- The Journal of Political Science, Vol # 32, Issue # 1
- Rise and Rebirth of Non-state Actors in Swat: A Phenomenological Study of Shariah as a Popular Demand
Rise and Rebirth of Non-state Actors in Swat: A Phenomenological Study of Shariah as a Popular Demand
- Muhammad Usman Amin Siddiqi/
- Hanif Ullah Sajid/
- November 15, 2014
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Swat − a valley in the north west of Pakistan – has always been famous for its natural beauty and hospitality until it was tagged with the notion of popular demand for imposition of Shariah and allegedly resultant rise of non-state actors in the region in last two decades. Subsequent tallyhos by global war on terror aficionados and thunders of military operation by Pak Army left an important question unheeded: whether Shariah was the actual popular demand and reason for the support and rise of non-state actors like Sufi-Muhammad and Mullah Fazlullah? If yes, then what explains a periodical rise of non-state actors in 1999 and 2006 while PATA Regulation (Nifaz-e-Nizam-eShariah) had already been promulgated in 1994? It suggests that either Shariah was not the actual demand or the actual demand – whatever it was – was being misapprehended, or intentionally mislabeled, as Shariah. This study attempts to analyze ‘lived experiences’ of the people and the ‘essence’ these experiences have for them in order to answer the questions like what was the actual demand, if not Shariah; has it been fulfilled or not; and what are the actual causes, if not Shariah, for the rise and support of non-state actors in Swat? Therefore, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) of semi-structured interviews conducted in Swat has been used in this paper
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Siddiqi, M. U. A., & Sajid, H. U. (2022). Rise and Rebirth of Non-state Actors in Swat: A Phenomenological Study of Shariah as a Popular Demand. The Journal of Political Science, 32(1), 45–66. http://jps.gcu.edu.pk/website/journal/article/625311f41f9d9/page
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SIDDIQI, Muhammad Usman Amin; SAJID, Hanif Ullah. Rise and Rebirth of Non-state Actors in Swat: A Phenomenological Study of Shariah as a Popular Demand. The Journal of Political Science, v. 32, n. 1, p. 45–66, 10 Apr.2022.
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Siddiqi, M.U.A. and Sajid, H.U. (2022) “Rise and Rebirth of Non-state Actors in Swat: A Phenomenological Study of Shariah as a Popular Demand”, The Journal of Political Science, 32(1), pp. 45–66. Available at: http://jps.gcu.edu.pk/website/journal/article/625311f41f9d9/page (Accessed: 26 July 2026).
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[1]M. U. A. Siddiqi and H. U. Sajid, “Rise and Rebirth of Non-state Actors in Swat: A Phenomenological Study of Shariah as a Popular Demand”, The Journal of Political Science, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 45–66, Apr. 2022, Accessed: July 26, 2026. [Online]. Available: http://jps.gcu.edu.pk/website/journal/article/625311f41f9d9/page
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Siddiqi, Muhammad Usman Amin, and Hanif Ullah Sajid. “Rise and Rebirth of Non-State Actors in Swat: A Phenomenological Study of Shariah As a Popular Demand”. The Journal of Political Science 32, no. 1 (April 10, 2022): 45–66. Accessed July 26, 2026. http://jps.gcu.edu.pk/website/journal/article/625311f41f9d9/page.
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Instructor and Fulbright PhD Scholar, School of Public Policy, Oregon State University, USA
Pakistan
- siddiqim@oregonstate.edu
NESA (Near East & South Asia Undergraduate Exchange) Fellow from Swat and has recently done his BA (Hon) in Political Science from GC University, Lahore.
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| Type: | Article |
| Volume: | 32 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Language: | English |
| Id: | 625311f41f9d9 |
| Pages | 45 - 66 |
| Published | November 15, 2014 |
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