‘Objectification’ of Islam: A Study of Pakistani Madrassah Texts

This article examines the texts used by madrassah or religious schools in Pakistan which are playing a major role in framing the larger part of madrassah students’ worldview. A considerable part of madrassah graduates are busy in what they called it jihad in Afghanistan Northern Pakistan. Comparing these texts with that of the nineteenth century, this study investigates that how a substantial change in the emphasis laid by the madrassah teaching took place which aimed at ‘objectifying’ Islam, a concept unknown to pre-modern societies. This query is important for understanding not only the madrassah mind but also important for understanding current politics in Pakistan and West and South Asia.