More than meets the eye: the narratives of secularism and Islam in Bangladesh
In: Asian affairs, Band 49, Heft 2, S. 301-318
ISSN: 1477-1500
This paper challenges the popular perception that Bangladesh has become the latest battleground between secularism and Islam and problematizes the simplified understanding and the binarization of religion and secularism in Bangladesh. It argues that extant discussions on the one hand overlooks the historical background of the interactions of religion and while on the other hand, it ignores the extant multiplicity of both Islamic practices and the understanding of secularism. The author calls for a nuanced understanding of the complex historical and contemporaneous developments regarding relationships between religion and politics. (Asian Aff/GIGA)