THE INVENTION OF TRADITION IN MUSLIM POLITICS

Impact of Line System on Assam Politics during the Late Colonial Period

Think India ◽

10.26643/think-india.v22i3.8082 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 102-108

Author(s):

Dr. Fakrul Islam Laskar

Keyword(s):

Colonial Period ◽

Line System ◽

Muslim Politics ◽

District Administration

The execution of the Line System in Assam in order to restrict the settlements of immigrant from Bengal was one of the important issues that influenced the Assam politics, most particularly the Muslim politics, during the late colonial period. It was first implemented in 1920 in Nowgong district and also in the Barpeta sub-division of Kamrup district. The Bengali speaking immigrants, mostly peasants, resisted against the Line System designed by the district administration and in that they got the support of the Assam Provincial Muslim League. The provincial league under the leadership of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani condemned the Line System and protested against its implementation. The Muslim League organized meetings, demonstrations and hartals throughout the province to get it abolished. The indigenous inhabitants, however, strongly advocated the retention of the Line System and demonstrated their support for the Line System.

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Finding Faith in Foreign Policy

10.1093/oso/9780190949464.001.0001 ◽

2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Gregorio Bettiza

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

American Foreign Policy ◽

International System ◽

World Order ◽

The United States ◽

Development Aid ◽

First Century ◽

Sacred Landscapes ◽

Muslim Politics ◽

The Cold War

Since the end of the Cold War, religion has been systematically brought to the fore of American foreign policy. US foreign policymakers have been increasingly tasked with promoting religious freedom globally, delivering humanitarian and development aid abroad through faith-based channels, pacifying Muslim politics and reforming Islamic theologies in the context of fighting terrorism, and engaging religious actors to solve multiple conflicts and crises around the world. Across a range of different domains, religion has progressively become an explicit and organized subject and object of US foreign policy in ways that were unimaginable just a few decades ago. If God was supposed to be vanquished by the forces of modernity and secularization, why has the United States increasingly sought to understand and manage religion abroad? In what ways have the boundaries between faith and state been redefined as religion has become operationalized in American foreign policy? What kind of world order is emerging in the twenty-first century as the most powerful state in the international system has come to intervene in sustained and systematic ways in sacred landscapes around the globe? This book addresses these questions by developing an original theoretical framework and drawing upon extensive empirical research and interviews. It argues that American foreign policy and religious forces have become ever more inextricably entangled in an age witnessing a global resurgence of religion and the emergence of a postsecular world society.

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