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In “Islamization and Barelvis in Pakistan”, Thomas K. Gugler notes that the citizens of Pakistan are facing a massive terrorist threat, in particular by both ISIS and the Taliban. He addresses the theological differences between Barelvis and Deobandis that in parts already hint at the reasons why modern jihadism is somehow characteristic of Deobandis, but not in an equal manner for Barelvis. Gugler argues that forces other than just theology are the Wahhabi factor and its means of realpolitik in funding conservative madrassas as well as the state policy of supporting jihadist militancy for foreign policy projects and objectives. The Peshawar APS massacre in 2014 was a clear statement of the fact that the state has to act more efficiently to confront terrorist activities and to find a solution for these seemingly religiously motivated attacks against state and society. Gugler argues that the National Action Plan alone does not yet seem to offer sufficient meaningful reasons for optimism. He suggests that one apparent strategy to fight Islamist extremism is the revival of Pakistan’s pluralist traditions of Islamic piety.
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Gugler, T.K. (2016). Islamization and Barelvis in Pakistan. In: Syed, J., Pio, E., Kamran, T., Zaidi, A. (eds) Faith-Based Violence and Deobandi Militancy in Pakistan. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94966-3_13
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