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| Author | Hussain Ahmed Madani |
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| Language | Urdu |
| Subjects | Islam in India, Indian independence movement, Opposition to the Partition of India |
Publication date | 1938 |
| Publication place | India |
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Composite Nationalism and Islam (Urdu: متحدہ قومیت اور اسلام) is a book written in 1938 by Hussain Ahmed Madani, the Dean of Darul Uloom Deoband, espousing composite nationalism: a united India for both Muslims and non-Muslims.[1] The book opposed the Partition of India and in it, Madani advocated for "the ideal of a 'composite nationalism' within a united India, which he thought would be more conducive to the spread and prosperity of his community over the entire subcontinent than any religious partition."[1]
The book was translated into English in 2005 by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind.[2]
The idea of composite nationalism was and remains influential among the Muslims living in India, with the majority of them staying in independent India despite the partition, rather than migrating to the areas that separated to become Pakistan.[3][4]
- ^ a b Peers, Douglas M.; Gooptu, Nandini (2017). India and the British Empire. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192513526.
Madani, head for several decades of the Deoband training centre for theologians, strongly supported Congress nationalism and the ideal of a 'composite nationalism' within an united India, which he thought would be more conducive to the spread and prosperity of his community over the entire subcontinent than any religious partition.
- ^ Sikka, Sonia; Puri, Bindu; Beaman, Lori G. (2015). Living with Religious Diversity. Routledge. ISBN 9781317370994.
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