{"product_id":"islam-in-pakistan-a-history-9780691149226","title":"Islam in Pakistan: A History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book to explore the modern history of Islam in South Asia\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first modern state to be founded in the name of Islam, Pakistan was the largest Muslim country in the world at the time of its establishment in 1947. Today it is the second-most populous, after Indonesia. \u003ci\u003eIslam in Pakistan\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive book to explore Islam's evolution in this region over the past century and a half, from the British colonial era to the present day. Muhammad Qasim Zaman presents a rich historical account of this major Muslim nation, insights into the rise and gradual decline of Islamic modernist thought in the South Asian region, and an understanding of how Islam has fared in the contemporary world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuch attention has been given to Pakistan's role in sustaining the Afghan struggle against the Soviet occupation in the 1980s, in the growth of the Taliban in the 1990s, and in the War on Terror after 9\/11. But as Zaman shows, the nation's significance in matters relating to Islam has much deeper roots. Since the late nineteenth century, South Asia has witnessed important initiatives toward rethinking core Islamic texts and traditions in the interest of their compatibility with the imperatives of modern life. Traditionalist scholars and their institutions, too, have had a prominent presence in the region, as have Islamism and Sufism. Pakistan did not merely inherit these and other aspects of Islam. Rather, it has been and remains a site of intense contestation over Islam's public place, meaning, and interpretation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExamining how facets of Islam have been pivotal in Pakistani history, \u003ci\u003eIslam in Pakistan \u003c\/i\u003eoffers sweeping perspectives on what constitutes an Islamic state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMuhammad QasimZaman\u003c\/b\u003e is the Robert H. Niehaus '77 Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Religion at Princeton University. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Ulamain Contemporary Islam\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton) and \u003ci\u003eModern Islamic Thought in a Radical Age\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51830465003794,"sku":"9780691149226","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_14a479d6-3657-4a43-9d00-137c7cc6b90d.jpg?v=1767002727","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/islam-in-pakistan-a-history-9780691149226","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}