Fundamentalist Islam (driven by many different factors) impacts the whole nation. There are dozens of Islamic terrorist organizations operating in Pakistan. Political parties appease radical Muslims, which empowers Islamism ever further. It causes violence against religious minorities. Hundreds are murdered every year in terrorism-linked violence. Social and economic progress is difficult for non-Muslims (and non-Sunni Muslims). Women who live under fundamentalist Muslim values have very few freedoms or rights. Education is minimal, and domestic abuse is widespread.
- Pray that the true nature of this type of Islam might become clear for all to see, so that it might lose its power.