SHAHEED MUTAHHERI FORUM

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SHAHEED MUTAHHERI FORUM

• WELCOME ALL OF YOU AT SYMPOSIUM ON
• Religious Terrorism and Pakistan

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Religious Terrorism and Pakistan

• Speaker
• Maulana Syed Ali Murtaza Zaidi

First Session Role of Imperialism in Religious
Terrorism Second Session Domestic Causes of
Religious Terrorism
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Religious Terrorism and Pakistan

• Venue
• Fatimiyah Boys School,
• Soldier Bazaar, Karachi.

Date 20th June 2004 Day Sunday
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Speaker Maulana Syed Ali Murtaza Zaidi

• Religious Terrorism and Pakistan
• Second Session
• Domestic Causes of
• Religious Terrorism

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Domestic Reasons of Sectarianism in Pakistan

• Historical Background
• Ideological Misinterpretations Distractions
• Decades of Inefficient Governance
• Failure of the Political System in Pakistan
• Religious Politics In Pakistan

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Historical Background of Sectarianism in Pakistan

• Clash of Origin (Ottomans Afghans vs Safavid)
• Strength of Shia Minority (Specially 16th and
  Early 17th Centuries)
• Political Rivalry between Mughal and the Safavid

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Ideological Misinterpretations and Distractions

• Absence of Academic Centers in the Sub-Continent
• Emotional Attitude of the People of the
  Sub-Continent
• Dependant Nature of Religious Leaders

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Decades of Inefficient Governance

• Collapse of Educational System at Different Level
• Corruption
• Islamic vs Western Education
• Poverty A Permanent Feature in Pakistan
• Policies without Vision
• Class Based Social Structure
• Criminal Custodians of the Legal System
• Law Enforcement Agencies Safe Heaven for
  Criminals

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Failure of the Political System in Pakistan

• Lack of Political Culture
• Imported Political Systems
• Family Instead of Party
• Lack of Political Training from the Parties
• Clash of Power Brokers and the People
• Western Elites of Eastern People
• Rule of the Powerful (Dictatorship)
• Government A Bargain Center (Massacre of the
  Merit)
• The Big Brothers

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Religious Politics In Pakistan

• Sectarian Nature of the Religious Political
  Parties
• Religious Politics or Political Misuse of the
  Religion
• Local Culture Norms in the Name of Religion
• Source of Leadership for Leaders without People
• Role of Government in Religious Militancy
• Religious Parties as Foreign Operated Elements

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Terrorist Recruitment

• Criminals
• Seminaries or Madaris
• Poor and Unattended Masses
• Emotionally Religious People

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Steps to Encounter Religious Terrorism

• Ideological
• Ideological Training
• Explanation of the Differences
• Positive Dialogue
• Social and Economical
• Social Interaction between Sects
• Social Welfare
• Political
• Civilized Political Culture
• Strong Political Group

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Speaker Maulana Syed Ali Murtaza Zaidi

• Religious Terrorism and Pakistan
• END OF SECOND SESSION
• Domestic Causes of
• Religious Terrorism

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SHAHEED MUTAHHERI FORUM

• THANKS ALL OF YOU SPECIALLY
• Maulana Syed Ali Murtaza Zaidi
• AT SYMPOSIUM ON
• Religious Terrorism and Pakistan