Jawad Syed / Edwina Pio / Tahir Kamran / Abbas Zaidi (eds.):
Faith-Based Violence and Deobandi Militancy in Pakistan
London: Palgrave Macmillan 2016, 567 pp., index
- ISBN-10 : 1349949655
- ISBN-13 : 978-1349949656
Editor's information
This book documents and highlights the Deobandi dimension of extremism and its implications for faith-based violence and terrorism. This dimension of radical Islam remains largely ignored or misunderstood in mainstream media and academic scholarship. The book addresses this gap. It also covers the Deobandi diaspora in the West and other countries and the role of its radical elements in transnational incidents of violence and terrorism. The specific identification of the radical Deobandi and Salafi identity of militants is useful to isolate them from the majority of peaceful Sunni and Shia Muslims. Such identification provides direction to governmental resources so they focus on those outfits, mosques, madrassas, charities, media and social medial channels that are associated with these ideologies. This book comes along at a time when there is a dire need for alternative and contextual discourses on terrorism.
Über die Herausgeber:
Jawad Syed, PhD, is Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Diversity Management at the University of Huddersfield, UK. He is the founder and co-director of the Global Centre for Equality and Human Rights (GCEHR), UK. He is also a programme chair of the Gender, Race and Diversity in Organisations SIG of the European Academy of Management.
Edwina Pio (PhD, BEd, MNZAC) is Professor of Diversity at the Business & Law School, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, and is Visiting Professor at Boston College, USA. She is co-director of the Global Centre for Equality and Human Rights (GCEHR), UK.
Tahir Kamran, PhD, is Professor and Head of the Department of History at Government College University Lahore, Pakistan, where he founded the biannual journal The Historian. From 2013-2015, he was Iqbal Fellow at the University of Cambridge, UK, as Professor in the Centre of South Asian Studies.
Abbas Zaidi is Tutor in Media Studies at the School of the Arts & Media, University of New South Wales, Australia. He has worked as a journalist and teacher in Pakistan, Brunei Darussalam, and Australia.
- Dal-ul-Ulum Deoband (wikipedia)
- Taliban's religious ideology - Deobandi Islam - has roots in colonial India (The Times of India, 26.08.2021)
Islamische Universität Deoband (wikipedia.de) Darul Uloom Deoband (wikipedia.en)
Introduction: An Alternative Discourse on Religious Militancy
Pages 1-34
Syed, Jawad
Could Pakistan Have Remained Pluralistic?
Pages 35-64
Hoodbhoy, Pervez
The Genesis, Evolution and Impact of “Deobandi” Islam on the Punjab: An Overview
Pages 65-92
Kamran, Tahir
Covering Faith-Based Violence: Structure and Semantics of News Reporting in Pakistan
Pages 93-132
Zaidi, Abbas
Historical Roots of the Deobandi Version of Jihadism and ItsImplications for Violence in Today’s Pakistan
Pages 133-161
Hashmi, Arshi Saleem
Experiences of Female Victims of Faith-Based Violence in Pakistan
Pages 163-185
Ali, Faiza
Marked by the Cross: The Persecution of Christians in Pakistan
Pages 187-207
Pio, Edwina (et al.)
Pakistan: A Conducive Setting for Islamist Violence Against Ahmadis
Pages 209-230
Rahman, Fatima Z.
Barelvi Militancy in Pakistan and Salmaan Taseer’s Murder
Pages 231-271
Syed, Jawad
The Shias of Pakistan: Mapping an Altruistic Genocide
Pages 273-311
Zaidi, Abbas
The Intra-Sunni Conflicts in Pakistan
Pages 313-344
Sewag, Zulqarnain
Genealogical Sociology of Sectarianism: A Case Study of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
Pages 345-367
Kamran, Tahir
Islamization and Barelvis in Pakistan
Pages 369-397
Gugler, Thomas K.
Fighting the Takfiris: Building an Inclusive American Muslim Community by Countering Anti-Shia Rhetoric in the USA
Pages 399-421
Mir, Raza (et al.)
The “Othering” of the Ahmadiyya Community in Bangladesh
Pages 423-452
Kabir, Humayun
Hidden in Plain Sight: Deobandis, Islamism and British Multiculturalism Policy
Pages 453-480
Westrop, Sam
Violence and the Deobandi Movement
Pages 481-503
Takim, Liyakat
Pakistan’s Counterterrorism Strategy: A Critical Overview
Pages 505-529
Ahmed, Naeem
Table of contents (18 chapters)
“The contributions to this valuable collection provide useful insight into the background of “faith-based militancy and terrorism in Pakistan and across the globe,” distinguishing crucially the Deobandi dimension of radical Islam that has been fostered by Saudi Arabia, with US support in Pakistan particularly in the 1980s during the harsh and brutal Zia-ul-Haq regime. These developments pose a severe threat to Islamic society and beyond, and merit careful attention by those who hope to understand today’s complex and dangerous world.” (Professor Noam Chomsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
“This is a most timely volume which provides historical depth and nuance to the understanding of Islamic militancy and violence in Pakistan. Such an awareness is often lacking in contemporary analyses. The empirical data provided in a series of incisive and insightful chapters enables an informed account to emerge of the causes and consequences of the growing influence of Deobandi Islam within the country and its transnational linkages. The volume enables the reader to grasp the complex factors which reduce the space for pluralism, despite inherited traditions of tolerance. The book is a must read for everyone seeking to understand contemporary Pakistan and to assess its future trajectory.” (Professor Ian Talbot, University of Southampton, UK)
“There has long been a need for a study tracing the development of Deobandi school of thought in the South Asian subcontinent in both the colonial and the post-colonial eras. ‘Faith-Based Violence and Deobandi Militancy in Pakistan’ will fill this lacuna through an inter-disciplinary and historically informed study of Deobandi thinking and organization.” (Professor Ayesha Jalal, Tufts University, USA)
“This book is a landmark in scholarship on Islam, Pakistan and militancy. It will provide necessary insights into the genesis of violence in the name of religion and sect which scholars, ordinary readers and decision-makers can use to understand why Pakistan's name is often in the headlines for the wrong reasons.” (Professor Tariq Rahman, Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Pakistan)
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