تحریک ِ استشراق : ایک اینٹی اسلامک آئیڈیالوجی (پیر محمد کرم شاہ الازہری کے افکار کا تحقیقی مطالعہ)

ORIENTALISM: AN ANTI-ISLAMIC IDEOLOGY (A RESEARCH STUDY OF PIR MUHAMMAD KARAM SHAH AL-AZHARI'S THOUGHT)

Abstract

With profound and sagacious insight into the contemporary issues of the Ummah, which is the prerequisite for an ideal exegete of the Holy Quran, Pir Muhammad Karam Shah (1918-1998) has no parallel in the entire literature of this genre. This research critically analyzes the Orientalism and their conspiracies against Islam and the Muslims and showcases the reality that the orientalism is an ideological movement rooted in anti-Islamic motives, through the lens of Pir Muhammad Karam Shah Al-Azhari’s scholarly thoughts. Orientalism, often presented as an academic endeavor to study Eastern cultures and religions, has historically carried a biased agenda aimed at distorting Islamic teachings and undermining Muslim identity. Contemporary scholars of the Muslim world tried their level best to elaborate the obnoxious designs of the orientalists but Pir Muhammad Karam Shah offered a comprehensive intellectual response to the misrepresentations propagated by Orientalist writers. This study analyzes his critical evaluation of Orientalist literature and highlights his efforts to defend Islamic beliefs through scholarly refutations, historical clarifications, and theological reasoning. By exploring his writings, the research sheds light on his methodology, which blends traditional Islamic scholarship with contemporary awareness. The study ultimately presents Orientalism as a deliberate ideological construct and situates Pir Karam Shah’s work as part of a broader intellectual resistance within the Muslim world.