[...]nged) ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> perfect form of islam
="lsts lst1">•Maududi ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (Muslims who know themselves to be weak by constitution ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->) one erect a state to install change in oneself ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> perfect form of islam
="lsts lst1">•Iqbal ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> striving='lgc'>: individuation without individuality ='lgc'>~= potentiel without concrete ='lgc'>~= experimentation on self


producing the concrete environment within something to make it available to X ='lgc'>: enabling ='lgc'>=/= entailing

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="ppl">Naveeda chapter 3 law

="ppl">Naveeda='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•mosque='lgc'> = site of striving
="lsts lst1">•law='lgc'> = state's efforts at striving (and inflecting muslim aspiration) ='lgc'>[='lgc'>=/= law='lgc'>: site of colonial ="trms">codification and ossification='lgc'>]

="ppl">="ppl">Foucault ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (when the state asks you for) registration='lgc'>: dis="trms">interested bureaucratic procedure='lgc'> = state's securing its ="trms">authority
='lgc'>~/= ="ppl">Derrida ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> law='lgc'> = a horizon of aspiration through a register of justice


munir report
semitic theory of state (Jewish, ="frds scrmbld"nttrm="Christianson">Christian, or Islamic)='lgc'>: the object of human life is to prepare ourselves for the next life ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> strive for human conduct which ensure for a person better status in the next ="trms">world
='strcls'>*state ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> act upon Muslim bodies to secure their afterlife='strcls'>* (by means of prayers and good work)
='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> define a Muslim='lgc'>:
="lstsrd">1. identify the ="trms">material body upon which am Islamic state is compelled to act (to ensure its afterlife)
="lstsrd">2. to protect non-Muslims from the state
="lstsrd">3. to protect the state from non-Muslims (kofar)


(for me there is a big ="trms">difference between='lgc'>:)
="lsts lst1">•islam='lgc'>: achievement of the ="ppl">Arabian nomads (that make the musulman of today live in the ="trms">past)
="lsts lst1">•islam='lgc'>: a tradition of intellectual ="trms">imagination of those who were conquered


Pakistan 1972 constitution ='lgc'>--(for the purpose of the constitution of the law)='lgc'>='lgc'>--> non-muslim='lgc'>: a person who does not believe in the absolute and unqualified finality of prophethood of Muhammad, the last of the prophets or claims to be a prophet, in any sense of the word or of any description whatsoever, after Muhammad or recognizes such a claimant as a prophet or a ="trms">religious reformer


something akin to copy="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">right (trademark law) ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> disable non-Muslims from encroaching upon Muslim ="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rights over their tradition (undertaking muslim modes of worship='lgc'>: use of honorific titles and modes of address ="trms">specific to the prophetic ="trms">community, building mosques, calling azan, citing from Quran or hadis, etc.)

khatam anbia ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> khatm='lgc'>: seal ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> aspects of Islam as sealed off and ex="trms">="trms"nttrm="cluster,club">clusive to muslims

(Pakistan supprim court's ="trms">affective legal feedback loop) copy="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">righting islam='lgc'> = affirmation of Muslim ="trms">nature ='lgc'><='lgc'>--="ppl">Naveeda='lgc'>-- ='strcls'>*a horizon of striving='strcls'>*
='lgc'>}='lgc'><='lgc'>-- an ='thdf'>example of (Iqbalian) reason ='lgc'>+ revelation


institutionalizing blindness


Iqbal on ahmadies='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•Tipu sultan collapse by the British 1799='lgc'> = mark of political and psychological subjugation of Muslims ='lgc'>--Iqbal='lgc'>='lgc'>--> Ahmadiyya messianic movement='lgc'> = subjugated people explaining to themselves their state of decline (negative enlightenment)
="lsts lst1">•tolerance='lgc'> = in="trms">difference

striving ='lgc'>=/= progress

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="ppl">Naveeda chapter 4 jinn


strident ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> engaging speech with vivid imagery
="trms">differential ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> differing knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge to proper ="trms">authority

lack of con="trms">sensus on what X is (among its varient constituents) ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> (problem of) loss of tolerance
(for example Pakistan='lgc'>:)
contra="trms">dictions between commitments to='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•existing hierarchies
="lsts lst1">•tribal ties
="lsts lst1">•universa="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">listic ="trms">religion (whose version of ="trms">community transcends those ties)


(="ppl">Naveeda) thinking of the potential lines of movement among entrenched ="trms">differences, ="trms">cited texts, and possible ="trms">positions generated by selves encountering others in the ="trms">world

intensities that burn within you ='lgc'>+ openness to conversation

="large lg1" stl="font-size:111%"> attention to time ='lgc'>--="ppl">Naveeda='lgc'>='lgc'>--> draw a consistent picture of an Islam with open future

disputation='lgc'> = a form of experimentation='lgc'>: doing and undoing of known forms (in the spirit of striving) ='lgc'>[='lgc'>=/= experimentation='lgc'>: innovation in self-making, or ="trms">social arrangements='lgc'>]
='at'>@="nms">apass

disputation='lgc'>: a form of ="trms">interaction (with risks and ill effects ='lgc'>[risk of alienation, estrangement of others='lgc'>])
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]becoming='lgc'>: coming to terms with the ="trms">trajectories and crystalization of tendencies within the transcriptions of the state and in public culture ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>**excavating the resources (that this way of being Muslim) give to itself to reflect upon and evaluate (='lgc'>='lgc'>--> renew its in="trms">heritance of Islam)

