New Books in Islamic Studies: Creating a New Medina

In this episode of the New Books in Islamic Studies podcast, host SherAli Tareen speaks with Venkat Dhulipala to discuss his book, "Creating a New Medina: State Power, Islam, and the Quest for Pakistan in Late Colonial North India" (Cambridge University Press, 2015). Tareen writes, "Through a careful reading of a range of sources, including the religious writings of important 20th-century Muslim scholars, Dhulipala shows ways in which Pakistan was crafted and imagined as "The New Medina" that was to represent the leader and protector of the global Muslim community."