This fascinating book uncovers the hidden stories behind Pakistan’s fixation with blasphemy–tales of revenge, political scheming and sovereign betrayal. Hussain’s account opens in nineteenth-century colonial Punjab and traces blasphemy killings to the present, linking their emergence to polemic encounters between Hindu and Muslim revivalist sects, namely the Arya Samaj and the Ahmadiyya. It offers, for the first time, the arresting backstories to the assassinations of Pandit Lek...
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Adeel Hussain is Assistant Professor of Legal and Political Theory, Leiden University. Holding a Ph D in the History of Political Thought from the University of Cambrid...
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Limba Engleză ● Format EPUB ● Pagini 248 ● ISBN 9781787388796 ● Mărime fișier 2.3 MB ● Editura Hurst Publishers ● Publicat 2022 ● Descărcabil 24 luni ● Valută EUR ● ID 8429051 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM
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