Imperial discourse splits South Asia into a celebrated India and a feared Pakistan

Evidence

In contrast with these American anxieties, Britons in India only became alarmed at the prospect of an Ottoman-oriented pan-Islamism as the nineteenth century concluded. — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 137 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: South Asian Muslims held distinct views from their British rulers — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear:…, 23; Cold War geopolitics directly shaped Pakistan’s literary and political landscape — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 391; British India feared pan-Islamism later than America did — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 137 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• British India feared pan-Islamism later than America did #complicates (0.85) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 137