Madrasas and Religious Maslaks as a Case of Skewed Civil Society in Pakistan
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Madrasas and Religious Maslaks as a Case of Skewed Civil Society in Pakistan. / Sharif, Yasir; Andersen, Peter Birkelund.
Re-Interrogating Civil Society in South Asia : Critical Perspectives from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. ed. / Peter Birkelund Andersen; Rubya Mehdi; Amit Prakash. London and New York : Routledge, 2021. p. 205-220.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Madrasas and Religious Maslaks as a Case of Skewed Civil Society in Pakistan
AU - Sharif, Yasir
AU - Andersen, Peter Birkelund
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The chapter argues that government support to a limited number of major Islamic groups (maslaks) has led to a skewed civil society where the regime-of-the-day picks and chooses which organizations it will support based on its own, narrowly defined political concerns. These changes date back to the overtaking of power by General Zia-ul-Haq in 1977, but various later governments followed some of the principles established by Zia’s military regime. Evidence takes its outset in the madrasas, religious schools teaching from 1st through 12th grade as well as at higher educational levels. Further lines are drawn to the religious groups’ utilization of the media and the internet.
AB - The chapter argues that government support to a limited number of major Islamic groups (maslaks) has led to a skewed civil society where the regime-of-the-day picks and chooses which organizations it will support based on its own, narrowly defined political concerns. These changes date back to the overtaking of power by General Zia-ul-Haq in 1977, but various later governments followed some of the principles established by Zia’s military regime. Evidence takes its outset in the madrasas, religious schools teaching from 1st through 12th grade as well as at higher educational levels. Further lines are drawn to the religious groups’ utilization of the media and the internet.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Civil society
KW - Civil society Pakistan
KW - Civil society religious organisations
KW - Civil society organisations Pakistan
KW - Religious maslaks
U2 - 10.4324/9781003162490-13
DO - 10.4324/9781003162490-13
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9780815385264
SN - 9780367754396
SP - 205
EP - 220
BT - Re-Interrogating Civil Society in South Asia
A2 - Andersen, Peter Birkelund
A2 - Mehdi, Rubya
A2 - Prakash, Amit
PB - Routledge
CY - London and New York
ER -
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