Muslim Separatism in Post-Revolt India
A British Game of Divide et Impera
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10316740 |
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| Authors | Belkacem Belmekki (0000-0002-6331-3800, University of OranAlgeria, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 113-124 |
| Publication date | 2014-07-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Oriente Moderno (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-5472 • E-ISSN: 2213-8617 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22138617-12340041 |
| OpenAlex | W2092992215 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
The emergence of a separatist tendency among the majority of the Muslim community in British India in the wake of the happenings of 1857 has been a bone of contention among scholars concerned with the history of the Indian Subcontinent. In this regard, various theories and explanations have been put forward. While some claim that this separatism was in fact a ploy used by the elite of the Muslim community to safeguard their interests, others consider the fear of the overwhelming Hindu majority as a bona fide factor that triggered alienation with the latter, and still others evoke the many religious cum cultural divergences that exist between the Muslims and Hindus. Nevertheless, the present article seeks to set out another element of equal importance, namely British rule, whose role was to a large extent instrumental in polarizing the Indian society, dividing it into two main separate communities, Muslim and Hindu
Alienation · Element (criminal law · Elite · Ethnology · Hinduism · Indian subcontinent · Islam · Muslim community · Political science · Sociology · Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies · Gender Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Philosophy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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