Writing Islam from a South Asian Muslim Perspective Rushdie, Hamid,

This book explores whether the post-9/11 novels of Rushdie, Hamid, Aslam and Shamsie can be read as part of an attempt to revise modern ‘knowledge’ of the Islamic world, using globally-distributed English-language literature to reframe Muslims’ potential

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Writing Islam from a South Asian Muslim Perspective

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Writing Islam from a South Asian Muslim Perspective Rushdie, Hamid, Aslam, Shamsie Madeline Clements Research Lecturer in English Studies, Teesside University

© Madeline Clements 2016 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-58123-8

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DOI 10.1057/9781137554383

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To the people who have most believed in me, often more than I have myself: Mum, Dad, Peter – and Saud

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Contents

List of Illustrations

viii

Acknowledgements

ix

1 Writing Islam from a Contemporary South Asian Muslim Perspective

1

2 Enchanted Realms, Sceptical Perspectives – Salman Rushdie after 9/11

30

3 ‘A Devilishly Difﬁcult Ball’ – Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist

60

4 Re-culturing Islam – Nadeem Aslam’s Mausoleum Fiction

88

5 Stranger Intimacies – The Novels of Kamila Shamsie

122

6 Writing Contemporary Islam – An Ambiguous Project

155

Notes

159

Bibliography

179

Index

191

vii

Illustrations Cover image: Wall (2015), Komail Aijazuddin, oil and gold leaf on canvas, 24 × 66 inches. Permission and image courtesy of the artist 1.1 Untitled (2014), Sajid Khan, colour pencil and photo print on wasli paper, 30 × 60 inches. Permission and image courtesy of the artist 2.1 Servant Girls in Scenery (2011), Salman Toor, acrylic and

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