The question of the ‘Islamic state’

Jinnah and Liaquat’s assumption that only theocracies were to be avoided rested on a very narrow understanding of how law and society worked. Though their pronouncements saved Pakistan from a theocracy, it helped little to define what the term ‘Islamic state’ then meant

January 31, 2016

Highlights

  • Though Jinnah and Liaquat's pronouncements saved Pakistan from a theocracy, it helped little to define what the term ‘Islamic state’ then meant
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