In this path-breaking new work, Ali Usman Qasmi traces the history of the political exclusion of the Ahmadiyya religious minority in Pakistan by drawing on revealing new sources. This volume is the first scholarly study of the declassified material of the court of inquiry that produced the Munir–Kiyani report of 1954, and the proceedings of the national assembly that declared the Ahmadis non-Muslims through the second constitutional amendment in 1974. The Ahmadis and the Politics of Religious Exclusion in Pakistan chronicles anti-Ahmadi violence and the legal and administrative measures adopted against them, and also addresses wider issues of the politics of Islam in postcolonial Muslim nation-states and their disputative engagements with ideas of modernity and citizenship. Winner of the Karachi Literary Festival Peace Prize 2015.
Author(s): Ali Usman Qasmi
Publisher: Anthem Press
Year: 2014
The Ahmadis and the Politics of Religious Exclusion in Pakistan
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
Background
Outline of the Book
Part I
Chapter I THE RECORDS OF THE COURT OF INQUIRY AND THE MUNIR–KIYANI REPORT
Introduction
I The court of inquiry
II Significance of the Munir–Kiyani report
Conclusion
Chapter II THE BACKGROUND TO JAMA‘AT AHMADIYYAH AND THE ORIGINS OF THE ANTI-AHMADI MOVEMENT: THE ROLE OF MAJLIS-I-AHRAR AND MAJLIS-I-‘AMAL
Introduction
I Mirza Ghulam Ahmad: From polemics to prophethood
II Rhetoric and religion: Background to the history and politics of Majlis-i-Ahrar
Conclusion
Chapter III THE POLITICAL HIERARCHY AND ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF PAKISTAN: CONTEXTUALIZING THE EVENTS OF 1952–53
Introduction
I The British colonial order in the Punjab: The aura of the district officer
II The political dynamics of Punjab and the Muslim League, 1947–53
Conclusion
Chapter IV DISTURBANCES IN LAHORE AND THE IMPOSITION OF MARTIAL LAW
Introduction
I The breakdown of negotiations and the call for direct action
II The colonial legacy of anti-disturbances strategy
III The aftermath of the movement
Conclusion
Chapter V THE FINDINGS OF THE MUNIR–KIYANI REPORT
Introduction
I The court drama
II Fixing the responsibility
III The court of inquiry and the discourse on Islam
Conclusion
Summary and Conclusion to Part I
Part II
Chapter VI UNDERSTANDING THE EVENTS OF 1974
Introduction
I The transitions in Pakistan’s politics of Islam
II The religio-political parties in power
III The records
Conclusion
Chapter VII THE “FINAL SOLUTION” OF THE “90-YEAR-OLD PROBLEM”?: THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS OF 1974
Introduction
I Polemics and counter-polemics
II The assembly proceedings
III The Second Amendment
Conclusion
Summary and Conclusion to Part II
DEBATES ON THE AHMADIS AFTER 1974: A POSTSCRIPT
NOTES
Introduction
Chapter I: The Records of the Court of Inquiry and the Munir–Kiyani Report
Chapter II: The Background to Jama'at Ahmadiyyah and the Origins of the Anti-Ahmadi Movement: The Role of Majlis-i-Ahrar and Majlis-i-'Amal
Chapter III: The Political Hierarchy and Administrative Structure of Pakistan: Contextualizing the Events of 1952–53
Chapter IV: Disturbances in Lahore and the Imposition of Martial Law
Chapter V: The Findings of the Munir–Kiyani Report
Chapter VI: Understanding the Events of 1974
Chapter VII: The “Final Solution” of the “90-Year-Old Problem”?: The Parliamentary Proceedings of 1974
Debates on the Ahmadis after 1974: A Postscript
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Archival Sources and Private Collections
Journals and Newspapers
Other Sources
Interviews
INDEX
