Notes from the Fortune-Telling Parrot

Islam and the Struggle for Religious Pluralism in Pakistan

by David Pinault, Santa Clara University

This book explores the richness of Pakistan’s religious landscape, giving attention to a number of topics: Shia flagellation processions, Urdu-language pulp fiction, streetside rituals involving animals (pariah-kites and fortune-telling parrots), and the use of sorcery to contend with the jinns that are believed to infest cities such as Lahore. Uniting these topics is an investigation of how Islamist politicians seek to eradicate sectarian diversity and repress localized forms of Muslim folk practices in the name of a standardized, uniform, and globalized version of Islam. The book looks at forms of resistance to this Islamist globalization, such as collaborative efforts by Christian, Hindu, and Muslim human-rights activists to repeal Pakistan’s notorious blasphemy law and assert the worth of religious pluralism.

ISBN-13 (Hardback) 9781845533458
Price (Hardback) £90.00 / $120.00
ISBN-13 (Paperback) 9781845533465
Price (Paperback) £25.00 / $34.95
ISBN (eBook) 9781845538422
Price (eBook) Individual £25.00 / $34.95
Institutional £90.00 / $120.00
Publication 01/12/2008
Pages 256
Size 234 x 156mm
Readership scholarly

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  • isbn
    9781845533458 (Hardback)
    9781845533465 (Paperback)
    9781845538422​9 (eBook)
  • publisher
    Equinox Publishing Ltd., 2008
  • publisher place
    Sheffield (U.K.)
  • rights holder
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • series title
    Comparative Islamic Studies
  • doi