Pan-Islamism versus Indian Nationalism-A Reappraisal

A Reappraisal Mushirul Hasan It is simplistic to regard the ulama as standard-bearers of Muslim orthodoxy and conservatism whose concerns were limited to regulating the religious and educational life of the Muslim community. Such a view ignores the range of their involvement in other spheres, especially in organising, conducting and leading some vitally important political movements in the first four decades of the twentieth century.