ISLAMIC REASSERTION IN PAKISTAN
Description
Today, strong momentum exists in many Muslim countries to reassert Islamic principles in social, economic, and political life. Recent events in Libya, the Sudan, Iran, Pakistan, Indonesia, and elsewhere raise a host of issues.
What is the nature of modern Islamic government and Islamic law? How can Islamic principles be incorporated into a modern state? While the 1978-79 Islamic revolution in Iran is often seen as a catalyst and model for Islamic revivalism, Pakistan, in fact, constitutes an older and more fully developed example of a modern state that has undertaken to apply Islamic precepts in its public life.
Especially since the early 1970s, Islamic ideology, actors, and organizations have been prominent in Pakistani politics, culminating in the official February 1979 proclamation that all laws must conform with the tenets of Islam. In that time elections have been postponed and political parties banned; Islamic laws, taxes, and banking have been introduced.
This book analyzes and evaluates Zia-ul-Haq's Islamization program and its effects upon various social groups in Pakistan. The authors examine what Islamization has meant for political and religious leaders, for those living in the countryside, for economic planning, taxation, legal reform, and for the status and role of Muslim women.
'Islamic Reassertion in Pakistan' is an important contribution to the growing literature on contemporary Muslim politics.
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Book Details
- ISBN: 9694024153
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- Format: Hardback
- Publication Date: 1987
- Number of Pages: 146
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- Publisher: VANGUARD BOOKS
- Weight: 0.33 g
