The Literature of Lashkar-e-Tayyaba
Deadly Lines of Control
C Christine Fair author Safina Ustaad author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:18th Sep '23
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Since its inception in Afghanistan in the late 1980s, the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT), also known as the Jamaat-ul-Dawa (JuD), has arguably been the most threatening and disruptive terrorist organization in South Asia and beyond. While there is considerable scholarship on its history and operations, few scholars have exploited the organization's vast publications. This volume is the first scholarly effort to curate a sample of LeT's Urdu-language publications and then translate them into English for the scholarly community studying this group and related organizations. While the original texts were written and published by Dar al Andalus, which exclusively publishes LeT's books, pamphlets, posters, speeches, and other materials with the explicit intention of diffusing the group's ideology, raising funds, and cultivating volunteers for the organization, the authors hope that by rendering the group's materials more accessible, this book can contribute to the myriad efforts to combat such groups and the violence they perpetrate.
The Literature of Lashkar-e-Tayyaba is the foundational book on Lashkar. This work by two leading scholars fills a major gap in literature and sheds new light on an often misunderstood militant organization. It is essential reading for practitioners, scholars, and students alike who seek to understand the doctrine and worldview of one of the most sophisticated jihadist groups operating today. * Tricia Bacon, School of Public Affairs, American University *
With exemplary scholarship in multiple languages, Christine Fair and Safina Ustaad interpret the stories Lashkar-e-Tayyaba use to inspire the group's fighters and followers and to justify its violence. This extraordinary book permits a glimpse inside the distorted thought-world of one of Pakistan's most dangerous terrorist organisations. * Ian Hall, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University *
Finally we can read Lashkar-e-Tayyaba in their own words. With this captivating, accessible, and painstakingly accurate book, Fair and Ustaad have made a landmark contribution to the study of militant Islamism. * Thomas Hegghammer, All Souls College, University of Oxford *
Few scholars have done as much as C. Christine Fair to educate the academic and policy communities worldwide about how Pakistan has tragically undermined its own national security since its independence. The Literature of Lashkar-e-Tayyaba vivifies one of the most dangerous terrorist groups employed by Pakistan. Through carefully translated texts that let its protagonists speak for themselves, Christine Fair and Safina Ustaad have illumined the cancer afflicting Pakistan while leaving the non-Urdu speaking scholarly community in their debt. * Ashley J. Tellis, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C. *
ISBN: 9780198883937
Dimensions: 222mm x 145mm x 41mm
Weight: 936g
658 pages