04280nam a22004815i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001400153072001700167072002300184072001600207100007800223245015200301250001800453264007900471300006200550336002600612337002600638338003600664347002400700490005400724505044600778520210601224650003003330650001503360650004203375650001103417650003003428650003203458650002903490650001103519710003403530773002603564776003603590776003603626776003603662830005403698856004603752978-3-031-71029-2DE-He21320251030113231.0cr nn 008mamaa241017s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830317102927 a10.1007/978-3-031-71029-22doi 4aGN470-474 7aJFSR2bicssc 7aSOC0390002bisacsh 7aJBSR2thema1 aBilal, Muhammad.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aBeyond the Law: Living Blasphemy in Pakistanh[electronic resource] :bEthnography of Mundane Violence, Faith, and Lifeworlds /cby Muhammad Bilal.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aXV, 205 p. 2 illus., 1 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aContemporary Anthropology of Religion,x2946-34830 aChapter 1 - Introduction -- Chapter 2 - Finding Religion in Everyday Life – How Lifeworlds Work in Pakistan -- Chapter 3 - What is Blasphemy? Perspectives of Ordinary Pakistani Muslims -- Chapter 4 - Mob Vigilantism? Outlooks on Religious Violence, Torture, and Killings -- Chapter 5 - Virtual Negotiation of Sacredness and Rise of Digital Blasphemy -- Chapter 6. Epilogue: Is There a Solution to Blasphemy Problem: Answers Beyond the Law.  a"Muhammad Bilal’s excellent book is both pressingly relevant and original. The manuscript brilliantly reveals how religious violence in the case of blasphemy accusations and killings is just one aspect of more generalized socio-cultural and political violence in Pakistan. It analyses, too, the cultural nature of the legal system, showing how the legislating of law alone makes little difference to people’s social understandings of religious ethics and politics. In short, this book convincingly argues first how blasphemy exists (only) in the eye of the beholder, and then how the very ‘eyes’ of those beholders are socialized by a range of political forces that both generate and reflect complex cultural frameworks." —Christopher Houston, Professor of Anthropology, Macquarie University, Australia The book embarks on a journey into the intricate landscape of blasphemy in Pakistan amid a rising tide of blasphemy accusations, public lynchings, and contentious blasphemy laws. Challenging conventional perspectives, this book delves beyond legal and religious confines, offering an ethnography of the mundane as a secular reading and a grand existential scheme to highlight how blasphemy laws and religious prisms often fail to capture the essence of the blasphemy dilemma in Pakistan. The author offers an insightful re-evaluation of the blasphemy issue, addressing its multifaceted definition, the motivations driving intentional blasphemous acts and frivolous accusations, the authority to punish alleged offenders, the paradox of religious violence, and the emergence of mediated expressions and virtual negotiation of blasphemy. Through meticulous grassroots analysis of ordinary Pakistanis’ perspectives, the book offers pragmatic policy solutions for blasphemy issues, presenting unorthodox insights into Pakistan, its diverse populace, and the ever-evolving sensibilities of Islam and societal dynamics in both local and global contexts. Muhammad Bilal is Professor of Anthropology and Chairperson of the Department of Anthropology at Fatima Jinnah Women University, Pakistan. 0aAnthropology of religion. 0aEthnology. 0aMiddle EastxPolitics and government. 0aIslam.14aAnthropology of Religion.24aSociocultural Anthropology.24aMiddle Eastern Politics.24aIslam.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303171028508iPrinted edition:z978303171030808iPrinted edition:z9783031710315 0aContemporary Anthropology of Religion,x2946-348340uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71029-2