Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea Faisal Devji
Publisher: Harvard University Press

Sikander is LLF's Artist of the Year. Jul 15, 2013 - Muslim Zion Pakistan as a Political Idea (Faisal Devji, Hurst 2013, August 30,2013). The publisher's description follows. An idea bereft of territorial kinship, links to blood, soil and history. Aug 22, 2013 - 07 48 PM ISTWhat are the consequences of creating a nation on nothing but an idea? Dec 19, 2013 - Faisal Devji's latest book 'Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a political idea' offers a fresh perspective to the Pakistan movement by linking it to the creation of Israel. May 8, 2014 - In Muslim Zion, Pakistan as a Political Idea, Faisal Devji proves that there is more to the story than meets the eye. May 17, 2013 - In August, Harvard University Press will publish Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea by Faisal Devji (Univ. Feb 24, 2014 - Devji is director of the Asian Studies Center at the University of Oxford. Aug 19, 2013 - The Nation : For Zionism had long provided a model for Muslims who sought to carve a new state out of India. Militant Islam and Global Politics (Hurst, 2009), The Impossible India: Gandhi and the Temptation of Violence (Harvard University Press, 2012) and Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea (Harvard University Press, 2013). Faisal Devji is a Reader in History at St. May 25, 2014 - But the thesis is actually well thought out and merits an honest response. Apr 7, 2013 - Devji's has also authored The Impossible Indian: Gandhi and the Temptations of Violence and the forthcoming Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea. Modernity (2005), The Terrorist in Search of Humanity: Militant Islam and Global Politics (2008), The Impossible Indian: Gandhi and the Temptation of Violence (2012) and Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea (2013). Is pivoted around a critical historical conjuncture where the domestic politics of the subcontinent got entangled with international events, namely the recurring quest towards the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine, also waged on similar grounds – resting on an idea. He is the author, most recently, of Muslim Zion: Pakistan as a Political Idea (Harvard University Press, 2013). Antony's College, Oxford University. Jan 3, 2014 - Muslim Zion - Faisal Devji The Promise of Power - Maya Tudor The creation of Pakistan and India through the severing of the subcontinent was one of the most bloody incidents in 20th century history.