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The Shias of Pakistan - An Assertive and Beleaguered Minority (Paperback)
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The Shias of Pakistan - An Assertive and Beleaguered Minority (Paperback)
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The Shias of Pakistan are the world's second largest Shia community
after that of Iran, but com- prise only 10-15 per cent of
Pakistan's population. In recent decades Sunni extremists have
increasingly targeted them with hate propaganda and terrorism, yet
paradoxically Shias have always been fully integrated into all
sections of political, professional and social life without
suffering any discrimination. In mainstream politics, the Shia-
Sunni divide has never been an issue in Pakistan. Shia politicians
in Pakistan have usually downplayed their religious beliefs, but
there have always been individuals and groups who emphasised their
Shia identity, and who zeal- ously campaigned for equal rights for
the Shias wherever and whenever they perceived these to be
threatened. Shia 'ulama' have been at the forefront of communal
activism in Pakistan since 1949, but Shia laymen also participated
in such organisations, as they had in pre-partition India. Based
mainly on Urdu sources, Rieck's book examines, first, the history
of Pakistan's Shias, including their communal organisations, the
growth of the Shia 'ulama' class, of religious schools and rivalry
between 'orthodox' 'ulama' and popular preachers; second, the
outcome of lobbying of successive Pakistan governments by Shia
organisations; and third, the Shia-Sunni conflict, which is
increasingly virulent due to the state's failure to combat Sunni
extremism.
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