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Negotiating the Siege of Lal Masjid
Khuram Iqbal
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Description for Negotiating the Siege of Lal Masjid
Paperback. Using the 2007 siege of the Lal Masjid in Pakistan, the book outlines important lessons and practical guidelines for crisis negotiators, incident commanders, and political decision makers, in order to highlight tools necessary to manage possible similar crises in the future more effectively. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKP; 3JMC; JPWF; JPWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
In January 2007, the students of the radical Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) took over a childrens library in protest of the Government of Pakistans decision to demolish mosques and seminaries built illegally on government land. After six months of escalating tension, the crisis culminated in an eightday siege, and eventually ended by an armed assault, resulting in the deaths of over a hundred people and injuries to many more. This tragic outcome of the standoff had a devastating spillover effect, as it turned into a rallying cry for Islamist militancy in the country. Since the siege, militant violence, such ... Read more
In January 2007, the students of the radical Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) took over a childrens library in protest of the Government of Pakistans decision to demolish mosques and seminaries built illegally on government land. After six months of escalating tension, the crisis culminated in an eightday siege, and eventually ended by an armed assault, resulting in the deaths of over a hundred people and injuries to many more. This tragic outcome of the standoff had a devastating spillover effect, as it turned into a rallying cry for Islamist militancy in the country. Since the siege, militant violence, such ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
OUP Pakistan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
502g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
, Pakistan
ISBN
9780199400348
SKU
V9780199400348
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99-9
About Khuram Iqbal
Adam Dolnik, PhD is Professor of Terrorism Studies at the University of Wollongong in Australia, and a former Professor of Counterterrorism at the George C. Marshall Center for European Security Studies in Germany. In the past, Dolnik has also served as Chief Trainer at the International Centre for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR) in Singapore, and as a researcher ... Read more
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