Pakistan's blasphemy laws from Islamic empires to the Taliban / by Shemeem Burney Abbas.

Author/creator Abbas, Shemeem Burney
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoAustin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2013.
Descriptionxvi, 204 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Subjects

Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 181-193) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012044362
ISBN9780292745308 (cloth : alk. paper)

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