Jihad, Hindutva, and the Taliban : South Asia at the crossroads / Iftikhar H. Malik
2005, 1st edition. Karachi : Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #424057
ISBN: 0195977904
Physical description; xiv, 298 p. ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-288) and index. Contents; 1. Jihad, political Islam, and the Taliban : Islamic discourse on war and resistance -- 2. Beyond Ayodhya : Hindutva and implications for South Asia -- 3. Civil society and South Asian Muslims : issues of governance in Pakistan -- 4. Kabul to Karbala : political Islam and the west -- 5. Religious pluralism, state and nation-building in Pakistan -- 6. Statelessness and human rights : Biharis in Bangladesh. Subjects; Taliban. Jihad. Islam and civil society. Islam and politics South Asia. Hinduism and politics South Asia. Nationalism South Asia. Nationalism India.
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