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Between God, the Nation, and the State: Paradoxes of Islamisation in Pakistan

Imran Ahmed

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Abstract

This chapter investigates some of the ways in which the framework of the nation-state complicates the implementation of the classical sharia in Pakistan. This investigation is important not just for unpacking the roots of the ambiguities around the religious identity of the Pakistani state, but also in understanding the conflicts over the source of sovereignty underlying the authority of the state itself‚ and the internal contradictions inherent in Pakistan's efforts to reconcile an Islamic definition of nationhood with the modern nation-state's structure.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationReligion, Extremism and Violence in South Asia
EditorsImran Ahmed, Zahid Shahab Ahmed, Howard Brasted, Shahram Akbarzadeh
Place of PublicationSingapore
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Pages185-211
Edition1
ISBN (Print)9789811668470, 9789811668463, 9789811668494, 9811668477
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022

Publication series

NamePolitics of South Asia
ISSN (Print)2523-8345
ISSN (Electronic)2523-8353

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