Personal Naming and Religious Extremism Post 1980: A Case Study of North Waziristan

Abstract

This research deals with particularly the post 1980s society of North Waziristan, by undertaking a descriptive analysis of social events and conventions to reproduce data on changing personal names and rising religious extremism in the wake of changing patterns of Pushtun Society. This research uses Participant observation, focus group, and case studies to ascertain the changing behavior of respondent while collecting data using interviews and questionnaire. The data shows strong positive correlation with the uprising of Islamic revivalism in the wake of Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan resulting in cultural and socio-political shift in Pushtun society. This research also point out a larger gap in the research on how culture affected from war and this research add up to fill this research gap. This research also suggests that well-coordinated and well-throughout integration policies of state can reduce the likelihood of further extremism in the region and beyond.