Religious and Ethnic Minority Politics in South Asia
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Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
01.01.2026
Herausgeber
Dhirendra Vajpeyi + weitereVerlag
Manohar BooksSeitenzahl
216
Maße (L/B/H)
14,6/22,5/1,9 cm
Gewicht
404 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-81-85054-69-8
India and Sri Lanka adopted a non-sectarian, secular approach to define the role of religion in politics. However, recent developments in India and Sri Lanka demonstrate that these have not been very successful in satisfying the aspirations of such important religious minorities as Muslims and Sikhs in India, and Hindu Tamils in Sri Lanka. On the other hand, Pakistan and Bangladesh adopted a sectarian and non-secular approach. Pakistan's very raison d'etre has been Islam, and its creation to forge Muslim national identity has led to the question who is a Muslim? Pakistan government's declaration that Ahmadis are not Muslims, and recent attempts there by Sunnis, to proclaim Shias as another religious minority are part of this dilemma.
Recently, Bangladesh has also adopted Islam as the state religion rendering Hindus, Buddhists and other tribal groups such as Chakmas as religious minorities. Thus, it seems that in South Asia, both the authoritarian, non-secular model (Pakistan, Bangladesh), and democratic model (India, Sri Lanka) have failed to resolve the issue.
Essays presented in this volume attempt to raise questions and analyze issues relating to the position of religious minorities in South Asia. Religious fundamentalism is on the rise in the neighbouring countries of the West Asia with serious implications for the majority communities of South Asian societies. In search of policy options, the South Asian leaders may have to draw upon the experiences of other multi-religious societies.
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