Muslim Becoming. Aspiration and Skepticism in Pakistan.
Durham, North Carolina. Duke University Press. 2012. Stock ID #177998 "In Muslim Becoming, Naveeda Khan challenges the claim that Pakistan's relation to Islam is fragmented and problematic. Offering a radically different interpretation, Khan contends that Pakistan inherited an aspirational, always-becoming Islam, one with an open future and a tendency toward experimentation. For the individual, this aspirational tendency manifests in a continual striving to be a better Muslim. When referring to this item please quote stockid 177998.
Black & white illustrations, xii + 261pp, index, bibliography, notes. A prior owner's signature front free endpaper, few leaves highlighted, a sound paperback copy.
It is grounded in the thought of Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938), the poet, philosopher, and politician considered the spiritual founder of Pakistan. Khan finds that Iqbal provided the philosophical basis for recasting Islam as an open religion with possible futures as yet unrealized, which he did in part through his engagement with the French philosopher Henri Bergson." (Publisher's description).
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