The Pakistan-Afghan borderland
Subtitle: Pashtun tribes descending into extremism : a case study of a Pashtun tribe
By: by Khan Idris, PhD
Publisher: Tribal Analysis Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Richardson, Texas
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780981982281
Subjects: Pushtuns; Salafīyah; Hanafites; Islam; Case studies; Islamic fundamentalism; Borderlands; Pachtou (Peuple d'Asie); Salafiyya; Études de cas; Intégrisme islamique; Régions frontalières
Description: In this major study of Pashtun tribal hybridization shifting toward Salafism Islam, Dr. Idris argues that central to the understanding of the current militancy and extremism in Pakistan and Afghanistan is the recognition of the methods utilized as the Salafists made inroads into Pashtun society along with the impact of Salafists on the tribal, social, political, religious, cultural, and even the daily lives of the Pashtuns. This study utilizes a series of case studies from a small village in the Pashtun border region to demonstrate that the Pashtun tribes in the Pakistan-Afghanistan borderland are in the process of shifting toward Salafism as their traditional Hanafi Sufism beliefs are discarded. The author argues that this shift has been undermining the traditional tribal and religious structure to create much of the instability that fuels conflict in the region.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-200).