Abstract
This study examines the relationship of Islam and nationalism by
analyzing the Islamist narrative and post Islamist counter-narrative. In
order to do this, the writings of Maulana Syed Abul Ala Maudoodi
(Maudoodi), arguably the most influential Islamist thinker of the
twentieth century, have been juxtaposed with the speeches and writings of
Javed Ahmed Ghamidi (Ghamidi), a leading post Islamist scholar and a
former disciple of Maudoodi. It is because while Maudoodi’s Islamist
interpretation and projection of Islam has left significant imprint on
Pakistan’s ideological horizon, Ghamidi has come up with an equally
plausible rebuttal in the recent years, triggering a furor within the
Pakistani intellectual elite in general, and the religious scholars in
particular. In view of the changed scenarios of world politics in the last
few decades, and the compelling post Islamist narrative, the traditional
uncompromising Islamist hostility to nationalism needs to be revisited to
reconcile it to the realities on ground and to render it more appealable
for the electorate
Karam Elahi. (2016) ISLAMIST AND POST-ISLAMIST PERCEPTION OF NATIONALISM: A STUDY OF MAUDOODI AND GHAMIDI’S VIEWPOINTS, Pakistan , Volume 52, Issue 1.
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