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Revenge, Politics and Blasphemy in Pakistan /
Hussain, Adeel
Revenge, Politics and Blasphemy in Pakistan / Adeel Hussain - London: Hurst & Company , 2022. - viii,242 pages
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.
Includes bibliographical references.
9781787386853
Blasphemy (Islam), Blasphemy (Islam) History ,Blasphemy Law and legislation, Blasphemy Law and legislation, Pakistan History, Blasphemy Pakistan History, Blasphème (Islam) Histoire, Blasphème Pākistān Histoire ,History, Law ,Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law, Murder, Murder Pakistan History ,Murder Religious aspects Pakistan
345.54910288 / HUS
Revenge, Politics and Blasphemy in Pakistan / Adeel Hussain - London: Hurst & Company , 2022. - viii,242 pages
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.
Includes bibliographical references.
9781787386853
Blasphemy (Islam), Blasphemy (Islam) History ,Blasphemy Law and legislation, Blasphemy Law and legislation, Pakistan History, Blasphemy Pakistan History, Blasphème (Islam) Histoire, Blasphème Pākistān Histoire ,History, Law ,Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law, Murder, Murder Pakistan History ,Murder Religious aspects Pakistan
345.54910288 / HUS