Article Type
Article
Description
Growing religious fundamentalism in Pakistan and other muslim countries has aroused a lot of anxiety particularly among the urban educated middle classes. Their lifestyles are at serious risk and the recent speculations that Taliban were about to take overPeshawarhad left a lot of chill in the spines of most of the people belonging to this class.
Why is fundamentalism despite its obscurantist and unreal view of Islam spreading so fast? Why did Hamas sweep the elections in Palestine? Why are other fringe religious organizations gaining popularity in other Muslim countries?
Most of the analyses explaining the resurgence of fundamentalism in the Muslim countries of the world have been rooted in the realm of religion, politics, social thought and geopolitics. Very few attempts have been made to link the current predominant paradigm of economic development with the disenchantment, frustration and sense of deprivation felt by the majority of the young entrants to the labor force in these countries.
Publication Source
Notebook
Publication Date
5-2009
Pages
1-5
Recommended Citation
Husain, Ishrat. (2009, May 01). The Economics of Fundamentalism. Notebook, . 1-5. https://ir.iba.edu.pk/faculty-research-press/490
