04-19-2006, 04:05 AM
Dear H-Asia member,
I wanted to share with you my article, ' Between moderation and radicalization: transnational interactions of Jamaat-e-Islami of India' published in _Global Networks: A Journal of Transnation Affairs_ (vol. 5,3: 279-99). It engages with the issue of moderation of and conflict within Indian Islamists. In the midst of alarmist writings on Islamist radicalization or terrorism, the crucial phenomenon of moderation of and conflict within Islamists is often elided. From a social movement framework, this article highlights this neglect and dwells on the theoretical implications arising therefrom. Below is link to the article and its abstract.
Irfan Ahmad
Affiliated Fellow
International Institute for Asian Studies
The Netherlands
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Link to the Article:
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/1...74.2005.00119.x
Abstract:
<b> Religious movements have often been studied in the context of nationstates. With scholarly attention now shifting to globalization and other world system processes, there is a growing move to go beyond the particularity of nation-states and study the general transnational dimensions of religious movements. In this article I describe the processes through which Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), a contemporary Islamist movement in India, developed links with ideologically similar movements, institutions and networks in the Gulf countries, Iran and the West., Taking JIH as a social movement, I argue for a more nuanced conceptualization of transnational social movements, because existing theories are based on the experiences of Western democracies and, as such, are insensitive to collective actions in undemocratic polities such as the Gulf states. While making a case for taking into account the transnational dimensions of understanding JIH. I call into question the alarmist thesis that emphasizes the homogenous radicalization of the entire movement as an inevitable consequence of the transnational connections an Islamic movement develops. On the contrary, I contend that they also lead to conflict within the movement and its moderation.</b>
Irfan Ahmad
IIAS
I wanted to share with you my article, ' Between moderation and radicalization: transnational interactions of Jamaat-e-Islami of India' published in _Global Networks: A Journal of Transnation Affairs_ (vol. 5,3: 279-99). It engages with the issue of moderation of and conflict within Indian Islamists. In the midst of alarmist writings on Islamist radicalization or terrorism, the crucial phenomenon of moderation of and conflict within Islamists is often elided. From a social movement framework, this article highlights this neglect and dwells on the theoretical implications arising therefrom. Below is link to the article and its abstract.
Irfan Ahmad
Affiliated Fellow
International Institute for Asian Studies
The Netherlands
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Link to the Article:
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/1...74.2005.00119.x
Abstract:
<b> Religious movements have often been studied in the context of nationstates. With scholarly attention now shifting to globalization and other world system processes, there is a growing move to go beyond the particularity of nation-states and study the general transnational dimensions of religious movements. In this article I describe the processes through which Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), a contemporary Islamist movement in India, developed links with ideologically similar movements, institutions and networks in the Gulf countries, Iran and the West., Taking JIH as a social movement, I argue for a more nuanced conceptualization of transnational social movements, because existing theories are based on the experiences of Western democracies and, as such, are insensitive to collective actions in undemocratic polities such as the Gulf states. While making a case for taking into account the transnational dimensions of understanding JIH. I call into question the alarmist thesis that emphasizes the homogenous radicalization of the entire movement as an inevitable consequence of the transnational connections an Islamic movement develops. On the contrary, I contend that they also lead to conflict within the movement and its moderation.</b>
Irfan Ahmad
IIAS