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Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws : From Islamic Empires To The Taliban /

Under the guise of Islamic law, the prophet Muhammad's Islam, and the Qur'an, states such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Bangladesh are using blasphemy laws to suppress freedom of speech. Yet the Prophet never tried or executed anyone for blasphemy, nor does the Qur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Abbas, Shemeem Burney (Autor)
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2013.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. History.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The ethnography of a military state
  • Pakistan's military state and civil society
  • Muhammad, the messenger
  • Blasphemy laws' evolution
  • Colonial origins, ambiguities, and execution of the blasphemy laws
  • Risky knowledge, perilous times: history's martyr Mansur Hallaj
  • Blasphemy cultures and Islamic empires
  • The affiliates: where to?