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Pakistan's blasphemy laws

Abbas, Shemeem Burney,

Pakistan's blasphemy laws from Islamic empires to the Taliban / [electronic resource] : by Shemeem Burney Abbas. - First edition. - Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (xvi, 204 pages :) illustrations ;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-193) and index.

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.

9780292745315 0292745311


Blasphemy (Islam)
Blasphemy--Pakistan.


Electronic books.

KPL4172 / .A923 2013

345.5491/0288