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Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party, was seen as vital to that country’s future. In exile for years, in late 2007 she felt the time had come to actively re-engage and to return to the country she loved. Part of that process was a clear-eyed assessment of where Pakistan was, and of the nature of its relationship with the West, with Islam, and with extremism. In this important new book, completed just days before her assassination, Ms Bhutto demonstrates that extremism is not inherent to Islam, but that various factors, including some policies of the West, have empowered Islamic fundamentalists and are responsible for the current battle for the hearts, minds and bodies of the Umma(the Islamic nation around the world).

RECONCILIATION was her compelling and convincing prescription for the country at the heart of the so-called ‘clash of civilizations’. It argues that democracy, economic development, moderation and modernity are the greatest threats to international terrorism. She pledged to work with the United States and the West to ensure that Pakistan ceased to be the petri dish of international radicals, and to re-establish its bona fides as a realistic and effective moderate alternative for one billion Muslims around the world.

Review: I liked this book because it has a detailed account on the current diplomatic relations of the west with the Muslim world. Benazir Bhutto looks different while reading her views on the role of the west, especially US and Britain which according to her has never been fair towards developing world and Muslim countries. She criticizes the west for their double standards over democracy in the world. She held responsible western powers for supporting the dictatorships and tyrannies in Muslim world, especially Pakistan. Benazir has also challenged the thesis of clash of civilization by Samuel Huntington and termed it a self serving prophecy which does not correspond to the actual causes of the world crises. She has also criticized the political Islam theorists Syed Abul Ala Maududi of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan and Syed Qutub of Muslim Brotherhood Egypt and held them partially responsible for extremism in Muslim world. Benazir has also given practical solutions to chasm the gap between the western and Muslim world, especially developing countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. In her view poverty and illiteracy breed extremism in society, if rich countries would have used their resources to alleviate poverty and had not supported dictatorship then the world would be a different place. She has also suggested using the tool of public diplomacy to have a better relationship between the West and Muslim world. This book is worth reading. It focuses on the burning issues of extremism and terrorism faced by the world in the 21st century.

The Author: Benazir Bhutto served twice as Pakistan’s Prime Minister, from 1988 to 1990 and 1993 to 1996. She is now based in Dubai, from where she makes regular trips around the world giving lectures.