Pakistan's Dangerous Slide to Extremism

January 4, 2018 Topic: Security Region: Asia Tags: PakistanTerrorismExtremismSufismReligion

Pakistan's Dangerous Slide to Extremism

While a recent protest will eventually recede from memory, its implications will be far reaching and long lasting.

 

Adam Weinstein is a researcher who focuses on South Asia and Iran. Michael Kugelman is deputy director with the Asia Program and senior associate for South Asia at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Image: Members of the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan far right Islamist political party shout slogans during a sit-in in Rawalpindi, Pakistan November 10, 2017. REUTERS/Caren Firouz