What Drives Extremism in Pakistan?

In this book, using rigorous analysis of survey data, in-depth interviews in schools and universities in Pakistan, and historical narrative reporting, Madiha Afzal presents a multidimensional picture of Pakistan’s relationship with extremism. Afzal explains how the two pillars that define the Pakistani state - Islam and a paranoia about India&éhave led to a regressive form of Islamization in Pakistan’s narratives, laws, and curricula. These, in turn, have shaped its citizens’ attitudes.