03365nam 22007333 450 991050058950332120220207155338.097817604645541760464554(CKB)5590000000558358(MiAaPQ)EBC6829403(Au-PeEL)EBL6829403(OCoLC)1261465868(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/72138(Perlego)2937412(oapen)doab72138(EXLCZ)99559000000055835820220207d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFinding the Enemy Within Blasphemy Accusations and Subsequent Violence in Pakistan1st ed.CanberraANU Press2021Canberra :ANU Press,2021.©2021.1 online resource (270 pages)Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1. Historical roots of anti-blasphemy violence in Pakistan: Formation of self, community and the state -- 2. Religious discourse concerning blasphemy: Politics of uncertainty and legitimacy -- Part II -- 3. Blasphemy accusations: Power, purity and the enemy within -- 4. Violence in the making: The politics of escalation from accusation to punishment -- Part III -- 5. Legitimate punishment of blasphemy: Contestation between the legal system and popular justice -- 6. At the nexus of state and society: Continuities and discontinuities between the legal system and popular justice -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Text of offences relating to religion (Pakistan Penal Code, 1860) -- Bibliography.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.Finding the Enemy WithinReligious fundamentalismbicsscBlasphemy, heresy, apostasybicsscReligious intolerance, persecution & conflictbicsscChristianitybicsscChristian spirituality & religious experiencebicsscIslambicsscReligious life & practicebicsscViolence in societybicsscSocial & cultural anthropology, ethnographybicsscPakistanblasphemyIslamviolencereligionReligious fundamentalismBlasphemy, heresy, apostasyReligious intolerance, persecution & conflictChristianityChristian spirituality & religious experienceIslamReligious life & practiceViolence in societySocial & cultural anthropology, ethnography297.5695Ashraf Sana1076089MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910500589503321Finding the Enemy Within2586209UNINA