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10 - The History of Terrorism in Pakistan

from Part III - Historical Case Studies in Terrorism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2021

Richard English
Affiliation:
Queen's University Belfast
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Summary

Analysis of terrorism in Pakistan has often suffered from simplifications, generalisations and stereotyping. Seen either as an extension of global Islamic extremism or worse a nursery that breeds this transnational threat, the country has regularly been ostracised and chastised by the international community. Since Islamic extremism has widely been regarded as a malevolent force that can only be perceived in apocalyptic terms, Pakistan therefore has attracted the attention of a number of alarmists and doomsday prophets. This negative attention has subsequently produced a discourse on one of the most dangerous countries in world that narrowly focuses on the security threat posed by Pakistan. Such superficial and shallow engagement with the problem is deeply unfair, as it selfishly presents terrorism in the country as a danger to the rest of the world and cruelly ignores its primary affectees – the people of Pakistan.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Further Reading

Droogan, J., ‘The Perennial Problem of Terrorism and Political Violence in Pakistan’, Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism 13 (2018)Google Scholar
Gaborieau, M., ‘From Al-Beruni to Jinnah: Idiom, Ritual and Ideology of the Hindu–Muslim Confrontation in South Asia’, Anthropology Today 1 (1985)CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Murphy, E., The Making of Terrorism in Pakistan: Historical and Social Roots of Extremism (London, Routledge, 2012)CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Saeed, S., ‘Pakistani Nationalism and the State Marginalisation of the Ahmadiyya Community in Pakistan’, Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism 7 (2007)CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ziring, L., ‘Public Policy Dilemmas and Pakistan’s Nationality Problem: The Legacy of Zia ul-Haq’, Asian Survey 28 (1988)Google Scholar

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