Islam,Terrorism and Jihad
Strike at ‘den of Western decadence’The second factor is a sudden upsurge in activity in the violence-wracked tribal agencies along the frontier with Afghanistan, involving highly controversial raids into Pakistani territory. Not only have there been major Pakistani army offensives in recent weeks - as well as formal and informal truces with various extremist elements - but the new escalation that has come along with recent incursions into Pakistani territory by American soldiers based in Afghanistan hunting al-Qaeda figures will have made a major strike into Pakistan more attractive for the militants. Men like Baitullah Mahsud, the most prominent leader of the Pakistan Taliban, believes the ‘infidel’ government in Islamabad needs to be punished for its support for the West - whatever the rhetoric from the capital. The fiercely proud and independent identity of the Pashtun tribes of the border regions fuses with a very contemporary international ‘jihadi identity’. Globalised Islamic radicalism thus radicalises and legitimises a local cause.
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