TY - BOOK AU - Abbas,Hassan ED - Combating Terrorism Center TI - Shiism and sectarian conflict in Pakistan: identity politics, Iranian influence, and tit-for-tat violence T2 - Occasional paper series PY - 2010/// CY - [West Point, NY] PB - U.S. Military Academy, Combating Terrorism Center KW - islam KW - national security KW - Pakistan KW - conflicts KW - religion N1 - September 22, 2010; Title from cover screen (viewed on May 24, 2011); Includes bibliographical references N2 - As a hotbed of violent extremism, Pakistan, along with its Afghan neighbor, has lately received unprecedented amounts of attention among academics and policymakers alike. While the vast majority of contemporary analysis on Pakistan focuses on Sunni extremist groups such as the Pakistani Taliban or the Haqqani Network, arguably the main threat to domestic and regional security emanating from within Pakistan's border, sectarian tensions in this country have attracted relatively little scholarship to date. Mindful that activities involving Shi'i state and non-state actors have the potential to affect U.S. national security interests, the Combating Terrorism Center is therefore proud to release this latest installment of its Occasional Paper Series UR - http://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/shiism-and-sectarian-conflict-in-pakistan ER -