Reader Bala Ambati sent us this link to a long but excellent article that examines the roots of India-Pakistan conflicts, with some good insights into the role of Islam.

The three important social demands that dominate the Islamic orthodoxy as adopted by Pakistan’s government and many other Islamic States (as opposed to alternative liberal interpretations that are subverted) are: (1) the 2-nation theory, (2) global loyalty to Islam superceding sovereignty of man-made countries, and (3) Islamic triumphalism.