Religious Nationalization of Identity: Pakistan between Saudi Arabia and Iran, 1979-1988 by Farrukh Faheem, Wang Xingang, Sajjad Hussain, Musarrat Iqbal, Farhat Iqbal

“…Once he grabbed power in Pakistan after ousting the elected government of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Islam became his strategic choice to provide legitimacy to his military coup and to expand his role in the Muslim world. Since the independence of Pakistan, the state had used Islam on many occasions to serve its interests. …”
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