[act-ma] SUN Apr 21 5PM MIT | Islamism and Democracy in India: The Transformation of Jamaat-e-Islami

[Umang Kumar]

Boston South Asia Center presents
The Second Dr. Omar Khalidi lecture

Islamism and Democracy in India:
The Transformation of Jamaat-e-Islami

by Irfan Ahmed
School of Political & Social Inquiry, Monash University, Australia

SUNDAY APR 21 5PM
ROOM 4-237 MIT

77 Mass. Ave Cambridge MA

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind is the most influential Islamist organization in
India today. Founded in 1941 by Syed Abul Ala Maududi with the aim of
spreading Islamic values in the subcontinent, Jamaat and its former
affiliate, the
Student Islamic Movement of India or SIMI, have been watched closely
by Indian security services since September 11, 2001. In particular,
SIMI has been accused of being behind terrorist bombings in India. Dr.
Ahmed will talk about his in-depth examination of India's
Jamaat-e-Islami and SIMI, exploring political Islam's complex
relationship with democracy and providing a rare window into the
Islamist trajectory in a Muslim-minority context.

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