They blame “Indian propaganda.” An update on this story. “Islamists deny links to Pakistani arrested in US,” from Agence France-Presse, September 5: A powerful Islamist militant group Monday denied links to a Pakistani man arrested in the US on charges of providing support to the outfit blamed for the deadly Mumbai attacks in 2008. Jubair […]
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Key al-Qaeda leader connected with plots against U.S., Europe, and Australia arrested in Pakistan
If confirmed, this would be a rare bright spot in recent dealings with Pakistan. “Senior Al-Qaeda leader arrested in Pakistan,” from Agence France-Presse, September 5: A senior Al-Qaeda leader believed to have been responsible for planning attacks on the US, Europe and Australia has been arrested in southwest Pakistan, the army announced on Monday. Younis […]
Pakistan: Mosque of “heretical” Muslim sect demolished after Islamic clerics protest and Muslims issue death threats
We’ve also seen Muslim death threats in the U.S. this week — over a coloring book. The intimidation, the thuggery, the hatred, contempt and menacing of unbelievers is the same the world over — yet the world looks the other way, or kowtows to the Islamic propaganda machine that spuriously claims that Muslims are the […]
Pakistani Taliban say they are holding 30 abducted boys said to have crossed into Afghanistan
This is a curious twist, as early reports indicated the boys were abducted after accidentally crossing into Afghanistan. Some details remain unclear: did they boys actually cross the border? Or were they abducted within Pakistan? Either way, Pakistan’s initial story looks suspicious in light of its recent attempts to portray the U.S., NATO, and Kabul […]
Pakistan appears to step back from whitewash of Christian minority affairs minister’s assassination
“Pakistani Christians and international human rights groups rejected” various revisions in the official story floated by Islamabad that Shahbaz Bhatti had not been assassinated for his defense of religious minorities in the country and criticism of the blasphemy law, but instead killed in some rivalry among Christians or a family dispute. The Bishop of Islamabad […]
Virginia: Pakistani national and legal permanent resident charged with terrorist support over ties to Lashkar-e-Taiba
Lashkar-e-Taiba stands out from the usual Baskin Robbins assortment of flavors of jihadist groups in the subcontinent due to its ties with and backing by Pakistani intelligence. That connection adds an additional complication to this story, not mentioned in the report below. LeT has been reported to be aiming to expand its operations to include […]
Taliban take 30 Pakistani children hostage in Afghanistan
This is horrible, but hostage-taking is an established feature of Islamic law: “As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action of four possibilities: the first to put them to death by cutting their necks; the second, to enslave them and apply the laws of slavery regarding their […]
Pakistan: Two Christians severely beaten for refusing to convert to Islam
Their assailants resorted to violence when their targets would not convert for money or “protection.” “Two Pakistani Christians Seriously Injured for Refusing Islam,” by Murad Khan for Compass Direct News, August 31 (thanks to Twostellas): Two Christian men were seriously injured by young Muslim men this month in Karachi when they refused to convert to […]
Pakistan: Misunderstander of Sunni Islam murders eleven Shi’ites outside mosque
This suicide attacker must have been reading Islamophobic literature misrepresenting his peaceful religion. Sunni/Shi’ite Jihad Update. “Suicide bombing near Pakistani mosque kills 11,” from Deutsche Presse Agentur, August 31 (thanks to Twostellas): Islamabad – A car suicide bombing on Wednesday killed at least 11 people and injured 21 in south-west Pakistan, police said. The attack […]
Mufti of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan misunderstands Islam, calls on Pakistanis in mosques and madrassas to wage jihad against government
Abu Zar, who has dedicated his life to the study of Islam, somehow succumbs to Islamophobia misrepresentations of his peaceful religion, and calls on Pakistanis in mosques and madrassas not to wage interior spiritual jihad, but armed jihad against the Pakistani government. How very strange. How did greasy Islamophobes get so much influence over Abu […]