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This assessment of the struggle for Pakistan's identity, from its birth in 1947 to the present day, provides a political and cultural understanding of the role and use of Islam in its evolution. The author, a Pakistani scholar, shows how Pakistan's viability as a state depends in large part on its ability to develop a new and progressive Islamic narrative.
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THE IDEOLOGICAL STRUGGLE FOR PAKISTAN ................. 17666$ $$FM 03-08-10 16:19:16 PS PAGE i HERBERT AND JANE DWIGHT WORKING GROUP ON ISLAMISM AND THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER Many of the writings associated with this Working Group will be published by the Hoover Institution. Materials published to date, or in production, are listed below. ESSAYS Saudi Arabia and the New Strategic Landscape Joshua Teitelbaum Islamism and the Future of the Christians of the Middle East Habib C. Malik Syria through Jihadist Eyes: A Perfect Enemy Nibras Kazimi The Ideological Struggle for Pakistan Ziad Haider BOOKS Freedom or Terror: Europe Faces Jihad Russell A. Berman ................. 17666$ $$FM 03-08-10 16:19:16 PS PAGE ii HERBERT & JANE DWIGHT WORKING GROUP ON ISLAMISM AND THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER THE IDEOLOGICAL STRUGGLE FOR PAKISTAN Ziad Haider HOOVER INSTITUTION PRESS Stanford University Stanford, California ................. 17666$ $$FM 03-08-10 16:19:17 PS PAGE iii The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, founded at Stanford University in 1919 by Herbert Hoover, who went on to become the thirty-first president of the United States, is an interdisciplinary research center for advanced study on domestic and international affairs. The views expressed in its publications are entirely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the staff, officers, or Board of Overseers of the Hoover Institution. www.hoover.org Hoover Institution Press Publication No. 584 Hoover Institution at Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, California, 94305-6010 Copyright 䉷 2010 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher and copyright holders. First printing 2010 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Manufactured in the United States of America The paper used in this publication meets the minimum Requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. 䡬 ⬁ Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from Library of Congress. ISBN 978-0-8179-1085-3 (pbk.) ISBN 978-0-7179-1086-0 (e-book) ................. 17666$ $$FM 03-08-10 16:19:17 PS PAGE iv The Hoover Institution gratefully acknowledges the following individuals and foundations for their significant support of the HERBERT AND JANE DWIGHT WORKING GROUP ON ISLAMISM AND THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER Herbert and Jane Dwight Stephen Bechtel Foundation Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Clayton W. Frye Jr. Lakeside Foundation ................. 17666$ $$FM 03-08-10 16:19:17 PS PAGE v ................. 17666$ $$FM 03-08-10 16:19:17 PS PAGE vi CONTENTS ix Foreword by Fouad Ajami 2 The Idea of Pakistan Fortifying a Nation Ideology and Integrity Islamic Socialism The Islamization of Pakistan Ideologicall