Roots of Fundamentalism: The Case of Pakistan | Farooq Sulehria

In order to understand the growth of religious fundamentalism in Pakistan, it is important to go beyond culturalist and orientalist explanations. In this session of Bazm-e-Tareekh-o-Adab, Farooq Sulehria will discuss the factors that have been instrumental in projecting fundamentalism to a near-hegemonic position in the country, whereas Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy will moderate this session.

About the speaker:

Farooq Sulehria teaches at Beaconhouse National University. He is author of ‘Media Imperialism in India and Pakistan’ (Routledge: 2018). He has also co-edited ‘From Terrorism to television: Dynamics of Media, State and Society in Pakistan’ (Routledge: 2021). Moreover, he edits daily Jeddojehad, an online Urdu-language website.