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Living Islam: Muslim Religious Experience in Pakistan's North-West Frontier

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ISBN-10: 0521617650

ISBN-13: 9780521727495

Edition: N/A

Authors: Magnus Marsden

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Popular representations of Pakistan's North West Frontier have long featured simplistic images of tribal blood feuds, fanatical religion, and the seclusion of women. The rise to power of the radical Taliban regime in neighbouring Afghanistan enhanced the region's reputation as a place of anti-Western militancy. Magnus Marsden is an anthropologist who has immersed himself in the lives of the Frontier's villagers for more than ten years. His evocative study of the Chitral region challenges all these stereotypes. Through an exploration of the everyday experiences of both men and women, he shows that the life of a good Muslim in Chitral is above all a mindful life, enhanced by the creative…    
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Book details

List price: $26.99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pages: 314
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100