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Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea by Faisal Devji

Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea Faisal Devji ebook
ISBN: 9780674072671
Format: pdf
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Page: 288

Jan 3, 2014 - Muslim Zion - Faisal Devji The Promise of Power - Maya Tudor The creation of Pakistan and India through the severing of the subcontinent was one of the most bloody incidents in 20th century history. Dec 19, 2013 - Faisal Devji's latest book 'Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a political idea' offers a fresh perspective to the Pakistan movement by linking it to the creation of Israel. Apr 22, 2014 - Implicit in the demand was the idea that the Muslim federation would either be an autonomous part of an overall Indian union or would have treaty relations that would preserve Indian unity while resolving the demand of Muslim majority provinces for As a result Devji's contention that the Islamists, who had logically opposed the creation of Pakistan, constitute a more faithful expression of the national project of Muslim Zion, is both historically and politically untenable. Apr 7, 2013 - Devji's has also authored The Impossible Indian: Gandhi and the Temptations of Violence and the forthcoming Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea. Aug 22, 2013 - 07 48 PM ISTWhat are the consequences of creating a nation on nothing but an idea? Militant Islam and Global Politics (Hurst, 2009), The Impossible India: Gandhi and the Temptation of Violence (Harvard University Press, 2012) and Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea (Harvard University Press, 2013). An idea bereft of territorial kinship, links to blood, soil and history. May 8, 2014 - In Muslim Zion, Pakistan as a Political Idea, Faisal Devji proves that there is more to the story than meets the eye. Dec 3, 2013 - Muslim-Zion-243x366 In his most recent work, Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea, Faisal Devji offers a detailed analysis of the various political and ideological forces that were at play in the buildup to Pakistan's creation. Is pivoted around a critical historical conjuncture where the domestic politics of the subcontinent got entangled with international events, namely the recurring quest towards the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine, also waged on similar grounds – resting on an idea. Aug 19, 2013 - The Nation : For Zionism had long provided a model for Muslims who sought to carve a new state out of India. May 25, 2014 - But the thesis is actually well thought out and merits an honest response. Modernity (2005), The Terrorist in Search of Humanity: Militant Islam and Global Politics (2008), The Impossible Indian: Gandhi and the Temptation of Violence (2012) and Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea (2013).