Militarism and Motherhood: The Women of the Lashkar‐i‐Tayyabia in Pakistan
Categories: Violent Conflict
Sub-Categories: National Security Forces and Armed Groups, Violent Extremism
Country: Pakistan
Region: South and Central Asia
Year: 2007
Citation: Haq, Farhat. "Militarism and Motherhood: The Women of the Lashkar‐i‐Tayyabia in Pakistan." Signs 32, no. 4 (2007): 1023-1046.
Sub-Categories: National Security Forces and Armed Groups, Violent Extremism
Country: Pakistan
Region: South and Central Asia
Year: 2007
Citation: Haq, Farhat. "Militarism and Motherhood: The Women of the Lashkar‐i‐Tayyabia in Pakistan." Signs 32, no. 4 (2007): 1023-1046.
Executive 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.