Pakistan: The State, Nationalism and Islam | Dr. Ali Usman Qasmi | Podcast

Dr. Ali Usman Qasmi joins New Wave History’s Hamza Hashim to discuss his latest book “Qaum, Mulk, Sultanat: Citizenship and National Belonging in Pakistan.” Dr. Qasmi’s book is a rich historical account of the discourse around the state-making project in Pakistan, and provides a thoroughly detailed and fascinating exposition of how the markers of identity that constitute Pakistani nationhood and citizenship were negotiated.
Dr. Qasmi comments on how most Pakistanis understand history through a reductionist and oversimplified template, which makes a mockery of the discipline by rendering complex phenomenon into caricatures. The use of history for ideological purposes and for the express purpose of supporting the state-making project has contributed to Pakistanis’ intellectual poverty over their own history.
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[@hammadahmad2776]

such an amazing podcast

[@adeelsindhu11]

Why is this in English. Goron k liyay banai hai yeh?

[@NewWaveHistory]

There are millions of people in the subcontinent and around the world who are introduced to, and study history as a discipline in the English language. Nonetheless, we are also working to publish our content in Urdu because we want it to be widely accessible.

[@muhammadsiddiqui9075]

@@NewWaveHistory just admit that you're a colonizer what is this nonsense!

[@sanasama2209]

🤡 Urdu is also a colonial language😅

[@AshokGupta-oq6hs]

Sirs,state,nationalism,and islam can be grouped under 2 heads. State+Nationalism vs islam Islam has no concept of either state or nationalism. Two terms of islam which comes closest to state and nationalism are: caliphate and ummah. Both these terms negate the concept of state as well as nationalism.

[@raufchaudhri5736]

East Bengal ? Is the author feeling some kind of shane cslling it East Pakistan.

[@GuzzarAwan]

U both look judwaa siblings 🤣🤣