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SUMMARY:Historicising Islamic Extremism in the Punjab - Dr. Tahir Kamran (
 Visiting Fellow Wolfson College and Centre of South Asian Studies)
DTSTART:20130129T174500Z
DTEND:20130129T191500Z
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CONTACT:Prof Jane Chapman
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: The last quarter of the 19th century witnessed the a
 dvent of\nreform movements in the Punjab which were partly a response to C
 hristian\nproselytizing activity and which led to the emergence of religio
 n as a\nprincipal identity marker. All three major religions\, Islam\, Hin
 duism and Sikhism became self-contained and exclusivist entities. The prim
 e focus of this talk will be on the Muslims of the Punjab\, who gradually 
 acquiesced to the traditionalist version of Islam\, thus paving the way fo
 r the religious extremism in the post colonial state of Pakistan.\n\n
LOCATION:Gatsby Room\, Wolfson College
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