reconciliation islam democracy and the west

Bhutto persuasively argues that America and Britain are fueling this turn toward radicalization by supporting groups that serve only short-term interests. With extremist Islam on the rise throughout the world, the peaceful, pluralistic message of Islam has been exploited and manipulated by fanatics. In Reconciliation, Bhutto recounts in gripping detail her final months in Pakistan and offers a bold new agenda for how to stem the tide of Islamic radicalism and to rediscover the values of tolerance and justice that lie at the heart of her religion. But she continued to forge ahead, with more courage and conviction than ever, since she knew that time was running out for the future of her nation, and for her life. Upon a tumultuous reception, she survived a suicide-bomb attack that killed nearly two hundred of her countrymen. The Historical Inheritance - Pakistan: Land, Society and Economy - East Bengal and the problem of national integration - Language and political identity in Pakistan - Islam - Biraderi politics and feudalism - Pakistan since 1971 - Post-1971 social and economic change - Population growth - Migration - The growth of the middle classes - Colonial Rule, Authoritarianism and Regional History in North-West India - Colonial administration in the Muslim-majority areas - The British security state in North-West India - The Pakistan Movement: its Dynamics and Legacies - Punjab - The Unionist legacy - The legacy of the campaign for Pakistan - Sindh - The North-West Frontier Province - The Frontier Muslim League - Bengal - The All-India Muslim League and Pakistan's future political development - Picking up the Pieces: Pakistan, 1947-49 - The economic and geographical inheritance - Strategic and institutional inheritances - Massacres and migrations - The political inheritance from the refugee situation - The crisis in Indo-Pakistan relations - The Kashmir conflict - The survival of Pakistan - The Destruction of Pakistan's Democracy and Unity - The Destruction of Democracy in Pakistan - Pakistani politics: processes and perceptions - The formative phase, 1947-51 - The collapse of democracy, 1951-58 - Solon among the Subalterns - The making of a leader - Political developments, 1958-65 - Economic and social reform - Economic development - Foreign affairs - The descent from power - Things Fall Apart.Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan in October 2007, after eight years of exile, hopeful that she could be a catalyst for change. However, despite its chequered history of martial law and civil strife, it has always confounded its obituary-writers.' 'In Pakistan: A Modern History Ian Talbot charts the problems which have beset Pakistan since its chaotic birth in 1947'-Jacket. 'Although Pakistan is now a nuclear power, to some observers it remains a 'failed state', mired in violence, corruption and economic crisis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-425) and index.

Reconciliation islam democracy and the west