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ID118917
Title ProperKashmir crisis as a political platform for Jama'at-i Ahmadiyya's entrance into South Asian politics
LanguageENG
AuthorKhan, Adil Hussain
Publication2012.
Summary / Abstract (Note)This paper looks at Jama'at-i Ahmadiyya's political involvement in the Kashmir crisis of the 1930s under its second and most influential khalifat al-masih, Mirza Bashir al-Din Mahmud Ahmad, who took over the movement in 1914, six years after the death of his father, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. Communal tensions springing from the Kashmir riots of 1931 provided Mirza Mahmud Ahmad with an opportunity to display the ability of his Jama'at to manage an international crisis and to lead the Muslim mainstream towards independence from Britain. Mahmud Ahmad's relations with influential Muslim community leaders, such as Iqbal, Fazl-i Husain, Zafrulla Khan, and Sheikh Abdullah (Sher-i Kashmir), enabled him to further both his religious and political objectives in the subcontinent. This paper examines Jama'at-i Ahmadiyya's role in establishing a major political lobby, the All-India Kashmir Committee. It also shows how the political involvement of Jama'at-i Ahmadiyya in Kashmir during the 1930s left Ahmadis susceptible to criticism from opposition groups, like the Majlis-i Ahrar, amongst others, in later years. Ultimately, this paper will demonstrate how Mahmud Ahmad's skilful use of religion, publicity, and political activism during the Kashmir crisis instantly legitimized a political platform for Jama'at-i Ahmadiyya's entrance into the mainstream political framework of modern South Asia, which thereby has facilitated the development of the Ahmadi controversy since India's partition.
`In' analytical NoteModern Asian Studies Vol. 46, No.5; Sep 2012: p.1398-1428
Journal SourceModern Asian Studies Vol. 46, No.5; Sep 2012: p.1398-1428
Key WordsKashmir Crisis ;  India ;  Mirza Ghulam Ahmad ;  Communal Tensions ;  Jama'at-i Ahmadiyya ;  South Asian Politics ;  Muslim Community ;  South Asia