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- Title
Womens' Perception on Religious Extremism in Karachi.
- Authors
Muzaffar, Erum
- Abstract
Women's role is significant in countering violent extremism. Conventionally, gender stereotypes recognize women as victims and men as perpetrators of violence. However, various terrorist organizations have recruited women to carry out violent activities in their regions. In the extreme capacity, women can be participant, worker, supporter and on the other extreme simply a sympathizer. Nonetheless, women as perpetrator of extremism are far fewer than the women with more socially cohesive tendencies and desire for peace. In global South, the combination of theocracy and patriarchy have limited the role of women in political and social spheres. The political and social marginalization of women has allowed extremist views to spread more readily. In various violence prone communities across the world, women's involvement has helped to combat terrorism and early identification of radicalization by building social cohesion, teaching tolerance and resilience. This research attempts to address the root causes of extremism, violence and radicalization tendencies prevailing in Karachi City, from women's perspective. It intends to investigate the women's perception about religious extremism and its implications for their communities. The research is qualitative type and exploratory in nature. Both primary and secondary sources are applied to collect data. Primary data is obtained from field survey. Forty women are interviewed in total, from all seven districts of Karachi.
- Subjects
KARACHI (Pakistan); VIOLENCE against women; TERRORIST recruiting; WOMEN'S roles; RADICALISM; SOCIAL marginality; VIOLENCE in the community
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, 2021, Vol 42, Issue 2, p85
- ISSN
1012-7682
- Publication type
Article