Pakistan's blasphemy laws : from Islamic empires to the Taliban /
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| Author / Creator: | Abbas, Shemeem Burney, author. |
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Imprint: | Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2013. |
| Description: | xvi, 204 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9286312 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface. The Ethnography of a Military State
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Pakistan's Military State and Civil Society
- Chapter 2. Muhammad, the Messenger
- Chapter 3. Blasphemy Laws' Evolution
- Chapter 4. Colonial Origins, Ambiguities, and Execution of the Blasphemy Laws
- Chapter 5. Risky Knowledge, Perilous Times: History's Martyr Mansur Hallaj
- Chapter 6. Blasphemy Cultures and Islamic Empires
- Conclusion. The Affiliates: Where To?
- Appendices
- 1. Fieldwork
- 2. Text of Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws
- 3. A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission
- 4. The Hudood Ordinance; Qanun-e Shahadat or the Law of Evidence
- 5. Fate of a Teacher Accused of Blasphemy to Be Decided Today
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
