Jihad or Revenge: Theorizing Radicalization in Pashtun Tribal Belt along the Border of Afghanistan
What this research work does is to explore the relationship between radicalization and social traditions of Badal (revenge) in the tribal area of Pakistan. What is argued is that when someone is not guilty of any crime or not involved in any unlawful acts but killed even by the most powerful like Americans, his revenge is considered to be a social obligation by his closer kin of the family. In this process, they may sometimes join organizations like Al-Qaeda or the Taliban in vengeance and often become an active member of a terrorist organization. What may be established is that it is not a religion but the social customs of that particular area that help the locals undergo an unavoidable process of radicalization. For any tribesman, fixing revenge is so important as only this way the victim can live with honor among his community.
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Jihad, Radicalization, Pashtun, Tribal, Afghanistan
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(1) Ayaz Ali Shah
Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Nelofar Ehsan
Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Hina Malik
Demonstrator, Department of Political Science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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APA : Shah, A. A., Ehsan, N., & Malik, H. (2019). Jihad or Revenge: Theorizing Radicalization in Pashtun Tribal Belt along the Border of Afghanistan. Global Political Review, IV(II), 67-77. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2019(IV-II).07
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CHICAGO : Shah, Ayaz Ali, Nelofar Ehsan, and Hina Malik. 2019. "Jihad or Revenge: Theorizing Radicalization in Pashtun Tribal Belt along the Border of Afghanistan." Global Political Review, IV (II): 67-77 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2019(IV-II).07
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HARVARD : SHAH, A. A., EHSAN, N. & MALIK, H. 2019. Jihad or Revenge: Theorizing Radicalization in Pashtun Tribal Belt along the Border of Afghanistan. Global Political Review, IV, 67-77.
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MHRA : Shah, Ayaz Ali, Nelofar Ehsan, and Hina Malik. 2019. "Jihad or Revenge: Theorizing Radicalization in Pashtun Tribal Belt along the Border of Afghanistan." Global Political Review, IV: 67-77
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MLA : Shah, Ayaz Ali, Nelofar Ehsan, and Hina Malik. "Jihad or Revenge: Theorizing Radicalization in Pashtun Tribal Belt along the Border of Afghanistan." Global Political Review, IV.II (2019): 67-77 Print.
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OXFORD : Shah, Ayaz Ali, Ehsan, Nelofar, and Malik, Hina (2019), "Jihad or Revenge: Theorizing Radicalization in Pashtun Tribal Belt along the Border of Afghanistan", Global Political Review, IV (II), 67-77
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TURABIAN : Shah, Ayaz Ali, Nelofar Ehsan, and Hina Malik. "Jihad or Revenge: Theorizing Radicalization in Pashtun Tribal Belt along the Border of Afghanistan." Global Political Review IV, no. II (2019): 67-77. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2019(IV-II).07