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The ulama in contemporary Pakistan : contesting and cultivating an Islamic Republic / Mashal Saif.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saif, Mashal, 1985- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam and politics--Pakistan.
- Islam and politics.
- Pakistan.
- Islam and state--Pakistan.
- Islam and state.
- Pakistan--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 320 pages)
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. The Clerics and the Council: Contesting Religious Authority
- 2. Sovereignty between God and the State: Debating Muhammad's Honor and Blasphemy
- 3. Questioning State Identity and Legitimacy: A Case for Religiously Mandated Insurrection
- 4. Seeking Security: Shi'a 'Ulama and State Formation
- 5. Minority Aspirations and the State: Shi'a Political Theology
- Conclusion
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 26, 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Saif, Mashal, 1985- The ulama and the state in contemporary Pakistan
- ISBN:
- 9781108885034
- 1108885039
- Publisher Number:
- 40030191434
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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