Pakistan : a kaleidoscope of Islam / Mariam Abou Zahab.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197536186.Subject(s): Islam and politics -- Pakistan -- History | Sunni -- Relations -- Shīʻah | Shīʻah -- Relations -- Sunnites
| Sunnites -- Pakistan | Shiites -- Pakistan | Salafīyah -- Pakistan | Taliban -- Pakistan | Politics and Government | Politics & governmentAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197534595DDC classification: 320.557095491 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This text brings together two sets of articles and book chapters by the late author, an extraordinary scholar of Islam in South Asia. The first part of the volume examines Shia-Sunni relations in Pakistan, while the second concerns violent Islamism in the country, covering both the Talibanisation of the Pashtun belt and the jihadi dimension of South Asian Salafism. The work explores the many reasons why Pakistan has been the crucible of political Islam. It offers a historical view of this development, factoring in the impact of colonialism and conflict, including the Soviet-Afghan War and the post-9/11 Western military operations in Afghanistan.
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Also issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This text brings together two sets of articles and book chapters by the late author, an extraordinary scholar of Islam in South Asia. The first part of the volume examines Shia-Sunni relations in Pakistan, while the second concerns violent Islamism in the country, covering both the Talibanisation of the Pashtun belt and the jihadi dimension of South Asian Salafism. The work explores the many reasons why Pakistan has been the crucible of political Islam. It offers a historical view of this development, factoring in the impact of colonialism and conflict, including the Soviet-Afghan War and the post-9/11 Western military operations in Afghanistan.
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