Religious origins of nationalist movements: The experience of India and the Sudan

Nationalism in Asia and Africa is generally understood as a modern secular movement for independence. However, this idea is contestable. Analysing nationalism in India and the Sudan, this paper argues that nationalist movements there actually had their origins in Islamic religious resistance against...

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Published in:Nations and nationalism 2024-07
Main Authors: Moniruzzaman, Md, Ahmed Abdel Rahman, AbdelRahman, Fahmida Farzana, Kazi, Mujahid, Atiqur Rahman
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Language:English
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Summary:Nationalism in Asia and Africa is generally understood as a modern secular movement for independence. However, this idea is contestable. Analysing nationalism in India and the Sudan, this paper argues that nationalist movements there actually had their origins in Islamic religious resistance against the British colonial rule preceding the development of secular nationalism. Depending on political development following the colonial advancement, the secular elite‐led nationalism also largely fostered religious communal nationalism in India and the Sudan. This substantiates the argument that religion never ceased to play the most central role in the nationalist movements in India and the Sudan. Following an inter‐continental approach to study nationalism, this article explores exclusively the connection between religion and the first ever generic nationalist movements in the context of colonialism in India and the Sudan.
ISSN:1354-5078
1469-8129
DOI:10.1111/nana.13039