Campus Conflict, Party Politics, and the Secular State in Bangladesh
(2009)
Report
Nelson, M. J. (2009). Campus Conflict, Party Politics, and the Secular State in Bangladesh
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Dealing with Difference: Religious Education and the Challenge of Democracy in Pakistan (2009)
Journal Article
Nelson, M. J. (2009). Dealing with Difference: Religious Education and the Challenge of Democracy in Pakistan. Modern Asian Studies, 43(2), 591-618. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X07003423When is a modern religious education also a modern democratic education? Drawing on research conducted in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (2003–2005), this question is addressed with reference to the views of those who draw upon the resources of loc... Read More about Dealing with Difference: Religious Education and the Challenge of Democracy in Pakistan.
Religion, Politics, and the Modern University in Pakistan and Bangladesh (2009)
Book Chapter
Nelson, M. J. (2009). Religion, Politics, and the Modern University in Pakistan and Bangladesh. In M. Ahmad, & M. J. Nelson (Eds.), Islamic Education in Bangladesh and Pakistan: Trends in Tertiary Institutions (61-94). National Bureau of Asian Research
Religion, Politics, and the Modern University in Pakistan and Bangladesh (2009)
Report
Nelson, M. J. (2009). Religion, Politics, and the Modern University in Pakistan and Bangladesh
Pakistan in 2008: Moving Beyond Musharraf (2009)
Journal Article
Nelson, M. J. (2009). Pakistan in 2008: Moving Beyond Musharraf. Asian Survey, 49(1), 16-27. https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2009.49.1.16Following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in December 2007 and national elections in February 2008, Pakistan struggled to distance itself from the discredited military regime of President (General) Pervez Musharraf. Competition between the Pakist... Read More about Pakistan in 2008: Moving Beyond Musharraf.
Review of David Loyn, 'Butcher and Bolt: two hundred years of foreign engagement in Afghanistan' (2009)
Journal Article
Nelson, M. J. (2009). Review of David Loyn, 'Butcher and Bolt: two hundred years of foreign engagement in Afghanistan'. The Middle East in London, 6(1),
Religious Education in Non-Religious Schools: A Comparative Study of Pakistan and Bangladesh (2008)
Journal Article
Nelson, M. J. (2008). Religious Education in Non-Religious Schools: A Comparative Study of Pakistan and Bangladesh. Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 46(3), 271-295. https://doi.org/10.1080/14662040802176574In both Pakistan and Bangladesh, most parents seek to provide their children with a ‘hybrid’ education, combining both religious and non-religious components (simultaneously). In Pakistan, however, the so-called ‘non-religious’ side of this education... Read More about Religious Education in Non-Religious Schools: A Comparative Study of Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Review of Srirupa Roy, 'Beyond Belief: India and the Politics of Postcolonial Nationalism' (2008)
Journal Article
Nelson, M. J. (2008). Review of Srirupa Roy, 'Beyond Belief: India and the Politics of Postcolonial Nationalism'. Asian Affairs, 39(2), 287-288. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068370802017905
Review of Vazira Fazila-Yaqoobali Zamindar, 'The Long Partition and the Making of Modern South Asia: Refugees, Boundaries, Histories' (2008)
Journal Article
Nelson, M. J. (2008). Review of Vazira Fazila-Yaqoobali Zamindar, 'The Long Partition and the Making of Modern South Asia: Refugees, Boundaries, Histories'. Asian Affairs, 39(2), 447-448. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068370802346809
Who Speaks for Islam?: 'Authenticity' and the Interpretation of Islamic Law in America's War on Terror (2007)
Journal Article
Nelson, M. J. (2007). Who Speaks for Islam?: 'Authenticity' and the Interpretation of Islamic Law in America's War on Terror. Australian Journal of International Affairs, 61(2), 247-66. https://doi.org/10.1080/10357710701358386Recognising that America's response to the events of 11 September would do well to maintain a sharp distinction between the ‘war on terror’ and a war ‘against Islam’, this article argues that American diplomatic rhetoric would benefit from an explici... Read More about Who Speaks for Islam?: 'Authenticity' and the Interpretation of Islamic Law in America's War on Terror.