Observatoire international du religieux
Le 1er novembre 2017, Mariam Abou-Zahab, figure tutélaire des études relatives au fait religieux au Pakistan et en Afghanistan en France, nous quittait des suites d’une longue maladie. Azmat Abbas, journaliste pakistanais et ami de Mariam, lui rendait hommage dans un article daté du 19 novembre et paru dans l’édition du dimanche de The News, l’un des principaux quotidiens pakistanais de langue anglophone.
Extrait de l’article de Azmat Abbas publié le 19 novembre 2017 dans l’hebdomadaire The News on Sunday
Niklaus Miszak, doctorant – Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Genève
In Western media, Afghanistan is frequently portrayed as a hotbed of radical Islamist movements. Prominent examples are the Taliban and Al Qaeda present in the country since the 1990s and which have become known throughout the globe as symbols of religiously inspired violent extremist groups. While these armed groups in opposition to the Western-backed Afghan government have monopolized the language of religion to legitimize their aspirations and claims, the appearance of Daesh in Afghanistan in the summer of 2014 has added a new and significant dimension to the dynamic.
Didier Chaudet, attaché scientifique à l'IFEAC-Bishkek, chercheur non-résident à l'IPRI-Islamabad
Les djihadistes centrasiatiques ont, comme d’autres avant eux
