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Notes from the fortune-telling parrot : Islam and the struggle for religious Ppuralism in Pakistan
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ISBN: 1845538420 9781845538422 9781845533465 1845533453 9781845533458 1845533461 Year: 2008 Publisher: London ; Oakville, Connecticut : Equinox,

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This book explores the richness of Pakistan's religious landscape and utilizes a number of topics in an investigation of how Islamist politicians seek to eradicate sectarian diversity and repress localized forms of Muslim folk practices in the name of a standardized, uniform and globalized version of Islam. The book examines forms of resistance to this Islamist globalization to repeal Pakistan's notorious blasphemy law and assert the worth of religious pluralism.


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Fatima Jinnah : Mother of the Nation
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ISBN: 1108135315 1108148751 1108148883 1108149014 1108149669 1108131727 1108149146 1107192765 1316642801 9781108149662 9781108131728 9781316642801 9781108135313 9781108148757 9781108148887 9781108149013 9781108149143 9781107192768 Year: 2017 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Although fifty years have passed since the death of Fatima Jinnah - author, activist and stateswoman known in Pakistan as the 'mother of the nation' - this is the first scholarly biography to tackle her life in full. Her background and contribution to Muslim nationalism under the British Raj, as well as her various efforts to consolidate the state, including a run for president in 1964, are told through previously untapped archival sources. Examining her life in the context of scholarship on South Asia and on women in Islam, Pirbhai assesses Fatima Jinnah's role through the theoretical lens of the colonial 'new woman'. This is essential reading for all those interested in modern South Asian and Islamic history, particularly the themes of gender and colonialism, the roots of Muslim nationalism and the early challenges facing the Pakistani state, as shown through the extraordinary lived experience of its most influential female activist.

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