After tracing the earlier view of the Caliphate, this study looks at the Karbalas `Ashura tragedy, an event religious scholars and Indian politicians effectively used to galvanize Muslims into demanding from the British government and the Indian National Congress a separate Islamic country they would call it Pakistan. This book is an invaluable source not only for university students of history but also for theologians, politicians, sociologists, general readers and also those interested in the last days of the British empire in India.
Husein Khimjee received his Doctorate from University of Toronto, Centre for Religious Studies. Currently he is teaching in the Religion and Culture Department at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario. He is actively involved in inter-faith dialogues and is a member of several inter-faith organizations, including Canadian Association of Jews and Muslims. His most recent publication is The Attributes of God in the Monotheistic Faiths of Judeo-Christian and Islamic Traditions
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