The Political Dynamics of Islamic Resurgence in Pakistan

Bibliographic Data

ID8368635
AuthorsWilliam L Richter (corresponding author)
Year1979
Volume19
Issue6
Pages547-557
Publication date1979-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Survey (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0004-4687 • E-ISSN: 1533-838X
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/2643894
OpenAlexW1966593152
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited5

IN PAKISTAN'S FIRST DECADE of independence, role of Islam in nation's political system was a dominant theme of public debate.' During following years, however, this issue receded in importance and was generally overshadowed by other, non-Islamic, issues. Ayub Khan (President 1958-1969) retained some of indispensable Islamic ideology legitimized by Pakistan movement and early post-Partition years, but he was clearly a modernist in his interpretation of Islam as subject to conditions of contemporary nationhood.Z Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's success in 1970 elections appeared to be a further extension of this trend. One writer noted the secularization of politics brought about by President Zulfikar Bhutto and his party's ascendancy, and added

Ideology · Independence (probability theory · Interpretation (philosophy · Islam · Partition (number theory · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Secularization · Sociology · Theme (computing · Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development · History · Law · Philosophy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · South Asian Studies and Conflicts

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