Jihadi Resurgence in Pakistan

Contents: Preface. 1.The resurgence of Pakistan’s Military. 2. Al-qaida’s resurgence in Pakistan. 3. Pakistan, Jihad and ethnicity. 4. Emergence of Pakistan Islamist coalition and Jihad. 5. Musharraf and the Jihad industry. 6. ISI-Military-Jihadi nexus continues in Pakistan. 7. Pakistan Madarsas and Jihad. 8. ‘Jihad print media in Pakistan. 9. Pakistani Jihadists and the Kashmir Jihad. 10. The meaning of the concept of “Jihad”. Bibliography. Index.

Its intelligence service has long acted as the manager of international Mujahedeen forces, many of them Sunni extremists, and there is even speculation that it may have been involved in the rise of the Islamic State. Pakistan denies harbouring the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, and points out that it, too is a victim of terrorism, “many analysts have detailed how the military has nurtured Islamist Militant groups as an instrument to suppress nationalist movements, in particular among the Pashtun minority, at home and abroad. Pakistan is intervening in a number of foreign conflicts. Its intelligence service has long acted as the manager of international mujahedeen forces, many of them Sunni extremists, and there is even speculation that it may have been involved in the rise of the Islamic State.