Notes from the fortune-telling parrot: Islam and the struggle for religious pluralism in Pakistan
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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London Oakville, CT
Equinox Publ.
2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Edition: | 1. publ. |
| Series/Journal: | Comparative Islamic studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Pakistan
/ Religious minority
B Pakistan / Religious pluralism B Pakistan / Islam / Christianity B Pakistan / Islam / Hinduism B Religious pluralism B Islam / Christianity B Hinduism |
| Further subjects: | B
Islam
Relations
B Religious Minorities Pakistan B Religious Pluralism Pakistan B Islam and other religions B Pakistan Religion B Religious Minorities (Pakistan) B Religious Pluralism (Pakistan) |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag) |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. - Introduction: Pluralism and religious identity in Pakistan -- My fortune-telling parrot triggers trouble in Lahore : street rituals and the legacy of religious pluralism -- Being Hindu in Pakistan : legacy and survival -- Pakistani Christians and the prospects for inter-religious resistance to the blasphemy laws -- Ritual and communal identity : Shia-Sunni relations in Pakistan -- Spurting blood and attempts to regulate ritual : Pakistani Shias and Iran's bid for leadership of global Islam -- Raw meat skyward : Pariah-Kite rituals in Lahore -- Jinns and sorcery in Lahore : textual sources and personal experiences -- A comparison of Muslim and Hindu perspectives on the realm of the Jinns -- Lahori pulp fiction : the world of Khofnak dijast (fright digest) -- The politics of jogging : women's issues in Pakistan -- The Greco-Buddhist past : the Peshawar Museum and Pakistan's pre-Islamic heritage -- The hazards of being a free-thinker : Prince Dara Shikoh and the prospects for pluralism in 21st-century Pakistan |
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| ISBN: | 1845533453 |