{"product_id":"the-ulama-in-contemporary-pakistan-contesting-and-cultivating-an-islamic-republic-hardback-9781108839730","title":"The 'Ulama in Contemporary Pakistan; Contesting and Cultivating an Islamic Republic (Hardback) 9781108839730","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe 'Ulama in Contemporary Pakistan\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eContesting and Cultivating an Islamic Republic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book studies how contemporary clerics engage with the historically first and currently most populated Islamic nation-state: Pakistan.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMashal Saif (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108839730, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 22 October 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e350 pages\u003cbr\u003e16 x 23.5 x 2.5 cm, 0.65 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Saif has produced a stimulating and fascinating work, which gives vast and enriching access of the ulema's political thinking, without which any understanding of Pakistan remains deficient … Everyone interested in studying Pakistan must engage with this treatise.' Muneeb Yousuf, South Asia Research\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this book, Mashal Saif explores how contemporary 'ulama, the guardians of religious knowledge and law, engage with the world's most populated Islamic nation-state: Pakistan. In mapping these engagements, she weds rigorous textual analysis with fieldwork and offers insight into some of the most significant and politically charged issues in recent Pakistani history. These include debates over the rights of women; the country's notorious blasphemy laws; the legitimacy of religiously mandated insurrection against the state; sectarian violence; and the place of Shi'as within the Sunni majority nation. These diverse case studies are knit together by the project's most significant contribution: a theoretical framework that understands the 'ulama's complex engagements with their state as a process of both contestation and cultivation of the Islamic Republic by citizen-subjects. This framework provides a new way of assessing state - 'ulama relations not only in contemporary Pakistan but also across the Muslim world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The clerics and the council: contesting religious authority\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sovereignty between God and the state: debating Muhammad's honor and blasphemy\u003cbr\u003e 3. Questioning state identity and legitimacy: a case for religiously mandated insurrection\u003cbr\u003e 4. Seeking security: Shi'a 'Ulama and state formation\u003cbr\u003e 5. Minority aspirations and teh state: Shi'a political theology.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Islamic law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Islamic law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Islamic%20law%20%5BLAFS%5D%22\"\u003eLAFS\u003c\/a\u003e], Islamic life \u0026amp; practice [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Islamic life \u0026amp; practice\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Islamic%20life%20\u0026amp;%20practice%20%5BHRHP%5D%22\"\u003eHRHP\u003c\/a\u003e], Islamic worship, rites \u0026amp; ceremonies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Islamic worship, rites \u0026amp; ceremonies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Islamic%20worship,%20rites%20\u0026amp;%20ceremonies%20%5BHRHC%5D%22\"\u003eHRHC\u003c\/a\u003e], Islam [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Islam\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Islam%20%5BHRH%5D%22\"\u003eHRH\u003c\/a\u003e], Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913151799576,"sku":"9781108839730","price":77.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108839730i.jpg?v=1696727449","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-ulama-in-contemporary-pakistan-contesting-and-cultivating-an-islamic-republic-hardback-9781108839730","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}