Wars, Insurgencies and Terrorist Attacks: A Psychosocial Perspective from the Muslim World

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Most wars, insurgencies and terrorist attacks are in the Muslim World. This is not a coincidence; understanding this phenomenon in its political and psychosocial perspectives is vital. An attempt is made to analyze these observable facts in a comprehensive, academic method why such incidents are more prevalent is the Muslim countries. It is crucial to understand the dynamics, the frustrations and the political system in the Muslim World. The author attempts to scrutinize and synthesize what has been reported from the scientific and professional literature. History of terrorism whether in the past or present is clarified Different theories of psychopathologies of terrorism and the theoretical, biological, social and psychological approaches are discussed in understanding these phenomena. The wars in the Muslim World in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries whether in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bosnia, Chechnya, Algeria, Lebanon and Struggle of Kashmir's liberation, are discussed with the psychiatric aftermath on the civilians, validated by the guest authors from Muslim World About the Author Prof (Dr) Unaiza Niaz M.D., D.P.M., F.R.C. Psych is the Director of the Psychiatric Clinic & Stress Research Center, Karachi; Visiting Professor of University of Health Sciences, Lahore; Founder and President Pakistan Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and the Chair, Section on Woman's MentalHealth, The World Psychiatric Association. Former, Head of Department of Psychiatry, Pakistan Airlines and Senior Lecturer, Faculty of the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi. She is the Life Member of The Pakistan Psychiatric society, and held Positions as Vice President, Secretary General. She is a life member of the World Federation of Mental Health, American Psychiatric Association and Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, London and was Advisor to the National Commission on the Status of Women, Pakistan She has been trained in centers of excellence such as, The Royal Free Hospital, The Tavistock Clinic Hampstead London and The Johns Hopkins University, USA. She has to her credit numerous scientific publications in both national and international journals. She has authored several books: Emerging Images of Pakistani Women, Stress Management and The Psychosocial Profile of Pakistani Women, published by the Karachi University, Centre of Women's Excellence, and a landmark monograph on woman's mental health in Pakistan. She has edited books such as Medical Ethics in Contemporary Era, and a book on the Pakistan Earthquake 2005, International Perspectives in Handling Psycho-Trauma: The Day The Mountain's Moved.