A child of postpartition South Asia, the Sheikh had been raised when memories of the region’s struggle for self-determination were still fresh. The high hopes for a separate utopia for Muslims? The bloodshed over a country they could call their own? All they had brought the Muslims was Pakistan. In the run-up to South Asian independence, “there was so much writing against the British, how they wanted their own countries, one for Hindus, one for Muslims,” he said. “But if the real problem is the British, why do Hindus and Muslims want to come to the UK? The children of those people who fought
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Hmm I see why he may have this stance bc of personal history. I still hate it and there’s reasons why people would immigrate and that’s not an end all question. I would assume that as an academic he should be able to parse that. This makes me think that he’s not so interdisciplinary as he was portrayed to be in the beginning of the book despite his Oxford career he’s just another moulana.
