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Pakistan Islamists
June 21, 2023
The Islamist Threat Bordering Pakistan’s Political Crisis
By Samaya Anjum
The prospect of Islamist organizations toppling the state remains remote. But the real threat is the violence and destruction they might perpetrate in the process.
June 13, 2023
Can Pakistan’s Law on Transgender Rights Survive?
By Somaiyah Hafeez
The 2018 Transgender Persons Act – one of the most progressive in the world – has been gutted by the country’s top Shariah court.
October 04, 2021
How South Asia’s Brand of Sufi Islam Became Radicalized
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
Radical Barelvi groups are now resorting to violence to underline their sect – once famous for its pluralism – as the truest version of Islam.
September 30, 2021
Why Are Some Pakistanis Celebrating the Taliban Takeover?
By Khurram Abbas and Zahid Shahab Ahmed
Three different segments of Pakistan's socio-political fabric are happy to see the Taliban retake power in Afghanistan – each for a different reason.
April 21, 2021
Pakistani Parliament Debates Whether to Expel French Envoy
By Babr Dogar and Munir Ahmed
Will the Pakistani government give in to threats from radical Islamists?
April 13, 2021
Pakistan Police Arrest Radical Islamist Party Head in Lahore
By Babar Dogar
Saad Rizvi was arrested in the eastern city of Lahore to "maintain law and order.”
March 04, 2021
Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law Clearly Doesn’t Protect Hinduism
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
The mockery of Hindu deities underscores Pakistan’s Islamist double standard on blasphemy.
January 29, 2021
Pakistan Court Orders Release of Man Accused in Daniel Pearl Killing
By Associated Press
The White House described the decision to release the U.S. journalist's alleged killer as "an affront to terrorism victims everywhere."
January 01, 2021
Pakistan Arrests 24 People Over Demolishing of Hindu Temple
By Associated Press
A Hindu temple was set on fire and demolished by a mob led by supporters of a radical Islamist party.
December 01, 2020
Beyond Ideologies: The Many Tehreeks of Pakistan
By Niha Dagia and Niha Dagia
By offering condolences for Khadim Hussain Rizvi’s death, is the TTP planning to expand its influence into the political realm?
November 20, 2020
Radical Leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi is Dead – But His Ideology Will Live On in Pakistan
By Umair Jamal
Leader of a right-wing party with pull, Rizvi’s death will not diminish extremist politics in Pakistan.
October 10, 2020
No, Fazlur Rehman Cannot Protect Pakistanis’ Democratic Rights
By Umair Jamal
Opposition parties have tapped a right-wing Islamist as the leader of the Pakistan Democratic Movement. That raises serious questions.
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