Abstract
This article discusses factors of extremism in Pakistan which
emerged in result of the misuse of political Islam concept during
1980s. This concept of political Islam was hijacked and
manipulated by political parties, extremist religious groups, and
military establishment. This article makes the situation analysis
in local and regional contexts. It also highlights current shifts in
the extremist ideologies from Deobandi to Barelvi school of
thought with the alleged supported of the military
establishment. Military establishment and political parties
always tried to have their vested interests fulfilled through
religiously extremist groups in the country. The religious
groups, too, tried to heap the benefits for themselves
underhand. The strange nexus between the two kept on
worsening the situation as both sides used the ignorant or the
innocent pubic nefariously. With practice approach, this paper
presents theories of change and their potential intervention
design to help understand stakeholders the misuse of political
Islam in Pakistan. Such understanding may help the masses of
Pakistan in developing the ways to counter the propagated
concept of political Islam.
Muhammad Akram. (2020) Extremist Narratives of Political Islam in Pakistan in/after 1980s, Pakistan Social Sciences Review, Volume 4, Issue 1.
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