Politics of nationalism and religion: the experience of Indian sub-continent

European ideas traveled to the Afro-Asian world through colonialism. Among European ideas, the concept of nationalism made the most permanent impact on Afro-Asian continent. This is primarily due to the fact that it enabled non-Europeans to rid themselves of European colonialism. Nationalism is defi...

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Main Authors:	Mujahid, Atiqur Rahman, Moniruzzaman, Md.
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	JA Political science (General) JC Political theory
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/66681/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66681/6/Presentation%20slides-%20ICRCG-2018.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/66681/7/Conference%20proceedings.pdf

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spelling	iium-666812018-10-24T07:09:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/66681/ Politics of nationalism and religion: the experience of Indian sub-continent Mujahid, Atiqur Rahman Moniruzzaman, Md. JA Political science (General) JC Political theory European ideas traveled to the Afro-Asian world through colonialism. Among European ideas, the concept of nationalism made the most permanent impact on Afro-Asian continent. This is primarily due to the fact that it enabled non-Europeans to rid themselves of European colonialism. Nationalism is definitely a powerful ideological tool for the subcontinental politics in the germination of anti-colonial movement leading to freedom movement. The idea of nationalism was understood in many ways in the context of modern South Asia. One important aspect of this is that in the evolution of South Asian nationalism religion played a key role. Nationalist groups used religious consciousness, identity, values and symbols in order to mobilize the masses. The main aim of this paper is to explore how nationalism emerged and evolved in the sub-continental political discourse. It examines how nationalism and religion inter-played to split India into a Hindu India and a Muslim Pakistan, and yet again how ethno-nationalism overtook religious identity to split Muslim Pakistan leading to the emergence of a new ethnic-linguistic Bengali Muslim nationalism. Key Words: Bengali nationalism. Hindu nationalism, Indian nationalism, Muslim nationalism, colonialism. 2018-10-03 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66681/6/Presentation%20slides-%20ICRCG-2018.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66681/7/Conference%20proceedings.pdf Mujahid, Atiqur Rahman and Moniruzzaman, Md. (2018) Politics of nationalism and religion: the experience of Indian sub-continent. In: International Conference on Religion, Culture and Governance in the Contemporary World (ICRCG 2018), 3rd-4th October 2018, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)
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description	European ideas traveled to the Afro-Asian world through colonialism. Among European ideas, the concept of nationalism made the most permanent impact on Afro-Asian continent. This is primarily due to the fact that it enabled non-Europeans to rid themselves of European colonialism. Nationalism is definitely a powerful ideological tool for the subcontinental politics in the germination of anti-colonial movement leading to freedom movement. The idea of nationalism was understood in many ways in the context of modern South Asia. One important aspect of this is that in the evolution of South Asian nationalism religion played a key role. Nationalist groups used religious consciousness, identity, values and symbols in order to mobilize the masses. The main aim of this paper is to explore how nationalism emerged and evolved in the sub-continental political discourse. It examines how nationalism and religion inter-played to split India into a Hindu India and a Muslim Pakistan, and yet again how ethno-nationalism overtook religious identity to split Muslim Pakistan leading to the emergence of a new ethnic-linguistic Bengali Muslim nationalism. Key Words: Bengali nationalism. Hindu nationalism, Indian nationalism, Muslim nationalism, colonialism.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mujahid, Atiqur Rahman Moniruzzaman, Md.
author_facet	Mujahid, Atiqur Rahman Moniruzzaman, Md.
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title	Politics of nationalism and religion: the experience of Indian sub-continent
title_short	Politics of nationalism and religion: the experience of Indian sub-continent
title_full	Politics of nationalism and religion: the experience of Indian sub-continent
title_fullStr	Politics of nationalism and religion: the experience of Indian sub-continent
title_full_unstemmed	Politics of nationalism and religion: the experience of Indian sub-continent
title_sort	politics of nationalism and religion: the experience of indian sub-continent
publishDate	2018
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