Pakistan: Politics, Religion & Extremism
Published By: Insitute of Peace and Conflict Studies | Published Date: May, 01 , 2009The study attempts to investigate whether it is relative deprivation as Ted Gurr suggests or the element of fear that pushed the Muslim majority Pakistan into a cycle of religious violence due to the intrusion of
religion in politics. The political, military and religious forces “feared” losing the identity on the basis of which the state was carved out, in addition to the vast majority of people who live on the margins of society
and feel deprived of political and economic power, leading to the politicization of religion and its extreme manifestation in the
form of violence.
Author(s): Arshi Saleem Hashmi | Posted on: Dec 17, 2015 | Views()