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Islam and Politics in Bangladesh: The Followers of Ummah

Islam and Politics in Bangladesh: The Followers of Ummah

Hasan, Mubashar

Paperback

IslamGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 9811511187
ISBN13: 9789811511189
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Jan 28 2021
Pages: 215
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.49 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
This book conceptualizes the politics of Bangladesh through an Islamic concept called ummah or the global brotherhood of Muslims. It demonstrates that, against the backdrop of geopolitics, capitalism and free flow of ideas, localization of this global religious concept at individual level, institutional level, major party platforms and state has cemented the current political condition in Bangladesh in which religiosity, religious intolerance, Islamization and extremism take place. By exploring the effects of ummah in Bangladeshi politics, this book shows how major political parties have mainstreamed political Islam in the country. The book rejects the long standing scholarly claim of religious-secular distinction in Bangladeshi politics and argues that with most Muslim-dominated states, there are no major secular parties in Bangladesh. There are only Islamic parties, which are more or less Islamic. The purely 'rational' domain of politics in Bangladesh is long lost, andpolitical Islam sets the framework for politics in the country. The reason behind this logic of Bangladeshi politics is formed, contained and expanded by ummah.

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