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THEORIZING RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM CAUSES AND IMPACTS

08 Pages : 76-84

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2022(VII-I).08      10.31703/gsssr.2022(VII-I).08      Published : Mar 2022

Theorizing Religious Extremism: Causes and Impacts

    Extremism is a great threat to the security of Pakistan. The growing extremism is affecting all fields of life. In Pakistan, many people have been killed in sectarian violence. Since independence, Pakistan has been confronting the problems of ethnonationalism, sectarianism and extremism. Furthermore, after 9/11 Pakistani society faced a lot of problems due to religious extremism. With the passage of time sectarianism and religious intolerance is enhancing and extremism has deep social, economic and psychological impacts on Pakistani society.

    Extremism, Sectarianism, Government, Madrassa, Impacts, Zarb-e-Azab
    (1) Fozia Bibi
    Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Rawalpindi Women University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Qaiser Iqbal
    Visiting Lecturer, Department of IR, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Abia Yousaf
    Incharge of Economics, Department of Finance, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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    CHICAGO : Bibi, Fozia, Qaiser Iqbal, and Abia Yousaf. 2022. "Theorizing Religious Extremism: Causes and Impacts." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VII (I): 76-84 doi: 10.31703/gsssr.2022(VII-I).08
    HARVARD : BIBI, F., IQBAL, Q. & YOUSAF, A. 2022. Theorizing Religious Extremism: Causes and Impacts. Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VII, 76-84.
    MHRA : Bibi, Fozia, Qaiser Iqbal, and Abia Yousaf. 2022. "Theorizing Religious Extremism: Causes and Impacts." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VII: 76-84
    MLA : Bibi, Fozia, Qaiser Iqbal, and Abia Yousaf. "Theorizing Religious Extremism: Causes and Impacts." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VII.I (2022): 76-84 Print.
    OXFORD : Bibi, Fozia, Iqbal, Qaiser, and Yousaf, Abia (2022), "Theorizing Religious Extremism: Causes and Impacts", Global Strategic & Security Studies Review, VII (I), 76-84
    TURABIAN : Bibi, Fozia, Qaiser Iqbal, and Abia Yousaf. "Theorizing Religious Extremism: Causes and Impacts." Global Strategic & Security Studies Review VII, no. I (2022): 76-84. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2022(VII-I).08