Secularizing Islamists? Jama'at-e-Islami and Jama'at-ud-Da'wa in urban Pakistan
Offers an analysis of two Islamist parties in Pakistan, the Jama'at-e-Islami and the more militant Jama'at-ud-Da'wa, widely blamed for the November 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India. The author proposes that these Islamists are involuntarily facilitating secularization within Mus...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago London
The University of Chicago Press
c2011
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| Series: | South Asia across the disciplines
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| Summary: | Offers an analysis of two Islamist parties in Pakistan, the Jama'at-e-Islami and the more militant Jama'at-ud-Da'wa, widely blamed for the November 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India. The author proposes that these Islamists are involuntarily facilitating secularization within Muslim societies, even as they vehemently oppose secularism |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 216 pages 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9780226141732 |