Faith-Based Violence and Deobandi Militancy in Pakistan

Introduction.- 1 Contextualising the ascendancy of the Deobandis in Pakistan.- 2 Historical Roots of Deobandi Version of Jihadism: Implications for Violence in Pakistan.- 3 History of militancy in Islam: From Khawarij to Takfiri Deobandism.- 4 Ideological sources of transnational Islamist terrorism.- 5 Discourses of hate in Deobandi curricula, fatwas and books.- 6 Blasphemy, Takfeer, Jihad and Khilafat.- 7 Deobandi roots of extremist violence in Pakistan.- 8 Role of Deobandi extremism in global Salafi Wahabi terrorism.- 9 Could Pakistan have remained pluralistic?.- 10 Media analysis.- 11 Violence against Sunni Sufis and Barelvis.- 12 Violence against Shias; Shia genocide.- 13 Violence against Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Jews and other communities.- 14 Violence against Ahmadis.- 15 Deobandi militancy in Bangladesh.- 16 Fighting The Takfiris: Pan Islamic Mobilization. Against Militant Anti-Shia Rhetoric in the USA.- 17 Fanning the Flames: Deobandi Influence within British Islamism.- 18 Intersectionality.- 19 Counter-terrorism and Reform