Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws
University of Texas Press (Verlag)
978-0-292-74530-8 (ISBN)
- Titel ist leider vergriffen;
keine Neuauflage - Artikel merken
Under the guise of Islamic law, the prophet Muhammad's Islam, and the Qur'an, states such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Bangladesh are using blasphemy laws to suppress freedom of speech. Yet the Prophet never tried or executed anyone for blasphemy, nor does the Qur'an authorize the practice. Asserting that blasphemy laws are neither Islamic nor Qur'anic, Shemeem Burney Abbas traces the evolution of these laws from the Islamic empires that followed the death of the Prophet Muhammad to the present-day Taliban. Her pathfinding study on the shari'a and gender demonstrates that Pakistan's blasphemy laws are the inventions of a military state that manipulates discourse in the name of Islam to exclude minorities, women, free thinkers, and even children from the rights of citizenship. Abbas herself was persecuted under Pakistan's blasphemy laws, so she writes from both personal experience and years of scholarly study.
Her analysis exposes the questionable motives behind Pakistan's blasphemy laws, which were resurrected during General Zia-ul-Haq's regime of 1977-1988-motives that encompassed gaining geopolitical control of the region, including Afghanistan, in order to weaken the Soviet Union. Abbas argues that these laws created a state-sponsored "infidel" ideology that now affects global security as militant groups such as the Taliban justify violence against all "infidels" who do not subscribe to their interpretation of Islam. She builds a strong case for the suspension of Pakistan's blasphemy laws and for a return to the Prophet's peaceful vision of social justice.
Shemeem Burney Abbas is currently Associate Professor of Political Science and Gender Studies at the State University of New York at Purchase College. She was Professor of English Language and Applied Linguistics at the Open University in Islamabad, Pakistan, and worked there from 1981 to 2000. Abbas is the author of The Female Voice in Sufi Ritual: Devotional Practices of Pakistan and India.
Preface. The Ethnography of a Military State Chapter 1. Pakistan's Military State and Civil Society Chapter 2. Muhammad, the Messenger Chapter 3. Blasphemy Laws' Evolution Chapter 4. Colonial Origins, Ambiguities, and Execution of the Blasphemy Laws Chapter 5. Risky Knowledge, Perilous Times: History's Martyr Mansur Hallaj Chapter 6. Blasphemy Cultures and Islamic Empires Conclusion. The Affiliates: Where To? Appendices 1. Fieldwork 2. Text of Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws 3. A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission 4. The Hudood Ordinance Qanun-e Shahadat, the Law of Evidence 5. Fate of a Teacher Accused of Blasphemy to Be Decided Today Notes Bibliography Index
| Zusatzinfo | 20 photos, 4 maps, 3 charts/graphs, 6 tables |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Austin, TX |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 482 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum |
| Recht / Steuern ► Arbeits- / Sozialrecht ► Sozialrecht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-292-74530-3 / 0292745303 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-292-74530-8 / 9780292745308 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Informationen gemäß Produktsicherheitsverordnung (GPSR) | |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
aus dem Bereich
