De-radicalizing Pakistani society: the receptivity of youth to a liberal religious worldview

Sajjad, Fatima; Christie, Daniel J.; Taylor, Laura K.

doi:10.1080/17400201.2017.1304901

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“…These questions became crucial when the heavily funded initiatives to counter violent extremism showed little success on the ground and turned counterproductive at many places. A decade after the education-sector reforms were initiated in Pakistan, multiple sources reported a much higher level of extremism among Pakistani youth, as reported by Siddiqa (2010) and Sajjad et al (2017). Sajjad et al (2017) termed the phenomenon ‘psychological reactance’.…”

Section: On Becoming a Security Problemmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…A decade after the education-sector reforms were initiated in Pakistan, multiple sources reported a much higher level of extremism among Pakistani youth, as reported by Siddiqa (2010) and Sajjad et al (2017). Sajjad et al (2017) termed the phenomenon ‘psychological reactance’. Bukhari and Huda (2020) list a number of initiatives by Pakistani state institutions and civil society organizations on countering violent extremism (CVE) in the country.…”

Section: On Becoming a Security Problemmentioning

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A subaltern gaze on White ignorance, (in)security and the possibility of educating the White rescue plans

Sajjad

2023

Security Dialogue

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In this article, I, as a subaltern, offer a reverse gaze on White security plans to rescue the world from the tide of violent extremism. Violent extremism has been identified as a global security threat by the United Nations, which announced a Plan of Action to combat the threat in 2016. Education has been considered a valuable tool for preventing violent extremism. In 2017, UNESCO published a policy guide explaining how education can be used to prevent violent extremism. This article offers a critique of the UNESCO policy guide, using the construct of White ignorance as explained by Charles Mills and Jennifer Mueller’s Theory of Racial Ignorance. This critique, coming from a location (Pakistan) where education has been under intense White scrutiny since 9/11, owing to its alleged link with violent ideologies, provides an inverse perspective on the problem of violent extremism. Using Mills’s concept of the epistemology of ignorance, I argue that international security policies view security as maintenance of White hegemony and refuse to listen to the people labelled as a security problem by White epistemic authorities. I contend that it is the White security policy that needs to be educated to prevent violence and maintain durable security.

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Section: On Becoming a Security Problemmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: On Becoming a Security Problemmentioning

confidence: 98%

A subaltern gaze on White ignorance, (in)security and the possibility of educating the White rescue plans

Sajjad

2023

Security Dialogue

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“…They have contributed to the propagation of more moderate and inclusive da'wah through other types of religious activity in the domains of education, social work, and economics. According to Fahri & Zainuri (2019); Sajjad, Christie, & Taylor (2017); and Tobroni, Chanifah, & Lubis (2020) that radicalism in the name of religion can be eradicated through moderate and inclusive Islamic education. Religious moderation can be demonstrated through the attitude of tawazun (balance), i'tidal (straight and firm), tasamuh (tolerance), musawah (egalitarian), shura (deliberation), ishlah (reform), aulawiyah (puts priority on priority), tathawwur wa ibtikar (dynamic and innovative).…”

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Da'wah of Banyumas Islamic Chinese Ethnicity in the Development of Religious Moderation

Musmuallim

Prasetiawan²,

Chamadi³

2021

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This research focuses on the ethnic-based da'wah model of the Chinese Muslim community who is members of the Indonesian Chinese Islamic Association (PITI) Banyumas in promoting religious moderation. The Banyumas Chinese Muslim community chooses the middle path and contributes to religious moderation through various da'wah activities. This research method uses documentation, interviews, and observations. The results of this study describe an ethnic-based da'wah model through structural and cultural da'wah movements. The da'wah developed promotes a moderate attitude with a socio-economic and socio-cultural approach. Ethnic Chinese who have recently embraced Islam (mualaf) receive training in economic empowerment. The Chinese Muslim community also embodies tolerance in an open attitude towards non-Muslim Chinese ethnicities and various other religious groups. An example of public openness is their acceptance of the Cap Go Meh culture and the lion dance tradition. A moderate attitude is shown by neutrality that is not extreme right and extreme left on the choice of religious schools of thought. PITI places people in the center of society's varieties. Da'wah facilities employ the mosque as a venue for preaching and religious education based on social interaction. Chinese Muslims' preaching through an open, reasonable, and community engagement has been well received by the general public.

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Reactance and spiritual possibilities: an application of psychological reactance theory

Rosenberg

Siegel

2020

The Science of Religion, Spirituality, and Existentialism

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De-radicalizing Pakistani society: the receptivity of youth to a liberal religious worldview

Abstract: The reported rise in radicalism among youth in Pakistan since 9/11/2001 has been attributed to religious education in madrasas and schools. However, education in Pakistan is only part of the historical and contemporary forces that contribute to the prevailing exclusivist religio-political

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A subaltern gaze on White ignorance, (in)security and the possibility of educating the White rescue plans

A subaltern gaze on White ignorance, (in)security and the possibility of educating the White rescue plans

Da'wah of Banyumas Islamic Chinese Ethnicity in the Development of Religious Moderation

Reactance and spiritual possibilities: an application of psychological reactance theory

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