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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154741503321

Autore

Ispahani Farahnaz

Titolo

Purifying the land of the pure : a history of Pakistan's religious minorities / / Farahnaz Ispahani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

0-19-062167-2

0-19-062166-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 pages)

Disciplina

305.6095491

Soggetti

Religious minorities - Pakistan

Pakistan Politics and government 1971-1988

Pakistan Politics and government 1988-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Demography, state and religion -- Ideological state -- Militarism and national identity -- Balancing act : 1972-1977 -- Islamization : 1977-1988 -- Global jihad and Pakistan's minorities, 1988-1999 -- Militancy, terrorism and sectarianism - 1999 onwards.

Sommario/riassunto

In Purifying the Land of the Pure, Farahnaz Ispahani analyzes Pakistan's policies towards its religious minority populations, both Muslim and non-Muslim, since independence in 1947.