140093 UE Pakistan: Islam, Islamism and Counter-Currents (2018W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie

Continuous assessment of course work

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Sa 01.09.2018 08:00 to Fr 28.09.2018 10:00
Deregistration possible until We 31.10.2018 23:59

Details

max. 24 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Aftab Husain Shah

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

    
    Monday
    22.10.
    15:15 - 16:45
    Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
    
    Monday
    29.10.
    15:15 - 16:45
    Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
    
    Monday
    05.11.
    15:15 - 16:45
    Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
    
    Monday
    12.11.
    15:15 - 16:45
    Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
    
    Monday
    19.11.
    15:15 - 16:45
    Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
    
    Monday
    26.11.
    15:15 - 16:45
    Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
    
    Monday
    03.12.
    15:15 - 16:45
    Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
    
    Monday
    10.12.
    15:15 - 16:45
    Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
    
    Monday
    07.01.
    15:15 - 16:45
    Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
    
    Monday
    14.01.
    15:15 - 16:45
    Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
    
    Monday
    21.01.
    15:15 - 16:45
    Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37
    
    Monday
    28.01.
    15:15 - 16:45
    Seminarraum 6 ISTB UniCampus Hof 4 2C-O1-37

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Pakistan is one of the world’s only two nation-states that were created on the basis of religion – the second one being Israel. Yet, while giving his very first Presidential Speech to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on August 11, 1947 Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of the country declared: “You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place or worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste or creed -- that has nothing to do with the business of the State.”
What course the country in respect of religion had to take, how the initial phases of state-formation responded to and dealt with the tricky question, what was the role of religious (political) parties in the formation of Pakistan and how subsequently they managed to emerge as key players in Pakistani politics, what was the role of military regimes, especially that of Gen. Zia ul Haq (1979-1987) in bringing about an Islamist culture in country, how the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 and later the Terrorist Attack on America on Sep 11, 2001, helped to shape the Islamist mindset in the country.
Dealing with these and some other vital questions like how and in which ways Islam in Pakistan is different from Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, and even India, we will study the profile and itinerary of the country under the followings headings:
• The Two-Nation Theory
• Role of Religious Parties in the Formation of Pakistan
• Pakistan: Question of Religion in the Formative Years.
• Bhutto Era: 1972-1977 – Paving the Way for Islamization
• Islamization under Zia ul Haq’s Martial Law – 1979-1987
• Gen: Musharraf 1999-2008 – ‘Enlightened Islam’ or Talibanization
• Implementation of Shariah Law:
o Blasphemy Law and Minorities
o Hudood Law and Women
• Tampering With History: The Islamization of curricula
• Literary Responses to the Process of Islamization/Islamism: ‘Movement of the Islamic Literature’ vs. ‘Resistance Literature.’

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

Select Bibliography:
• Afzal, M. Rafique (2001) Pakistan: History and Politics 1947–1971. Karachi: Oxford University Press.
• Asghar Khan, Mohammad (1986) Islam, Politics, and the State: The Pakistan Experience. New Delhi: Select book Service.
• Aziz, Mazhar (2008) Military Control in Pakistan: The Parallel State. NewYork: Routledge.
• Burki, Shahid Javed. (2006) Historical Dictionary of Pakistan. Lanham: Scarecrow Press.
• Cohen, Stephen (2004) The Idea of Pakistan. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.
• Malik, Iftikhar Haider (1999) Islam, Nationalism, and the West: Issues of Identity in Pakistan. St. Antony’s Series. New York: St. Martin’s Press in Association With St. Anthony’s College, Oxford.
• .......... (2008) The History of Pakistan. London: Greenwood Press.
• Chandhoke, Neera (1999) Beyond Secularism: The Rights of Religious Minorities. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
• Chengappa, Bidanda M. (2004) Pakistan, Islamisation, Army and Foreign Policy. New Delhi: A.P.H. Pub. Corp.
• Faruki, Kemal A (1987) Pakistan: Islamic Government and Society. In: John L. Esposito (ed.), Islam in Asia: Religion, Politics, and Society. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Haqqani, Husain (2005) Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military. Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
• Hussain, Asaf. (1979) Elite Politics in an Ideological State: the Case of Pakistan. Folkestone, UK: Dawson.
• Hussain, Mushahid (1991) Pakistan’s Politics: the Zia Years. Delhi: Konark Pub.
• Sayeed, K. B. (1960) Pakistan: The Formative Phase. Karachi: Pakistan Publishing House.
• Islam, Nasir (1981) Islam and National Identity: The Case of Pakistan and Bangladesh. International Journal of Middle East Studies. 131: 55-72.
• Jaffrelot, Christophe. (2005) Pakistan: Nation, Nationalism and the State. Lahore: Vanguard Books.
• Jalal, Ayesha (1994) The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, the Muslim League and the Demand for Pakistan. New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Khan, Shahrukh Rafi (2004) Pakistan Under Musharraf, 1999-2002: Economic Reform and Political Change. Lahore: Van¬guard.
• Lamb, Christina (1991) Waiting for Allah: Pakistan’s Struggle for Democracy. London: H. Hamilton.
• Malik, Hafeez (2001) Pakistan: Founder’s Aspirations and Today’s Realities. Karachi: Oxford University Press.
• Malik, Jamal (2008) Madrasas in South Asia: Teaching Terror? (ed.) New York: Routledge.
• Nayyar, A. H., and Salim, Ahmed, (2003) Glorification of War and the Military. In: Nayyar and Salim (eds.) The Subtle Subversion: The State of Curricula and Textbooks in Pakistan. Islamabad: Sustainable Development Policy Institute.
• Ollapally, Deepa M. (2008) The Politics of Extremism in South Asia. New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Rehman, I. A. (1990) Pakistan under Siege. Lahore: Rohtas Books.
• Talbot, Ian. (2005) Pakistan: A Modern History. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Wasti, Tahir (2009 ) The Application of Islamic Criminal Law in Pakistan: Sharia in Practice. Leiden and Boston: Brill.
• Wynbrandt, James, and Fawaz A. Gerges. (2009) A Brief History of Pakistan. New York: Infobase Publishing.

Association in the course directory

IMAK3a, M15b

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