Scrutinizing Religious Fundamentalism of Post 9/11 Scenario in The Blind Man’s Garden By Aslam

Abstract

This study analyzes Aslam’s novel The Blind Man’s Garden. It generally depicts post 9/11 scenario in which people suffer from identity crisis, trauma and religious fundamentalism. This study investigates the outcomes of religious fundamentalism in post 9/11 scenario of Pakistan. The research is designed descriptively. It follows the research method of Textual Analysis. The data are textual and collected from the novel. The gathered textual data are analyzed to answer the research question that what are the factors of post/911 religious fundamentalism and how the society suffers from them. The textual analysis is done with the theoretical framework of Religious Fundamentalism generated after reviewing previous literature. The findings of this study reveal that religiously fundamentalist people strict people, women, children and deprive them of their desired life. Youth is misguided and prepared for jihad in the name of God. Women are restricted as per their law. This ideology imposes misinterpreted laws and creates a dystopian society where no one is free to live according to their own conduct