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Constructing Bangladesh - Religion, Ethnicity, and Language in an Islamic Nation (Paperback, New edition)
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Constructing Bangladesh - Religion, Ethnicity, and Language in an Islamic Nation (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks
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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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