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VYING FOR ALLAH’S VOTEUnderstanding Islamic Parties, Political Violence,and Extremism in PakistanHaroon K. UllahHaroon K. Ullah is a staff adviser to the US State Department and was a member of the late AmbassadorRichard C. Holbrooke’s policy team on Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Vying for Allah’s Vote: Understanding IslamicParties, Political Violence, and Extremism inPakistan studies how religion, politics, and policyare inextricably linked in Pakistan. In this book,Haroon K. Ullah analyses the origins, ideologies,bases of support, and electoral successes of thelargest and most influential Islamic parties inPakistan. Based on his extensive fieldwork inPakistan, he develops a new typology forunderstanding and comparing the discourses putforth by these parties in order to assess what drivesthem and what separates the moderate from theextreme. A better understanding of the range ofparties is critical for knowing how the US and other
VYING FOR
ALLAH’S VOTEUnderstanding IslamicParties, Political Violence,and Extremism in PakistanHaroon K. Ullah
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Western nations can engage states where Islamicpolitical parties hold both political and moralauthority.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations • Acknowledgments1. Introduction2. Islam and Democracy in Pakistan3. Islamic Parties in Pakistan4. Muslim Democratic Parties: Origins and
Characteristics5. Islamist Parties: Origins and Characteristics6. Islamic Voters in Pakistan: Motives and
Behavior7. Political Strategy: When Extremism Works8. Lessons Learned: How Pakistan Informs the
Arab Spring and Afghanistan9. Foreign Policy Implications and New TrendsAppendix 1Appendix 2NotesSelected BibliographyIndex
