Political Islam and Regional Diplomacy: A Case Study of Jamaat-e-Islami and its role in the Afghan Conflict (2010 -2012)
This paper examines the interest of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) in the Afghan crisis of 2010-2012 in terms of Political Islam and regional politics. Based on the qualitative discourse analysis of party statements, speeches, and policy narratives, it examines the manner in which JI has expressed its ideological position on Afghanistan and Pakistan's foreign policy. The paper places the JI discourse in the political environment that is undergoing change in Pakistan in the wake of the U.S. troop surge and the consequent drawdown announcements. Results indicate that discourse in JI included anti-imperialist and religious solidarity to confront the relationship between the Western powers and Pakistan and to establish the party as a source of Islamic independence and regional peace. The paper claims the involvement of JI during this time is representative of the operation of political Islam as a theological form as well as a diplomatic idiom in South Asian politics.
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Political Islam, Jamaat-e-Islami, Afghan Conflict, Regional Diplomacy, Pakistan Foreign Policy
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(1) Shabana Naeem
Assistant Professor, Department of Higher Education, Government Graduate College for Women Kabir Wala, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Naeem, S. (2025). Political Islam and Regional Diplomacy: A Case Study of Jamaat-e-Islami and its role in the Afghan Conflict (2010 -2012). Global Political Review, X(III), 186-192. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2025(X-III).17
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CHICAGO : Naeem, Shabana. 2025. "Political Islam and Regional Diplomacy: A Case Study of Jamaat-e-Islami and its role in the Afghan Conflict (2010 -2012)." Global Political Review, X (III): 186-192 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2025(X-III).17
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HARVARD : NAEEM, S. 2025. Political Islam and Regional Diplomacy: A Case Study of Jamaat-e-Islami and its role in the Afghan Conflict (2010 -2012). Global Political Review, X, 186-192.
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MHRA : Naeem, Shabana. 2025. "Political Islam and Regional Diplomacy: A Case Study of Jamaat-e-Islami and its role in the Afghan Conflict (2010 -2012)." Global Political Review, X: 186-192
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MLA : Naeem, Shabana. "Political Islam and Regional Diplomacy: A Case Study of Jamaat-e-Islami and its role in the Afghan Conflict (2010 -2012)." Global Political Review, X.III (2025): 186-192 Print.
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OXFORD : Naeem, Shabana (2025), "Political Islam and Regional Diplomacy: A Case Study of Jamaat-e-Islami and its role in the Afghan Conflict (2010 -2012)", Global Political Review, X (III), 186-192
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TURABIAN : Naeem, Shabana. "Political Islam and Regional Diplomacy: A Case Study of Jamaat-e-Islami and its role in the Afghan Conflict (2010 -2012)." Global Political Review X, no. III (2025): 186-192. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2025(X-III).17