Description
This path-breaking work traces the history of the political exclusion of the Ahmadiyya religious minority in Pakistan, drawing on revealing new sources and connecting its discussion to larger issues of Islam in postcolonial Muslim nation-states. Winner of the Karachi Literary Festival Peace Prize 2015.
Chapter
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
Summary and Conclusion to Part I
Chapter VI UNDERSTANDING THE EVENTS OF 1974
Chapter VII THE “FINAL SOLUTION” OF THE “90-YEAR-OLD PROBLEM”?: THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS OF 1974
Summary and Conclusion to Part II
DEBATES ON THE AHMADIS AFTER 1974: A POSTSCRIPT
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
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