Islamism and democracy in India : the transformation of Jamaat-e-Islami

Irfan Ahmad
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2009

ISBN: 9780691139203

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Book description
This book argues that when secular democracy is responsive to the traditions and aspirations of its Muslim citizens, Muslims in turn embrace pluralism and democracy. But when democracy becomes majoritarian and exclusionary, Muslims turn radical.

About the author
Ifran Ahmad is an anthropologist and assistant professor of politics in the School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash.

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