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Secularizing Islamists? : Jama'at-e-Islami and Jama'at-ud-Da'wa in urban Pakistan /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Iqtidar, Humeira
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Series:South Asia across the disciplines.
Subjects:
Islam and secularism > Pakistan.
Jamāʻat-i Islāmī-yi Pākistān.
Jamat al-Dawa Pakistan.
Pakistan > Politics and government.
Islam and state > Pakistan.
Table of Contents:
  • Secularism in Pakistan
  • A failed experiment?
  • Colonial secularism and Islamism in north India
  • A relationship of creativity?
  • Jama'at-e-Islami Pakistan
  • Learning from the opposition
  • Competition among allies
  • JD and JI in urban Lahore
  • Harbingers of change?
  • Women in Islamist parties
  • Conclusion: Islamists--Secularizing and liberal?.