Constructing Bangladesh: Religion, Ethnicity, and Language in an Islamic NationUniv of North Carolina Press, 15.12.2006 - 248 sivua Highlighting the dynamic, pluralistic nature of Islamic civilization, Sufia M. Uddin examines the complex history of Islamic state formation in Bangladesh, formerly the eastern part of the Indian province of Bengal. Uddin focuses on significant moments in the region's history from medieval to modern times, examining the interplay of language, popular and scholarly religious literature, and the colonial experience as they contributed to the creation of a unique Bengali-Islamic identity. During the precolonial era, Bengali, the dominant regional language, infused the richly diverse traditions of the region, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and, eventually, the Islamic religion and literature brought by Urdu-speaking Muslim conquerors from North India. Islam was not simply imported into the region by the ruling elite, Uddin explains, but was incorporated into local tradition over hundreds of years of interactions between Bengalis and non-Bengali Muslims. Constantly contested and negotiated, the Bengali vision of Islamic orthodoxy and community was reflected in both language and politics, which ultimately produced a specifically Bengali-Muslim culture. Uddin argues that this process in Bangladesh is representative of what happens elsewhere in the Muslim world and is therefore an instructive example of the complex and fluid relations between local heritage and the greater Islamic global community, or umma. |
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Islamic Themes in Premodern Bengali Literature and Life | 17 |
NineteenthCentury Religious Reform Movements | 41 |
Breaking New Ground and Transgressing Boundaries | 77 |
Bengali or Bangladeshi? The Conflict between Religious and Ethnic Nationalisms | 117 |
The Contested Place of Nation in Umma and Globalizing Efforts | 155 |
Epilogue Competing Visions of Community | 179 |
Appendix | 187 |
Notes | 191 |
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Sivu 1 - Let me restate my views on the question of a State language for Pakistan. For official use in this province, the people of the province can choose any language they wish. This question will be decided solely in accordance with the wishes of the people of this province alone, as freely expressed through their accredited representatives at the appropriate time and after full and dispassionate consideration. There can, however, be only one lingua franca, that is, the language for inter-communication...