| Radical Islamism & Jihad | |
| 07 Oct 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
| God's Soldiers: Pakistan Army's Ideology | |
By Praveen Swami |
Six years ago, in a book published just before he became his country's ambassador to the U.S., politician-scholar Husain Haqqani recorded that the Pakistan Army's jihadist project was “not just the inadvertent outcome of decisions by some governments.” Instead, he argued, the Pakistani state's use of Islam “gradually evolved into a strategic commitment to Jihadi ideology.” The Green Books explain just what this strategic commitment entails. Later, General Ayub Khan excised the prefix “Islamic” from Pakistan's name, but nonetheless appointed a council of clerics to guide the state. His successor, the hard-drinking General Yahya Khan, allied with Islamists in Bangladesh and Kashmir. Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, in turn, bowed to clerical pressure, pushed forward with anti-minorities measures and declared Islam the state religion. -- Praveen Swami http://newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamRadicalIslamismAndJihad_1.aspx?ArticleID=5646 | ||
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