Comments on: How religion gets mixed with violence http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/immanent_frame/2007/12/30/how-religion-gets-mixed-with-violence/ Secularism, religion, and the public sphere Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:55:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Petr Topychkanov http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/immanent_frame/2007/12/30/how-religion-gets-mixed-with-violence/#comment-4523 Petr Topychkanov Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:00:51 +0000 http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/immanent_frame/2007/12/30/how-religion-gets-mixed-with-violence/#comment-4523 It seems that the violence after Benazir Bhutto's murder may not be part of creating an ideological state. Now it is clear that this violence and the so-called movement for democracy in Pakistan are parts of the political games, not efforts to create an ideological state. Most likely, the measures being taken by P. Musharraf were oriented to develop the state in the framework of ideological traditions in Pakistan, but he failed due to a number of factors, and U.S. policy is among them. There is a period of transition now, when it is difficult to find the traces of long term processes, like in 1990s. But this period may take a very short period of time. After that the political forces will have to be in line with the ideological traditions. And let me mention in this context an important factor that is securing this trend---the armed forces of Pakistan. Thank you for your attention, Peter It seems that the violence after Benazir Bhutto’s murder may not be part of creating an ideological state. Now it is clear that this violence and the so-called movement for democracy in Pakistan are parts of the political games, not efforts to create an ideological state. Most likely, the measures being taken by P. Musharraf were oriented to develop the state in the framework of ideological traditions in Pakistan, but he failed due to a number of factors, and U.S. policy is among them. There is a period of transition now, when it is difficult to find the traces of long term processes, like in 1990s. But this period may take a very short period of time. After that the political forces will have to be in line with the ideological traditions. And let me mention in this context an important factor that is securing this trend—the armed forces of Pakistan.

Thank you for your attention,
Peter

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