Militarism and Motherhood: The Women of the Lashkar‐i‐Tayyabia in Pakistan

  • Farhat Haq

Summary

This paper explores the Lashkar‐i‐Tayyabia (LT), a Pakistani militant Islamist group, and its effective mobilization of women. The author analyzes the paradoxical relationship between women and contemporary religious and political movements that advocate for traditional women’s role while simultaneously mobilizing women in the public arena.

Citation

Haq, Farhat. “Militarism and Motherhood: The Women of the Lashkar‐i‐Tayyabia in Pakistan.” Signs 32, no. 4 (2007): 1023-1046.

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