Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws : From Islamic Empires to the Taliban /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abbas, Shemeem Burney (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Blasphemy (Islam)
Blasphemy.
LAW > International.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Blaspheme (Islam)
Blaspheme > Pākistān.
Blasphemy > Pakistan.
Pakistan.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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?

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