Revenge, Politics and Blasphemy in Pakistan by Adeel Hussain (Hardback Book)

Name: Revenge, Politics and Blasphemy in Pakistan by Adeel Hussain (Hardback Book)
Brand: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

This fascinating book uncovers the hidden stories behind Pakistan's fixation with blasphemy--tales of revenge, political scheming and sovereign betrayal. Hussain's account opens in nineteenth-century colonial Punjab and traces blasphemy killings to the present, linking their emergence to polemic encounters between Hindu and Muslim revivalist sects, namely the Arya Samaj and the Ahmadiyya. It offers, for the first time, the arresting backstories to the assassinations of Pandit Lekh Ram, a leading Hindu nationalist; Swami Shraddhanand, an early progenitor of Hindu nationalism and the principal advocate for converting Muslims; and Rajpal, the Hindu publisher of a sensationalist book on the Prophet Muhammad.'Revenge, Politics and Blasphemy in Pakistan' then maps the curious afterlives of these\n\nRevenge, Politics and Blasphemy in Pakistan\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note: the pri;