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About the book: vying for allahs vote: understanding islamic parties, political violence, and extremism in pakistan vying for allahs vote: understanding islamic parties, political violence, and extremism in pakistan studies how religion, politics, and policy are inextricably linked in pakistan in this book, haroon k ullah analyses the origins, ideologies, bases of support, and electoral successes of the largest and most influential islamic parties in pakistan based on his extensive fieldwork in pakistan, he develops a new typology for understanding and comparing the discourses put forth by these parties in order to assess what drives them and what separates the moderate from the extreme a better understanding of the range of parties is critical for knowing how the us and other western nations can engage states where islamic political parties hold both political and moral authority content list of illustrations acknowledgments 1introduction 2islam and democracy in pakistan 3islamic parties in pakistan 4muslim democratic parties: origins and characteristics 5islamist parties: origins and characteristics 6islamic voters in pakistan: motives and behavior 7political strategy: when extremism works 8lessons learned: how pakistan informs the arab spring and afghanistan 9foreign policy implications and new trends appendix 1 appendix 2 notes select bibliography index about the author: haroon k ullah haroon k ullah, staff adviser, us state department

About the Author

Haroon K. Ullah is Chief Strategy Officer for the Broadcasting Board of Governors. A former senior advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State, with a special portfolio on digital transmedia strategy and countering violent extremism, he is an award-winning author and Peabody TV Award recipient, an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.