Taj ul-Islam Hashmi

Taj ul-Islam Hashmi, better known as Taj Hashmi, is a Bangladeshi academic and writer. He was a professor at prominent universities, and his work "Pakistan as a Peasant Utopia" is very popular among academics.

Early life and education Hashmi was born in September 26, 1948 in Assam, India later his family migrate East Bengal. He completed his bachelor and masters at the University of Dhaka in Islamic History and Culture. He did his PhD at the University of Western Australia in Modern South Asian History.

From 1972 to 1981, Hashmi taught at the University of Dhaka. He also taught at the University of Chittagong. From 1987 to 1988, Hashmi taught at the Curtin University. From 1989 to 1998, he taught at the National University of Singapore.

Personal life Hashmi lives in Toronto, Canada, and he is married with two children. He critically examines class and communal identities in Pakistan as a Peasant Utopia (2019) and tackles global jihadism in Global Jihad and America (2014). His earlier works, like Women and Islam in Bangladesh (2000), highlight gender issues, while his Bengali book ঔপনিবেশিক বাংলা (1985) delves into colonial history. Hashmi's diverse scholarship enriches the discourse on identity, governance, and culture in South Asia. He wrote in Religious Radicalism and Security in South Asia (Chapter 3, pp. 34-71), published in Spring 2004 by the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies.