The Promise of Piety: Islam and the Politics of Moral Order in Pakistan. PB**

Cornell University Press

The Promise of Piety\nby Arsalan Khan\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 8\u20139 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Arsalan Khan\nTitle: The Promise of Piety\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Social groups: religious groups and communities\nPublisher: Cornell University Press\nPublication year: 2024\nISBN-13: 9781501773570\nISBN-10: 1501773577\nRRP: \u00A324.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nIn The Promise of Piety, Arsalan Khan examines the zealous commitment to a distinct form of face-to-face preaching (dawat) among Pakistani Tablighis, practitioners of the transnational Islamic piety movement the Tablighi Jamaat. This group says that Muslims have abandoned their religious duties for worldly pursuits, creating a state of moral chaos apparent in the breakdown.