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The Rise of Militancy in Waziristan - The Inside Story of Facing a Faceless Enemy 2001-2012 (Hardcover)
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The Rise of Militancy in Waziristan - The Inside Story of Facing a Faceless Enemy 2001-2012 (Hardcover)
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Foreword by Professor Akbar S Ahmed, Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic
Studies, American University, Washington, DC Waziristan has been
declared the most dangerous place on earth and the next major
attack on Europe and America will be planned here. To fight
terrorism we need to know the people, the area and why they plan to
attack Europeans and Americans. The book takes us inside the hearts
and minds of the tribal people, their code of Pushtunwali, their
culture and livelihood. The tribal areas have been in war for the
last thirty years, this is the only book written by a tribesman,
who grew up in Waziristan and who holds an important administrative
post in the self governing Tribal areas. Why did such noble people
convert into terrorism on a major scale? How much has the area
suffered at the hands of terrorism or has it been a boon to local
leaders and their followers? How has their way of life, which
evolved over thousands of years, come under threat and from whom?
Khan argues that British and Pakistani policies that denied or
discouraged modernization have come to haunt policymakers and
peacemakers alike. There is little firsthand account of tribal
society after Sir Olaf Caroe, James Spain and Akbar S Ahmed. Dr
Khan discusses and analyses the tribesmen, giving an insight into
how they conduct their affairs and survive in such a brutally harsh
and hostile environment. By introducing their way of life, he have
made the tribesmen more accessible to those interested in the
security and development of the region. Khan discusses his native
village, once beautiful and peaceful, and how it has changed
radically for the worse in the last decade. Why and how did such
noble people go bad? What is the solution to terrorism? What is the
way forward for the world? Khan belongs to Waziristan, he has no
sympathy for foreign terrorists nor for those of his clan who have
joined the jihad. Waziris have suffered the most yet are blamed the
most. A hill culture which evolved over thousands of years is being
replaced by Arab Bedouin culture in the name of a pitiless variety
of imported Islam and a furtive consumer culture aligned towards
India and China. G.Q. Khan's study speaks from the heart but also
from his experience in the higher echelons of government and in the
wider world of scholarship and social science.
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