Mona Kanwal Sheikh is Senior Researcher, International Security, Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark. She is a leading expert on the Pakistani Taliban.

Sheikh is to be commended for her impressive attemptat some personal riskto listen and take the words of the militants seriously. She takes great pains to argue that these words reflect a different worldview... Sheikhs work is a significantif belatedcontribution.

• List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations and Acronymns; Prologue; Introduction: Worlds Apart; 1: The Rise of the Pakistani Taliban; 2: Jihad to Protect God and His Laws; 3: The Demolition of Islam's Forts; 4: Anti-Shia and Punjab-based Resistance; 5: Religion in the Taliban narratives; 6: The Justice of Violence; Conclusion: A Rational Enemy?; Glossary; Taliban Communication Materials;Index; About the Author

Mona Kanwal Sheikh is Senior Researcher, International Security, Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark. She is a leading expert on the Pakistani Taliban.

Sheikh is to be commended for her impressive attemptat some personal riskto listen and take the words of the militants seriously. She takes great pains to argue that these words reflect a different worldview... Sheikhs work is a significantif belatedcontribution.

• List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations and Acronymns; Prologue; Introduction: Worlds Apart; 1: The Rise of the Pakistani Taliban; 2: Jihad to Protect God and His Laws; 3: The Demolition of Islam's Forts; 4: Anti-Shia and Punjab-based Resistance; 5: Religion in the Taliban narratives; 6: The Justice of Violence; Conclusion: A Rational Enemy?; Glossary; Taliban Communication Materials;Index; About the Author

Mona Kanwal Sheikh is Senior Researcher, International Security, Danish Institute for International Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark. She is a leading expert on the Pakistani Taliban.

Sheikh is to be commended for her impressive attemptat some personal riskto listen and take the words of the militants seriously. She takes great pains to argue that these words reflect a different worldview... Sheikhs work is a significantif belatedcontribution.

• List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations and Acronymns; Prologue; Introduction: Worlds Apart; 1: The Rise of the Pakistani Taliban; 2: Jihad to Protect God and His Laws; 3: The Demolition of Islam's Forts; 4: Anti-Shia and Punjab-based Resistance; 5: Religion in the Taliban narratives; 6: The Justice of Violence; Conclusion: A Rational Enemy?; Glossary; Taliban Communication Materials;Index; About the Author