IDEOLOGICAL FRAGMENTATION AND INTERNAL CRISES IN JAMAAT-E-ISLAMI PAKISTAN (1941–2025)

2025-12-31 2025-12-31 2025-12-31 12/31/2025 12:00:00 AM DownTown News 1 2025 Mini-review 1 5 2025 ID N-5730-2015 English Taha Nazir Pakistan political history, party discipline, leadership conflicts, Islamist ideology, organizational decline This comprehensive analytical report examines how internal conflicts, ideological rigidity, and strategic contradictions within Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JI) from 1941 to 2025 led to successive waves of defections. Each period reflects an internal crisis influenced by socio-political transformations, leadership struggles, state relations, and global shifts in Islamic political thought. The analysis integrates historical background, institutional evidence, political events, and verifiable examples to explain how the Jamaat’s centralized structure both strengthened and fractured the movement over time.