In Bad Faith
We investigate the collusion between religious and political groups are causing societal divide and violence in some parts of Asia. In Bad Faith follows religion-based political groups across Asia, with aggressively nationalist objectives: the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in India, the Islamic Defenders Front in Indonesia, the Jamia Haqqania in Pakistan and Sri Lanka's Buddhist extremist outfit the Bodu Bala Sena to investigate their strategies and motivations. The pages of history are rife with examples of a "weaponization of religion". From Nazi Germany to ISIS, political parties and religious nationalist groups have often relied on marginalising minorities in a bid to solidify political gains. What is causing the rise of religious nationalism in India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka? How could this impact peace and stability in these countries? And why does this matter to other societies in the region, and elsewhere in the world?
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We investigate the collusion between religious and political groups are causing societal divide and violence in some parts of Asia. In Bad Faith follows religion-based political groups across Asia, with aggressively nationalist objectives: the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in India, the Islamic Defenders Front in Indonesia, the Jamia Haqqania in Pakistan and Sri Lanka's Buddhist extremist outfit the Bodu Bala Sena to investigate their strategies and motivations. The pages of history are rife with examples of a "weaponization of religion". From Nazi Germany to ISIS, political parties and religious nationalist groups have often relied on marginalising minorities in a bid to solidify political gains. What is causing the rise of religious nationalism in India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka? How could this impact peace and stability in these countries? And why does this matter to other societies in the region, and elsewhere in the world?
Why is India's secular constitution under threat from the Hindu-first policies of the Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh? Can the weaponisation of Hinduism be reversed?
Why is India's secular constitution under threat from the Hindu-first policies of the Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh? Can the weaponisation of Hinduism be reversed?
How was Islam weaponised across Afghanistan by the United States to fight Soviet Russia in the 1980's and why its price is still being paid by religious minorities across Asia?
How was Islam weaponised across Afghanistan by the United States to fight Soviet Russia in the 1980's and why its price is still being paid by religious minorities across Asia?
How did politicians exploit Sri Lanka's ethnic divisions by funding extremist monks of the Bodu Bala Sena to divide and rule the country?
How did politicians exploit Sri Lanka's ethnic divisions by funding extremist monks of the Bodu Bala Sena to divide and rule the country?