1. Understanding Pakistan’s Deradicalization Programming
- Author:
- Arsla Jawaid
- Publication Date:
- 01-2020
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
- Abstract:
- Pakistan has struggled with Islamic militancy since the rise of the mujahideen in the 1980s. In the late 2000s, the Pakistan Army began establishing rehabilitation centers in the Swat Valley in an effort to deradicalize former Taliban fighters and other militants and reintegrate them into their communities. This report contrasts Pakistan’s deradicalization approach with the community-based program used in Denmark and the widely different prison-based program used in Saudi Arabia, and identifies areas in which the army’s approach could benefit from more extensive partnering with civilian-based organizations.
- Topic:
- Civil Society, Prisons/Penal Systems, Violent Extremism, and Islamism
- Political Geography:
- Pakistan and South Asia