Language, Religion and Politics

Urdu, presently the national language of Pakistan and the identity symbol of Indian Muslims, is associated with Islam in South Asia. This association was forged during British colonial rule. The British replaced Persian, the official language of Mughal rule, with Urdu at the lower level and English...

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Autor principal:	Tariq Rahman
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Publicado:	Université de Provence 2008
Materias:	History of Africa DT1-3415 Social sciences (General) H1-99
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e58913dca1e04e8c931226987fe06d9f2021-12-02T10:05:55ZLanguage, Religion and Politics0997-13272105-227110.4000/remmm.6019https://doaj.org/article/e58913dca1e04e8c931226987fe06d9f2008-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/remmm/6019https://doaj.org/toc/0997-1327https://doaj.org/toc/2105-2271Urdu, presently the national language of Pakistan and the identity symbol of Indian Muslims, is associated with Islam in South Asia. This association was forged during British colonial rule. The British replaced Persian, the official language of Mughal rule, with Urdu at the lower level and English at the higher one in parts of North India and present-day Pakistan. Urdu was disseminated by networks of education and communication in colonial India. It became the medium of instruction in the Islamic seminaries (madrasas) and the major language of religious writings. It also become part of the Muslim identity and contributed, next only to Islam itself, in mobilizing the Muslim community to demand Pakistan which was carved out of British India in 1947. In Pakistan, Urdu and Islam are important symbolic components of the national identity and resist the expression of the local indigenous languages. This (Pakistani Muslim) identity is mainly supported by right-wing politics and is antagonistic not only to ethnic identification but also to the globalized, liberal, Westernized identity based upon English which is the hallmark of the elite. In India, however, Urdu supports the Muslim minority against right-wing Hindu domination. Thus, Urdu plays complex and even contradictory roles in its association with Islam in Pakistan and parts of North India.Tariq RahmanUniversité de ProvencearticleHistory of AfricaDT1-3415Social sciences (General)H1-99ENFRRevue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée, Vol 124, Pp 93-112 (2008)
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description	Urdu, presently the national language of Pakistan and the identity symbol of Indian Muslims, is associated with Islam in South Asia. This association was forged during British colonial rule. The British replaced Persian, the official language of Mughal rule, with Urdu at the lower level and English at the higher one in parts of North India and present-day Pakistan. Urdu was disseminated by networks of education and communication in colonial India. It became the medium of instruction in the Islamic seminaries (madrasas) and the major language of religious writings. It also become part of the Muslim identity and contributed, next only to Islam itself, in mobilizing the Muslim community to demand Pakistan which was carved out of British India in 1947. In Pakistan, Urdu and Islam are important symbolic components of the national identity and resist the expression of the local indigenous languages. This (Pakistani Muslim) identity is mainly supported by right-wing politics and is antagonistic not only to ethnic identification but also to the globalized, liberal, Westernized identity based upon English which is the hallmark of the elite. In India, however, Urdu supports the Muslim minority against right-wing Hindu domination. Thus, Urdu plays complex and even contradictory roles in its association with Islam in Pakistan and parts of North India.
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