Overview

In this path-breaking new work, Ali Usman Qasmi traces the history of the political exclusion of the Ahmadiyya religious minority in Pakistan by drawing on revealing new sources. This volume is the first scholarly study of the declassified material of the court of inquiry that produced the MunirKiyani report of 1954, and the proceedings of the national assembly that declared the Ahmadis non-Muslims through the second constitutional amendment in 1974. The Ahmadis and the Politics of Religious Exclusion in Pakistan chronicles anti-Ahmadi violence and the legal and administrative measures adopted against them, and also addresses wider issues of the politics of Islam in postcolonial Muslim nation-states and their disputative engagements with ideas of modernity and citizenship. Winner of the Karachi Literary Festival Peace Prize 2015.

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Author:   Ali Usman Qasmi
Publisher:   Anthem Press
Imprint:   Anthem Press
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781783084258

ISBN 10:   1783084251
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   15 March 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Chapter I: The Records of the Court of Inquiry and the Munir-Kiyani Report; Chapter II: The Background to Jama'at Ahmadiyya and the Origins of the Anti-Ahmadi Movement: The Role of Majlis-i-Ahrar and Majlis-i-'Amal; Chapter III: The Political Hierarchy and Administrative Structure of Pakistan: Contextualizing the Events of 1952-53; Chapter IV: Disturbances in Lahore and the Imposition of Martial Law; Chapter V: The Findings of the Munir-Kiyani Report; Part II: Chapter VI: Understanding the Events of 1974; Chapter VII: The ""Final Solution"" of the ""90-Year-Old Problem""?: The Parliamentary Proceedings of 1974; Debates on the Ahmadis after 1974: A Postscript; Notes; Bibliography; Index"

Reviews

This is a work of impeccable research and judicious historical scrutiny. -Ian Talbot, University of Southampton This book is of the first importance in understanding how the rights of minorities in Pakistan have come to be sacrificed on the altar of politics. -Francis Robinson, Royal Holloway, University of London In this ground-breaking study of protest, inquiry and legislation, Qasmi explores the direct and indirect political consequences of anti-Ahmadi theological polemic, shedding new light on the complicated relationship between religion, politics and the state that gripped Pakistan during its first thirty years. -Sarah Ansari, Royal Holloway, University of London

Author Information

Ali Usman Qasmi is an assistant professor of history at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Lahore University of Management Sciences.

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