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Sharia and the State in Pakistan This book analyses the formulation, interpretation, and implementation of sharia in Pakistan and its relationship with the Pakistani state whilst addressing the complexity of sharia as a codified set of laws. Drawing on insights from Islamic studies, anthropology, and legal studies to examine the interactions between ideas, institutions, and political actors that have enabled blasphemy laws to become the site of continuous controversy, this book furthers the readers’ understanding of Pakistani politics and presents the transformation of sharia from a pluralistic religious precept to a set of rigid laws. Using new materials, including government documents and Urdu language newspapers, the author contextualizes the larger political debate within Pakistan and utilizes a comparative and historical framework to weave descriptions of various events with discussions on sharia and blasphemy. A contribution to the growing body of literature, which explores the role of the state in shaping the religion and religious politics in Muslim-majority countries, this book will be of interest to academics working on South Asian Politics, Political Islam, Sharia Law, and the relationship of Religion and the State. Farhat Haq is Professor and Chair in the Department of Political Science at Monmouth College, U.S.A. Her research interests include ethnic politics, gender and politics, Islam and Human Rights, and militarism and motherhood. Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics Politics and Governance in Bangladesh Uncertain Landscapes Edited by Ipshita Basu, Joe Devine and Geoffrey Wood Constitutional Democracy in India Bidyut Chakrabarty Radical Politics and Governance in India’s North East The Case of Tripura Harihar Bhattacharyya The Security State in Pakistan Legal Foundations Syed Raza The Socio-political Ideas of BR Ambedkar Liberal constitutionalism in a creative mould Bidyut Chakrabarty The Politics of US Aid to Pakistan Aid Allocation and Delivery from Truman to Trump Murad Ali India, Democracy and Constitutional Identity Ideological Beliefs and Preferences Bidyut Chakrabarty Sharia and the State in Pakistan Blasphemy Politics Farhat Haq For more information about this series, please visit: www.routledge.com/asian studies/series/RSSAP Sharia and the State in Pakistan Blasphemy Politics Farhat Haq First published 2019 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2019 Farhat Haq The right of Farhat Haq to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book has been requested ISBN: 978-0-367-15065-5 (hbk) ISBN: 978-0-429-05477-8 (ebk) Typeset in Times New Roman by Apex CoVantage, LLC For my beloved father, Dr. Ihsan Ul Haque and Mohsin Masood Contents List of figures viii List of tables ix Acknowledgments x Introduction 1 1 A tale of two saints: the politics of blasphemy in Pakistan 14 2 Blasphemy, apostasy, and heresy and the politics of outrage 45 3 Debating blasphemy: sharia and the constitution 79 4 Sacralizing the state and secularizing sharia: Islamic politics in the age of the nation-state 104 5 The administrative state chasing the Goldilocks moment: the conundrums of a Muslim nation-state 134 6 The fatigue of sharia and contemporary Muslim politics 156 Glossary 179 Index 182 Figures 1.1 Entry gate of Miani Sahib Cemetery, Lahore: Illum-ud-Din Devotee of the Prophet 15 1.2 Tomb of Illum-ud-Din 15 1.3 Entry gate to Mumtaz Qadri’s Tomb, Bara Kauh, Islamabad 16 1.4 Mumtaz Qadri’s Tomb 16 Tables 2.1 Percentage of Countries with Penalties for Blasphemy, Apostasy, and Defamation of Religion in 2011 57 3.1 National Vote Count and Share in Percentages 97 3.2 Punjab Vote Count and Share in Percentages 97
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