| ID | 131909 |
| Title Proper | Ayub Khan and modern Islam |
| Other Title Information | transforming citizens and the nation in Pakistan |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Saikia, Yasmin |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Pakistan is viewed today as a haven for fundamentalist Islamists. This essay probes the genealogy of Pakistan's Islamisation by focusing on the rule of President Ayub Khan (1958-69) and extends to the war of 1971 and the dismembering of Pakistan during Yahya Khan's presidency. I trace Ayub Khan's project of 'modernising Islam and the nation' by probing three sites: the transformation of the Pakistani military into a jihadic army; the re-writing of history to craft an Islamic identity; and the reformation of East Pakistani Bengalis to make them 'good Muslim subjects'. Ayub Khan's experiment was a failure, leading to the violent dismembering of the country in 1971, yet an ethical imaginaire of renewing the commitment to creating a humanistic moral community continues to be an ongoing quest in Pakistan, as reflected in my investigations of the oral testimonies of war veterans. Fulfilling these ethical concerns requires critical evaluation of the roots of Islamisation in Pakistan, beginning from the period of Ayub Khan's presidency. |
| `In' analytical Note | South Asia : Journal of South Asian Studies Vol.37, No.2; June 2014: p.292-305 |
| Journal Source | South Asia : Journal of South Asian Studies Vol.37, No.2; June 2014: p.292-305 |
| Key Words | Ayub Khan ; Islamisation ; Pakistan Army ; 1971 Bangladesh War ; Ethical Imaginaire ; Oral History ; National Transformation ; War - 1971 ; India - Pakistan ; Modern Islam ; Contemporary Islam ; Muslim World ; Ethnicity ; National Identities ; Moral Community ; Jihadic Army ; East Pakistan ; Bangladesh |