1. Welcome

2. Islamic History

3. Layout
Introduction
The Islamist and Pakistan
The Islamist and Pakistan
Maulana Mawdudi and Jama`t
Islamist and State of Pakistan
 Establishment's Islam
Zia and Islam
Benazir Butto, Nawas & Islamism
The Ulema parties

4. Madaris
Ethos of Radical Islamic Groups
The parliamentary Strategy.
Islamist concept of foreign affairs
Terrorism as a Strategy
The state and the Radical Islam
Blowback Pakistani Style
Portent and possibilities
Army and Islamists
Islamic Strategies

5. Introduction
• Pakistan was a product of a classic
nationalist movement with a geopolitical
vision that sought a protected area where
Muslims could live un threatened lives.
• Pakistan a Muslim State
• Pakistan an Islamic State
• Pakistan resembles Israel

6. The Islamist and Pakistan
• Well organized Muslim Society
• Formation of Tablighi jama`t
• Maulana Mawdudi and Jama`t
• Islamist and State of Pakistan

7. Maulana Mawdudi and Jama`t
• The most influential of Pakistan's Islamists
• More Anti-Hindu than Pro-Pakistan
• Formation of Jama`at-i-Islami
• Partition of JI

8. Islamist and State of Pakistan
• Role of Islamist In helping Pakistan recover
from the devastation of partition
• Pressure on Muslim League For Islamic
State
• Ingathering of Muslims is not enough.
• Elimination of British-derived civil and
criminal laws and creation of State based
upon Shariat.

9. Establishment's Islam
• Pakistan Institutions were results of
adapting the British dominated enviroment
while simultaneously supporting tand
exploiting the traditional alliances and
structures.
• Pakistan slowly moved to Islamized State
• Reasons???
• Risk????

10. Establishment's Islam Cont…..
• Constitutional Assembly's Objective
Resolution 1949
• Ayub Khan, Yahya Khan and Butto
continued to seek compromise with
Islamist.
• Butto banned Alchohol, Declared
Ahmediyya sect non-Muslim and Idea of
Islamic Bomb at islamic Conference 1974.

11. Zia and Islam
• A move towards Islamic State.
• Signboards placed around cantonments
quoting Quran verses.
• Pakistan Studies a compulsory subject.
• Zia. Aslam Beg and Hamidf Gul followed
the ideology of JI.
• Promotion of Jihad and madrassas
• Islamic Army

12. Benazir Butto, Nawas &
Islamism
• Islamist and Benazir Butto
• Shariat Bill in 1999.
• Pakistan's Nuclear Test and 9/11
• West against Islam

13. Jama`at and centrist Islamism
• Relations of JI,ISI and Army
• Taliban and JI
• JI an organized party.
• JI Objective
• India and USA chief enemy
• A militant political party
• Islamic Jamia`t Tulba or IJT

14. The Ulema parties
• Deobandi School of thought
• JUI, JUP,
• Barelvi school of thought
• Sunni Tehreek,
• Ahle hadit
• Shia parties

15. Madaris
• Madaris at the time of independence were
250.
• In 1987 increased to the 3000 and currently
about 4500.
• Zia encouraged the expanding of the
madras’s.
• Massive funds from Gulf States.

16. Ethos of Radical Islamic
Groups
• Primary concern for the governance.
• Second, for the foreign policy and relation
with Islamic countries.
• Divided by their theology inheritance.
• Disagree on the social, economic and
political problems and their solutions.

17. The parliamentary Strategy.
• History of religious politics
• October 2002 elections, MMA won 62
seats. Form government in NWFP and
coalition government in Balochistan.
• MMA an artificial alliance.
• MMA and Hisba bill.
• Artificial allance.

18. Islamist concept of foreign
affairs
• NWFP and Balochistan great chance to
prove their selves.
• Pak Afghan relation based on the ethnic
affinity.
• Taliban were born out of the JUI madaris.
• Al Quida is a salafist jihadi movement.

19. Terrorism as a Strategy
• Conceptually the terrorism literature
compares terrorism to theater
• One is enemy
• The second group is “bystanders”
• Remainder is potential recruits for the
cause.

20. The state and the Radical Islam
• Army is main character in this entire
scenario.
• Always used them, trained them and
supported for its own purposes.
• Behari vs Bengali
• Zia ul haq and Islamic groups

21. Blowback Pakistani Style
• ISI supported hard line groups with
America’s help.
• Negative consequences of Afghan war for
Pakistan.
• An increase in domestic and sectarian
violence.

22. Portent and possibilities
• Axis of Evil, has nuclear weapons, terrorists
and stagnant economy.
• A new Iran, center for new Islamic
revolution.
• Pakistanis subject to careful security
regulations and discrimination.

23. Army and Islamists
• Army , the main barrier for Islamic
radicalism as will for the democracy.
• Trained by British past, international
contacts and un Islamic structure.
• Current officers critical of zia’s experiment
• Army view it self as last best hope.
• Continue to exploit militant groups.
• Army has its own way to run state.

24. Islamic Strategies
• JI can be bridge between secular and
militant groups
• JI is capable of movement but fears of out
flanked by Army and Establishment
• Needs alliance to come in power.
• No prediction for near future.
• Islamic revolution, but no one on
Khomeini’s status.
• JI can become second most important force.