Eamon Murphy

Islam and Sectarian Violence in Pakistan

The Terror Within

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses the growth of sectarian-based terrorist violence in Pakistan, one of the Muslim majority states most affected by sectarian violence, ever since it was established in 1947.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781138749955
• ISBN-10: 1138749958
• Artikelnr.: 54434622

Autorenporträt

Eamon Murphy is Adjunct Professor in the School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry at Curtin University in Western Australia. His publications include The Making of Terrorism in Pakistan (Routledge, 2013) and Contemporary State Terrorism (co-edited with Richard Jackson and Scott Poynting, Routledge, 2010).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Introduction
1 Islamic sects in contemporary Pakistan
2 Islam and sectarianism in the Indian sub-continent: an historical
overview
3. Sectarianism, politics and the making of Pakistan, 1937-47
4. Sectarian conflict in the new state of Pakistan, 1947 - 1963
5. The Islamisation of Pakistan and sectarian conflict, 1963-1988
6. Sectarianism, proxy wars and global jihad: the Afghan-Soviet War,
1979-1989
7. Regional and local dimensions of sectarian conflicts in Pakistan
8. Contemporary sectarian violence in Pakistan: Islam in crisis
9. The future of sectarian conflict and prospects for peace
Conclusion