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GROWTH OF RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM IN PAKISTAN IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND SOCIETY 19802020

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-III).12      10.31703/gpr.2020(V-III).12      Published : Sep 2020

Growth of Religious Extremism in Pakistan: Implications for State and Society (1980-2020)

Abstract

    This paper investigates the major trends and developments that are considered responsible for the rise of religious militancy in Pakistan. It also analyzes the impacts of this phenomenon. The research focuses on investigating the causes of its expansion and intensity in the recent past and how it has affected the society and state because religious extremism and religiously motivated violence has emerged as a serious challenge for the security and stability of Pakistan. The study is descriptive, and the mode of inquiry is qualitative though supplemented by quantitative data in the form of tables and graphs. Major findings suggest that wave after wave of violent religious extremism has grave domestic implications. The domestic implications range from social problems to economic and political issues. It is observed that growth in religious extremism and subsequent militancy at the domestic level cannot be de-hyphenated from the foreign relations of Pakistan, especially with its immediate neighbors like India, Afghanistan and Iran, as well as major powers like China and the U.S.

    Extremism, Violence, Terrorism, Minorities, Foreign Relations, Human Rights

    (1) Saiqa Hanif
    Associate Lecturer, Department of Political Science & IR, University of Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Sultan Mubariz Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science & IR, University of Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Shafqat Rasool
    PhD Scholar, Department of Political Science & IR, University of Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Hanif, S., Khan, S. M., & Rasool, S. (2020). Growth of Religious Extremism in Pakistan: Implications for State and Society (1980-2020). Global Political Review, V(III), 123-132. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-III).12

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Hanif, Saiqa, Sultan Mubariz Khan, and Shafqat Rasool. 2020. "Growth of Religious Extremism in Pakistan: Implications for State and Society (1980-2020)." Global Political Review, V (III): 123-132 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2020(V-III).12

HARVARD

    HARVARD : HANIF, S., KHAN, S. M. & RASOOL, S. 2020. Growth of Religious Extremism in Pakistan: Implications for State and Society (1980-2020). Global Political Review, V, 123-132.

MHRA

    MHRA : Hanif, Saiqa, Sultan Mubariz Khan, and Shafqat Rasool. 2020. "Growth of Religious Extremism in Pakistan: Implications for State and Society (1980-2020)." Global Political Review, V: 123-132

MLA

    MLA : Hanif, Saiqa, Sultan Mubariz Khan, and Shafqat Rasool. "Growth of Religious Extremism in Pakistan: Implications for State and Society (1980-2020)." Global Political Review, V.III (2020): 123-132 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Hanif, Saiqa, Khan, Sultan Mubariz, and Rasool, Shafqat (2020), "Growth of Religious Extremism in Pakistan: Implications for State and Society (1980-2020)", Global Political Review, V (III), 123-132

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Hanif, Saiqa, Sultan Mubariz Khan, and Shafqat Rasool. "Growth of Religious Extremism in Pakistan: Implications for State and Society (1980-2020)." Global Political Review V, no. III (2020): 123-132. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-III).12