Colleagues and scholars reflect on Benazir Bhutto’s life and legacy, and the larger political and religious landscape in which he lived and died.

In the words of then-president of the SSRC Craig Calhoun, “The assassination of Benazir Bhutto brought one more death to a country—and a world—in which there is too much political violence. It is a personal blow to Benazir’s family and friends. But it is also a blow to democracy and the informed public discourse on which it depends.”