204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
204 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book analyses the formulation, interpretation and implementation of sharia in Pakistan and its relationship with the Pakistani state whilst addressing the complexity of sharia as a codified set of laws. Drawing on insights from Islamic studies, anthropology and legal studies to examine the interactions between ideas, institutions and political actors that have enabled blasphemy laws to... Read more
1 A Tale of Two Saints: The Politics of Blasphemy in Pakistan; 2 Blasphemy, Apostasy and Heresy and the Politics of Outrage; 3 Debating Blasphemy: Sharia and the Constitution; 4 Sacralizing the State and Secularizing Sharia: Islamic Politics in the Age of the Nation-State; 5 The Administrative State Chasing the Goldilocks Moment: The Conundrums of a Muslim Nation-State; 6 The Fatigue of the Sharia and Contemporary Muslim Politics
Biography
Farhat Haq is Professor and Chair in the Department of Political Science at Monmouth College, USA. Her research interests include ethnic politics, gender and politics, Islam and Human Rights and militarism and motherhood.
