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The Making of Terrorism in Pakistan - Historical and Social Roots of Extremism (Hardcover, New)
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The Making of Terrorism in Pakistan - Historical and Social Roots of Extremism (Hardcover, New)
Series: Routledge Critical Terrorism Studies
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This book aims to explain the rise of Pakistan as a centre of
Islamic extremism by going back to the roots of the state and the
nature of Islam in Pakistan. The broad aim therefore is to examine
the social, and political and economic factors that have
contributed to the rise of terrorism in Pakistan. An historical
approach demonstrates how religion per se has not been the dominant
factor in the rise of terrorism in Pakistan. Most Pakistanis have
not in the past been susceptible to Islamic extremism; rather,
religion has been largely a cloak to hide the individual and class
interests of the elite, who have promoted, nurtured and supported
religious extremism to advance their personal and class interests.
In this sense, then, terrorism in Pakistan has been manufactured
because of more mundane political and class interests. A logical
consequence of this argument is that the most effective way of
combating terrorism in Pakistan lies in addressing the underlying
political, social and economic problems facing the country. Three
major themes emerge from this historical exploration of the roots
of religious extremism and terrorism: the dominant role of the
Pakistani military in politics, economics and society and the
directly related near failure of democracy; the key role that the
USA has played, particularly with its support for military
dictatorships; and, finally, and perhaps most important, the
malignant influence of Saudi Arabia and its promotion of the narrow
extremist Wahhabi form of Islam. Each of these factors has been
intertwined and interrelated, and have all contributed to the
decline of democracy and the emergence of terrorism. The author
explores the root causes of terrorism in Pakistan, going back to
political developments during the 1930s and 1940s that led to the
formation of Pakistan, and then the subsequent history of Pakistan
to the present day. In particular, it focuses on how the state
itself created conditions that were
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