Religion, extremism and violence in South Asia. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Imran Ahmed, Zahid Shahab Ahmed, Howard Brasted, Shahram Akbarzadeh.
• Editors: Ahmed, Imran; Ahmed, Zahid Shahab; Brasted, Howard, 1945-; Akbarzadeh, Shahram
• Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction (Howard Brasted, Imran Ahmed, Zahid Shahab Ahmed and Shahram Akbarzadeh).- Chapter 2. The Coloniality of Postcolonial Discourses on Religion: Extremism, Exclusion and Distrust in India and Pakistan (Imran Ahmed).- Chapter 3. Religion, Extremism and Buddhist-Muslim Relation in Sri Lanka (DB Subedi).- Chapter 4. Social Media and Hindu Extremism in India (Stuti Bhatnagar).- Chapter 5. Ram Was a Prophet Too: Syncretism as a Hindu Nationalist Political Strategy (Felix Pal).- Chapter 6. Islamic State's Recruitment Strategies: The Case Study of Bangladesh (Shafi Md Mostofa and Howard Brasted).- Chapter 7. Religious Extremism and Terrorist Recruitment: The Case of Al Qaeda in Bangladesh (Shafi Md Mostofa).- Chapter 8. Mobilizing to Counter Violent Extremism in Pakistan: Innovative Undertakings of Non-State Actors (Anita M. Weiss).- Chapter 9. Between God, the Nation, and the State: Paradoxes of Islamisation in Pakistan (Imran Ahmed).- Chapter 10. Women and Violent Extremism in Pakistan: A Critical Assessment of Policies and Actions (Farah Naz and Zahid Shahab Ahmed).
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 320.530954; Radicalism -- South Asia -- Religious aspects; Political violence -- South Asia; Radicalization -- South Asia -- Prevention; Social media -- Political aspects -- South Asia
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811668470
• Related ISBNs: 9789811668463
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