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- Title
Role of Religious Leaders in Mobilizing Communities to Counter Violent Extremism: A Case Study of Dir Valley of Pakistan.
- Authors
Ahmed, Shakeel; Sajid, Imran A.; Ashraf, Syed Irfan
- Abstract
Swat and Dir valleys in Pakistan have seen the brunt of post 9/11 violent extremism in the recent past. Because this extremism was generated and exploited by a few religiously motivated violent organizations, a popular perception emerged that all religious leaders of the society were involved in terrorism. Therefore, this research focuses on the role played by those religious leaders who involved themselves in mobilizing local communities against violent extremism. Employing a mixed-method research approach and sequential analysis strategy our data shows that most of the common local religious leaders played positive role in building community resilience to countering violent extremism during the early phase of the War on Terrorism in these two valleys.
- Subjects
PAKISTAN; RELIGIOUS leaders; RADICALISM; WAR on Terrorism, 2001-2009; SEQUENTIAL analysis; CIVIC leaders; TERRORISM; COUNTERTERRORISM
- Publication
Review of Human Rights, 2021, Vol 7, Issue 1, p28
- ISSN
2520-7024
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.35994/rhr.v7i1.174