Constitutional issues and the treatment of Pakistan's religious minorities
Although Pakistan was created as a homeland for South Asia's Muslims, religious freedom was one of its founding principles. Seventy years later, Pakistan is better known for religious extremism and the persecution of Muslim and non-Muslim religious minorities. Pakistan's blasphemy law is a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Royal Society for Asian Affairs
2018
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Asian affairs
Year: 2018, Volume: 49, Issue: 2, Pages: 222-237 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religious identity
B Pakistan B Minority B Shi'ah B Christian B Population group B Religious policy B Hindus B Oppression B Legal status B Constitution |
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| Summary: | Although Pakistan was created as a homeland for South Asia's Muslims, religious freedom was one of its founding principles. Seventy years later, Pakistan is better known for religious extremism and the persecution of Muslim and non-Muslim religious minorities. Pakistan's blasphemy law is a state-sanctioned tool of religious oppression used to target members of minority faith communities whether Ahmadiya, Christian, Hindu, or Shiite, as well as Sunnis who criticize the law. This paper discusses the blasphemy law and other laws that have led to the state of religious oppression in Pakistan. (Asian Aff/GIGA) |
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| Item Description: | Teil eines Special Issue: Ghosts from the past? Assessing recent developments in religious freedom in South Asia |
| ISSN: | 1477-1500 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Asian affairs
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/03068374.2018.1468544 |