![[Chapter 1 from] The Faithful Scribe: A Story of Islam, Pakistan, Family, and War](https://scholarship.richmond.edu/bookshelf/1252/thumbnail.jpg)
Files
Read More (1.4 MB)
Description
A journalist explores his family’s history to reveal the hybrid cultural and political landscape of Pakistan, the world’s first Islamic democracy. Shahan Mufti’s family history, which he can trace back fourteen hundred years to the inner circle of the prophet Muhammad, offers an enlightened perspective on the mystifying history of Pakistan. Mufti uses the stories of his ancestors, many of whom served as judges and jurists in Muslim sharia courts of South Asia for many centuries, to reveal the deepest roots—real and imagined—of Islamic civilization in Pakistan.
More than a personal history, The Faithful Scribe captures the larger story of the world’s first Islamic democracy, and explains how the state that once promised to bridge Islam and the West is now threatening to crumble under historical and political pressure, and why Pakistan’s destiny matters to us all.
ISBN
9781590515051
Publication Date
2013
Publisher
Other Press
City
New York
Keywords
Islamic culture, Islamic politics, Pakistan, India-Pakistan conflict, Pakistan history
School
School of Arts and Sciences
Department
Journalism
Disciplines
Islamic World and Near East History | Political History
Recommended Citation
Mufti, Shahan. The Faithful Scribe: A Story of Islam, Pakistan, Family, and War. New York: Other Press, 2013.
Comments
Listen to Podcasts@Boatwright and hear Dr. Shahan Mufti discuss The Faithful Scribe: A Story of Islam, Pakistan, Family, and War.
Read the introduction to the book by clicking the Download button above.