Revenge, politics and blasphemy in Pakistan /

Adeel Hussain's book uncovers the hidden stories behind Pakistan's legal fixation with blasphemy - tales of revenge, political scheming and sovereign betrayal. It opens in nineteenth-century colonial Punjab and traces blasphemy killings and their legal afterlives to the present, linking th...

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Main Author:	Hussain, Adeel (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Subjects:	Blasphemy > Law and legislation > Pakistan > History. Blasphemy > Pakistan > History. Murder > Religious aspects. Murder > Pakistan > History. Blasphemy (Islam) > History. Blasphème > Pākistān > Histoire. Blasphème (Islam) > Histoire. Meurtre > Pākistān > Histoire. Social History. HISTORY. Islam. RELIGION. Religion. Sociology of Religion. SOCIAL SCIENCE. Blasphemy Blasphemy (Islam) Blasphemy > Law and legislation Murder Murder > Religious aspects Pakistan Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law. Law. Electronic books. History
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Summary:	Adeel Hussain's book uncovers the hidden stories behind Pakistan's legal fixation with blasphemy - tales of revenge, political scheming and sovereign betrayal. It opens in nineteenth-century colonial Punjab and traces blasphemy killings and their legal afterlives to the present, linking their emergence to polemic encounters between Hindu and Muslim revivalist sects, namely the Arya Samaj and the Ahmadiyya.
Item Description:	Also issued in print: 2022.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.
Audience:	Specialized.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780197683545 0197683541 9780197676486 0197676480