Sufi Shrine as Space of Hegemonic Struggle in Pakistan: An Ethnographic Account

In the post-9/11 period, while the rise of the Taliban and their alliance with Al-Qaeda accelerated radicalism in Pakistan, Sufism and Sufi shrines have been awarded the status of an antidote to counter the extremist propensities of orthodox Islam typically associated with mosques and madrasas. Neve...

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Authors: Zahra, Seemab (Author) ; Azam, Shafia (Author) ; Bilal, Muhammad (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox 2020
In: Religions of South Asia
Year: 2020, Volume: 14, Issue: 3, Pages: 233–257
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Pakistan / Religious policy / Shrine of Bari Imam (Islamabad) / Sufism / Islam / Fundamentalism
IxTheo Classification:AF Geography of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
BJ Islam
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Shrine
B Pakistan
B Islam
B Hegemony
B Sectarianism
B Sufism
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