Finding the Enemy Within : Blasphemy Accusations and Subsequent Violence in Pakistan / Sana Ashraf.
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Canberra, ACT, Australia : ANU Press,
|bAustralian National University Press, |c2021 : ANU Press ;
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Table of Contents:
- Part I
- 1. Historical roots of anti-blasphemy violence in Pakistan: Formation of self, community and the state
- 2. Religious discourse concerning blasphemy: Politics of uncertainty and legitimacy
- Part II
- 3. Blasphemy accusations: Power, purity and the enemy within
- 4. Violence in the making: The politics of escalation from accusation to punishment
- Part III
- 5. Legitimate punishment of blasphemy: Contestation between the legal system and popular justice
- 6. At the nexus of state and society: Continuities and discontinuities between the legal system and popular justice
- Conclusion.