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Purifying the land of the pure : a history of Pakistan's religious minorities / Farahnaz Ispahani.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ispahani, Farahnaz, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religious minorities--Pakistan.
- Religious minorities.
- Pakistan--Politics and government--1971-1988.
- Pakistan.
- Pakistan--Politics and government--1988-1999.
- Pakistan--Politics and government--1999-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- In Purifying the Land of the Pure, Farahnaz Ispahani analyzes Pakistan's policies towards its religious minority populations, both Muslim and non-Muslim, since independence in 1947.
- Contents:
- Demography, state and religion
- Ideological state
- Militarism and national identity
- Balancing act : 1972-1977
- Islamization : 1977-1988
- Global jihad and Pakistan's minorities, 1988-1999
- Militancy, terrorism and sectarianism - 1999 onwards.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-062167-2
- 0-19-062166-4
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