Finding the Enemy Within : Blasphemy Accusations and Subsequent Violence in Pakistan

Finding the Enemy Within Blasphemy Accusations and Subsequent Violence in Pakistan

In the past decade, Pakistan has witnessed incidents such as the public lynching of a student on a university campus, a Christian couple being torched alive, attacks on entire neighbourhoods by angry mobs and the assassination of a provincial governor by his own security guard over allegations of bl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ashraf, Sana (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Canberra ANU Press 2021
Canberra : 2021.
Subjects:
Religious fundamentalism
Blasphemy, heresy, apostasy
Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict
Christianity
Christian spirituality & religious experience
Islam
Religious life & practice
Violence in society
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
Pakistan
blasphemy
violence
religion
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009625156606719
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Summary:In the past decade, Pakistan has witnessed incidents such as the public lynching of a student on a university campus, a Christian couple being torched alive, attacks on entire neighbourhoods by angry mobs and the assassination of a provincial governor by his own security guard over allegations of blasphemy.
Physical Description:1 online resource (270 pages)
ISBN:9781760464554

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