="lsts lst1">•approaching ="trms">history from the perspective of plenitude
="lsts lst1">•approaching ="trms">history from the perspective of lack


(upsurge of ex="trms">citement accompanying the creation of Pakistan ='lgc'>--Smith='lgc'>='lgc'>--> a tendency ='lgc'>[='lgc'>=/= ="trms">social movement for example reform or piety with identifiable advocacies and ="trms">trajectories='lgc'>] called) ='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]aspiration='lgc'>: sustaining the striving towards an ideal final form (a state, ="trms">society, self, etc.) ='lgc'>=/= achieving

the aspiration of making Pakistan ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> to aspire an islamic state ='lgc'>~~Smith='lgc'>='lgc'>--> muslim way of saying that Pakistan should build for itself a good ="trms">society
='lgc'>--="ppl">Naveeda='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">demand for a state='lgc'> = ="trms">demand for a ="trms">society ='lgc'>~= ="trms">demand for a self

how to ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">read Pakistan's ="trms">historical records shaped by the ='strcls'>*aspiration to strive as Muslims='strcls'>*='qstn'>?


to effect experimentation ='lgc'><='lgc'>==
="lsts lst1">•disputation (jadal)
="lsts lst1">•argument (bahs)
="lsts lst1">•disputation (monazereh)
="lsts lst1">•debate ='lgc'>+ polemic
="lsts lst1">•building mosques
="lsts lst1">•

tradition and ethics of debate and disputation


Carl Schmitt ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> political theology
='strcls'>*politics discovers its ="trms">modernity by repressing the theological foundations of its concept and practice='strcls'>*

theology was always about ="trms">worldly politics ='lgc'><='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">religious transcendence ='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>==> run analysis both ways='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•transcendental coming into play (in some instances)
="lsts lst1">•="trms">worldly life coming into play (in some instances) ='lgc'>[immanent quality='lgc'>]

='lgc'>--="ppl">Singh='lgc'>='lgc'>--> self-making ='and'>& self-perfecting

='lgc'>}='lgc'>--="ppl">Naveeda='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">religious argumentation ='lgc'>: expressive of ongoing striving

='strcls'>**one works on oneself by revisiting and reinhabiting theological conundrums (through words and practice)='strcls'>** ='lgc'>[same in artists as well='qstn'>?='lgc'>]


perceived eagerness for debate among lay muslims ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (="trms">anxiety over) disputation ='lgc'>='lgc'>==>
="lsts lst1">•indulgence in abstract thinking
="lsts lst1">•undermine the tenacity of individual faith
="lsts lst1">•reduce the hold of the daily ="trms">obligations of ritual worship
="lsts lst1">•lead to a diminishing attachment to ="trms">worldly life or stakes in the ="trms">social

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="ppl">Veena, Cavell > skepticism='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•philosophical efforts at securing one's knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge of the ="trms">world unmediated by sense experience (='lgc'><='lgc'>-- classical)
="lsts lst1">•human disappointment with our earthly condition of being distinct and separate from others (='lgc'><='lgc'>-- ="trms">social)
="lsts lst1">•efforts to secure unmediated knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge of others (='lgc'><='lgc'>-- ="trms">social)
="lsts lst1">•

='lgc'>[="ppl">Veena (giving ="trms">historicity and ethnigraphic precision)='lgc'>='lgc'>-->='lgc'>] skepticism ='lgc'>='lgc'>==>
="lsts lst1">•renders other vulnerable to suspicion
="lsts lst1">•unsettle ="trms">social ="trms">relations
="lsts lst1">•produce the conditions of possibility for suffering and violence


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aspiration ='lgc'>=/= clear vision of ends

Pakistan='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•idemtifies itself as an ideological state (Islam) ='lgc'>[='lgc'>==="ppl">Naveeda='lgc'>='lgc'>==> (the possibility of) some experimentation within its ="trms">apparatus ='lgc'>: ='strcls'>***="trms">articulation and dispersal of ideology is not linear or cumulative='strcls'>*** it flows in directions other than from the top down='lgc'>]
="lsts lst1">•in="trms">herits the colonial administrative structure ='lgc'>+ imperatives of government (postcolonial state)

(="frds">Sina ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->) to be ideological about X ='lgc'>: driven to ascertain and adjudicate the others ="trms">relation to X
(certainly as an achievement)

in islamic ideological states (like Pakistan and ="nms">Iran) you are allowed to experiment on what is it to be a Muslim
(='lgc'>+ skepticism with respect to those who strive)
="lsts lst1">•skepticism transforms into an ='strcls'>*impersonal force='strcls'>* (that can emerge anywhere and strike anyone) ='lgc'>[='lgc'><='lgc'>-- dis="trms">embodied aspect of skepticism='lgc'>]

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discourse of spiritual diagnosis
(takes place through an evaluation of one's physiology)

="ppl">Deleuze's ="trms">symptomatology='lgc'>: a creative act bringing about a change in health ='lgc'>+ affirmation of a way of life
="lsts lst1">•striving ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> good health

Iqbal ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> attentiveness to thr physiological as a means to gauge whether one's spirituality is on the ="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">right track
="lsts lst1">•with ="ppl">Bergson ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> concern for the futurity of Islam
="lsts lst1">•with ="ppl">Nietzsche ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> concern f[...]