Islamist Networks: The Afghan-Pakistan Connection

Mariam Abou Zahab and Olivier Roy

Paper, 92 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13365-4
$19.00

April, 2004
Cloth, 92 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13364-7
$59.50

1. Introduction

2. Ex-Soviet Central Asia

The Tajik Party of the Islamic Renaissance (PIR)

The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)

Hizb ul-Tahrir (Party of Liberation)

3. Afghanistan: From the Islamists to the Taliban and Al-Qaida

4. Pakistan: From the Religious Conservatism to Political Radicalism

Deobandi Movements and Violent Action

The Active Jihadist Tendency in Kashmir and Afghanistan from the Harakat ul-Ansat to Jaish-i-Muhammad

Salafism and Jihadism

5. Connections and Dynamics

The Al-Qaida Movement and the Afghans

The Fusion Between the Taliban and Al-Qaida

The Role of Pakistan

The Pakistani Military Intelligence Services and the Radical Tendency

Pakistani Islamists at the Heart of Transnational Links

The Pakistanisation of Al-Qaida

The Blurring of Strategic and Ideological Alignments

6.Conclusion

Related Subjects

• Asian Religion
• Asian Studies
• Islam
• Middle East Studies

Series

• CERI Series in Comparative Politics and International Studies

About the Author

Mariam Abou Zahab is a researcher affiliated with the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI) and a lecturer at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), both in Paris. Olivier Roy is a world authority on Islam and politics. His books include Globalized Islam (Columbia University Press) and The Failure of Political Islam.

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