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Author Ispahani, Farahnaz, author.

Title Purifying the land of the pure : a history of Pakistan's religious minorities / Farahnaz Ispahani.

Publication Info. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

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Summary In Purifying the Land of the Pure, Farahnaz Ispahani analyzes Pakistan's policies towards its religious minority populations, both Muslim and non-Muslim, since independence in 1947.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Demography, state and religion -- Ideological state -- Militarism and national identity -- Balancing act : 1972-1977 -- Islamization : 1977-1988 -- Global jihad and Pakistan's minorities, 1988-1999 -- Militancy, terrorism and sectarianism -- 1999 onwards.
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Subject Religious minorities -- Pakistan.
Religious minorities.
Pakistan.
Pakistan -- Politics and government -- 1971-1988.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1971-1988
Subject Pakistan -- Politics and government -- 1988-
Chronological Term 1988-
Subject SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Chronological Term Since 1971
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Ispahani, Farahnaz. Purifying the land of the pure : a history of Pakistan's religious minorities. New York, New York : Oxford University Press, ©2017 216 pages 9780190621650
ISBN 9780190621667 (electronic book)
0190621664 (electronic book)
9780190621650