Nationhood |
| Published: June 11, 2007, 6:16 am |
| Tags: blogs, community, nationalism, pakistan |
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One of the usually unspoken strains of thought in the "Islamist" noise nowadays is that nationhood, as manifested by today's nation-states, is just plain unIslamic. And that was one of the critiques levelled against the movement towards the creation of the first Nation-State of the modern era specifically carved out to provide a safe haven for a Muslim-majority community--or any religious community, really. But then, at the time, Maududism and Qutbism were also incipient movements. Maududism most locally. And it is in this context that I'd like to introduce an interesting web-based project that might best be described as an exercise in "public history"--or, more relevant to the audience of this site, a conversation in Muslim Nationhood. Pakistanis often complain that the history of their country--or the history of the region as it relates to them and their country--is often told from either British or Western eyes, or from a point of view that is sympathetic to [ Full article ] |
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