In an attempt to cover religious news that doesn't in some way reflect American Christianity, here's a take on the Pakistani conflict from a religious perspective.
Briefly, the article explains:
"A helpful way to [recognize religion's role in the Pakistani political situation] would be to compare Pakistan and other Middle Eastern countries dominated by Muslim politics. Some are comparing the situation in Pakistan to the pre-revolution situation in Iran. But how does the presence of the highly professional military in Pakistan negate that factor, and what does religion have to do with it?
Another significant religion ghost that could receive more attention concerns former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. What is the religious significance that the opposition leader in an Islamic country is a woman? What does that tell us about the way Islam is taught and applied in the country?"
It shall be interesting to see how this all plays out, and by interesting, I mean we'll see how long it takes before full-scale theocratic war erupts. From a selfish standpoint, I hope we don't get caught in the middle of a religious war that we shouldn't be a part of, but it looks like it might already be too late for that.
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