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020			_a9780199495214
082			_a363.325088297 _bFAI-I
100			_aFair, C. Christine
245			_aIn their own words understanding Lashkar-e-Tayyaba
260			_bOxford University Press _c2019 _aNew Delhi
300			_aix, 307p.
504			_aInclude Bibliography and Index
520			_aThis path-breaking volume reveals a little-known aspect of how Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, a jihadist terrorist group, functions in Pakistan and beyond by translating and commenting upon a range of publications produced and disseminated by Dar-ul-Andlus, the publishing wing of LeT. Only a fraction of LeT’s cadres ever see battle: most of them are despatched on nation- wide ‘proselytising’ (dawa) missions to convert Pakistanis to their particular interpretation of Islam, in support of which LeT has developed a sophisticated propagandist literature. This canon of Islamist texts is the most popular and potent weapon in LeT’s arsenal, and its scrutiny affords insights into how and who the group recruits; LeT’s justification for jihad; its vision of itself in global and regional politics; the enemies LeT identifies and the allies it cultivates; and how and where it conducts its operations. Particular attention is paid to the role that LeT assigns to women by examining those writings which heap extravagant praise upon the mothers of aspirant jihadis, who bless their operations and martyrdom. It is only by understanding LeT’s domestic functions as set out in these texts that one can begin to appreciate why Pakistan so fiercely supports it, de- spite mounting international pressure to disband the group.
650			_aIslamic fundamentalism _vTerrorism _vJamat al-Dawa Pakistan _vJihad _zPakistan
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