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Guardians of God: Inside the Religious Mind of the Pakistani Taliban - Couverture rigide

Sheikh, Mona Kanwal

 
9780199468249: Guardians of God: Inside the Religious Mind of the Pakistani Taliban
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0199468249 ISBN 13 : 9780199468249
Editeur : OUP India, 2016

Synopsis

When Mona Kanwal Sheikh stepped into the volatile conflict zones of Pakistan to interview the Taliban, she encountered many challenging situations. Once, shortly after she declined to meet a militant at Islamabad's Marriott Hotel-a symbol of American dominance-a terrorist bomb targeted the hotel killing 53 people. The fact that she was shadowed by intelligence agencies also impeded her endeavour to get close to the Taliban.

Undeterred, Sheikh interviewed several militants often depicted by the Western media as highly secretive, ruthless, and unapproachable. She had hours of conversation with Taliban militants and their supporters, ate mangoes with them, joined them in prayers, and listened to emotional anthems about the necessity to join jihad. Years of first-hand research later, she offers the most comprehensive account of the Pakistani Taliban and their religious justifications for jihad. This book explains how the Taliban, who view themselves as guardians of God, think it is their holy mission to protect Islam from the armies of the 'wrong' faiths. Paradoxically, their violent defence of the sacred encompasses worldly concerns such as social justice, peace, and political order.

Guiding us to a finer understanding of the Taliban worldview, Sheikh builds a case for dialogue with an enemy that may choose to lay down arms if its grievances are correctly understood.

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À propos de l'auteur

Mona Kanwal Sheikh is Senior Researcher, International Security, Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark. She is a leading expert on the Pakistani Taliban.

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Éditeur
OUP India
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0199468249
ISBN 13 
9780199468249
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
238
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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