Jihad, Hindutva and the Taliban South Asia at the Crossroads

by Malik, Iftikhar H.

• ISBN13: 9780195977905
• ISBN10: 0195977904
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-20
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Tracing the historical origins of the ideology of Jihad since the classical Islamic era, this book deliberates the more recent typologies of resistance during colonial and contemporary times. The intricate relationship in Afghanistan between the erstwhile Mujahideen and Western powers during the Cold War and its break-up following 9/11 has been examined in detail. The salience of Hindutva in India and demands for a Sunni state in Pakistan, simultaneous with similar espousals in Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka, reveal unique regional congruities on ideological issues. Issues of contested statehood and national identity have assumed an added significance, which this book addresses within a changed regional and global political context. Other than ideology and pluralism, the book also investigates problems of governance.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Acronyms	xi
Glossary	xiii
Introduction: The War on Terror and Beyond	2	(38)
Jihad, Political Islam, and the Taliban: Islamic Discourse on War and Resistance	40	(44)
Beyond Ayodhya: Hindutva and Implications for South Asia	84	(46)
Civil Society and South Asian Muslims: Issues of Governance in Pakistan	130	(34)
Kabul to Karbala: Political Islam and the West	164	(34)
Religious Pluralism, State and Nation-building in Pakistan	198	(36)
Statelessness and Human Rights: Biharis in Bangladesh	234	(38)
Epilogue	272	(7)
Bibliography	279	(10)
Index	289