Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/63263
Title: From pulpit to marketplace: The evolution of religious political parties in Pakistan
Contributor(s): Hussain, Kashif  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2024-05
Early Online Version: 2024-04-24
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.1002/waf2.12021
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/63263
Abstract: 

This article analyzes the extent of involvement of religious political leaders and their apparent, rather reluctant, acceptance by the Pakistani public seen in recent times. The study also analyzes the role of religious leaders in giving way to right‐wing extremism or Islamic militarism and how this challenges the writ of the state. I hope to shed light on the state‐religious scholars' nexus, forging a lasting impression in the minds of the public of their coexistence. Religious leaders have been seen to support or gain currency at the time of autocratic rulers, which is evident in the history of the martial law regimes of General Zia ul Haq and General Pervez Musharraf. This study also examines the compromise of weak democratic parties in the intervening period between the two dictatorships as well as the recent rise of political as well as religious extremism. I examine the coexistence of the state‐religious scholars' nexus where religious sentiments, often leading to extremist views, are being played for political gains by the religious political leaders.

Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: World Affairs (Washington), 187(2), p. 151-160
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Place of Publication: United State of America
ISSN: 1940-1582
0043-8200
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 4499 Other human society
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Appears in Collections:Journal Article
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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