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Migrants and Militants: Fun and Urban Violence in Pakistan.

	Migrants And Militants: Fun And Urban Violence In Pakistan. by Oskar Verkaaik
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Being part of violent community in revolt can be addictive- it can be fun. This book offers a fascianating inside look at present day political violence in Pakistan through a historical ethnography of the Muhajir Quami Movement, one of the most remarkable and successful religious nationalist movement in post colonial South Asia. The MOM has mobilized much of the Migrant population in Karachi and othe urban centers in southern Pakistan and has fomented large scale ethnic religious violence . Oskar Verkaaik argues that urban youth see it as an irresistible opportunity for fun. Drawing on both anthropological fieldwork, including participatory observation among political militants, and historical analysis of state formation, nation building and the ethnicization of Islam since 1947, he provided an absorbing and important contributions to theoritical debates about political religious and nationalists Violence.