POLI 322 Lecture Notes - Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Political Religion, Federal Shariat Court
11 Mar 2014
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India: secular state; religion not basis of political rights. Religion significant in mass politics from 1970s. Pakistan: influenced policy more than mass political allegiances; expecially from 1970s. Important in politics and policy since 1950s. Some supporters of the movement expected religion to play a major-role in post-colonial politics. Indian nationalism coexisted with considerable attention to hindu identity for a basis of understanding indian national culture. Pakistan: islam was, in some ways, the state religion. Religious norms were also incorporated into political policy. Until the 1970s, more modernist interpretations of islamic laws were recognized. Forces of political religion tended to attack other religious groups more often in india. Bangladesh was formed mainly based on language identity. Main basis of politics and policy; more important than religion. But conservative interpretations of religion got incorporated into policies in some ways, especially under 1980s dictatorship. Since 1991 return to power, there"s been more religious attention whenever bangladesh.
