You Are Not a Muslim: Ahmadiyya Exclusion and Sharia Interpretation in Pakistan
Malik investigates the status of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, a revivalist Islamic community deemed heretical and non-Muslim by the Pakistani constitution. Via discourse analysis the author examines Pakistan’s second constitutional amendment, declaring Ahmadis as non-Muslim, and Ordinance XX of 1...
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Published in | Sharia Dynamics pp. 253 - 278 |
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Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
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Springer International Publishing
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Series | Contemporary Anthropology of Religion |
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Summary: | Malik investigates the status of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, a revivalist Islamic community deemed heretical and non-Muslim by the Pakistani constitution. Via discourse analysis the author examines Pakistan’s second constitutional amendment, declaring Ahmadis as non-Muslim, and Ordinance XX of 1984, with special emphasis on the denial of Ahmadi’s self-identification as Muslims. This discourse analysis is supported by ethnographic accounts of first- and second-generation American Ahmadi Muslims of Pakistani origin, demonstrating the far-reaching and residual effects of Sharia production in Pakistan as it continues to impact those outside of the borders of Pakistan. American Ahmadi Muslim transnationals continue to work and negotiate their identities, reconciling narratives of “looking back” to the persecution in Pakistan and “looking forward” to establishing their place in the United States. |
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ISBN: | 9783319456911 3319456911 |
DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-45692-8_10 |