Purifying the land of the pure : a history of Pakistan's religious minorities /

Ispahani, Farahnaz,

Purifying the land of the pure : a history of Pakistan's religious minorities / Farahnaz Ispahani. - New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017 - v, 216 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-206) and index.

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.

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.

9780190621650

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Religious minorities--Pakistan.


Pakistan--Politics and government--1971-1988.
Pakistan--Politics and government--1988-

BL2035.5.R45 / I87 2017

305.6095491