| Islam and Politics | |
| 04 Oct 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
| Questioning Religion: Rise of Islamism in the Maldives | |
By Azim Zahir |
Indeed, in the Maldives what we have seen is a sort of reflexive re-Islamisation: through responding to the terms of alternative discourses (e.g. democracy and human rights) and processes of global modernity, the society seems to be undergoing a new re-traditionalization. If this is so, there is not only de-secularisation. There is a sort of ‘secularisation’ taking place too. This is a secularisation of the imagined community, of the taken-for-granted national consciousness. Ironically, reflexive re-Islamisation is driving this secularisation. This sort of secularisation of the national consciousness seems to be a condition of effective religious liberty. Even if political secularism was to be enshrined in the Constitution, freedom of religion might not be effective without this sort of secularisation of the ‘imagined community’. -- Azim Zahir http://newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamIslamAndPolitics_1.aspx?ArticleID=5619 | ||
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