02780oam 2200625I 450 991045886620332120200520144314.01-135-16193-31-282-57151-697866125715100-203-85812-310.4324/9780203858127 (CKB)2670000000013804(EBL)496354(OCoLC)609859035(SSID)ssj0000363297(PQKBManifestationID)11253627(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000363297(PQKBWorkID)10387612(PQKB)10820467(MiAaPQ)EBC496354(Au-PeEL)EBL496354(CaPaEBR)ebr10382560(CaONFJC)MIL257151(OCoLC)649022279(EXLCZ)99267000000001380420180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMohajir militancy in Pakistan violence and practices of transformation in the Karachi conflict /Nichola KhanLondon :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (200 p.)Routledge Contemporary South Asia SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-62667-6 0-415-55490-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The Mohajirs transposed; 3 The transformation: A violent becoming; 4 Partition reprised: Grievance, unification and violence; 5 Women in the homeland; 6 God's justice in Liaquatabad: Jamaat e Islami and the Islami Jamiat Tuleba; 7 Conclusion; Afterword; Bibliography; IndexSynthesizing political, anthropological and psychological perspectives, this book addresses the everyday causes and appeal of long-term involvement in extreme political violence in urban Pakistan. Taking Pakistan's ethno nationalist Mohajir party, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) as a case study, it explores how certain men from the ethnic community of Mohajirs are recruited to the roles and statuses of political killers, and sustain violence as a primary social identity and lifestyle over a period of some years. By drawing on detailed fieldwork in areas involved in the Karachi conflict, Routledge Contemporary South Asia SeriesViolencePakistanElectronic books.Violence954.9105/2Khan Nichola.907870MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458866203321Mohajir militancy in Pakistan2030742UNINA