Volume 7, No. 11, November 2025
Editor: Rashed Rahman
Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: A Political Perspective on Culture and Terrorism
Mahmood Mamdani
Media interest in Islam exploded in the months after 9/11. What, many asked, is the link between Islam and tenorism? This question has fuelled a fresh round of ‘culture talk’: the predilection to define cultures according to their presumed ‘essential’ characteristics, especially as regards politics.
The Baloch and Pashtun nationalist movements in Pakistan: Colonial legacy and the failure of state policy – II
The Role of State Policy
Kriti M Shah
The partition of India in 1947 led to the creation of an ethnically and linguistically diverse Pakistan. While East Pakistan was more culturally and linguistically homogenous, West Pakistan was less so, with five major languages, various dialects, religions, castes and tribal identities.