You have to hand it to the Global Islamophobic Zionist-Crusader Conspiracy: they certainly don’t lack attention to detail, even scheming about the floor tiles in an Islamabad bank! The complaint registered two years ago is illustrative once again of the conspiracy paranoia that is rampant in Pakistan. More on this story. “Bombed Islamabad bank denies […]
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Pakistan: Jihad against blasphemous floor tiles
The floor tile design was too similar to the Arabic script for the name of Allah. In a situation reminiscent of how rampages protesting the Florida Qur’an burning actually wound up burning untold numbers of Qur’ans as collateral damage, apparently blowing up what was taken to be Allah’s name made up for the sacrilege of […]
Report: Pakistanis caught tipping off jihadists on planned raids a second time
This round was Pakistan’s chance to prove it could be trusted. That’s not what Pakistan proved. “AP sources: Pakistanis tip off militants again,” by Kimberly Dozier for the Associated Press, June 18: WASHINGTON (AP) “” U.S. officials say Pakistan has apparently tipped off militants at two more bomb-building factories in its tribal areas, giving the […]
Pakistan: Madrassa students try to force 8-year-old Christian boy to convert to Islam; uncle who intervened to defend him is attacked for “blasphemy”
Pakistan’s blasphemy laws and the social conditions that they reflect and encourage are a ticking time bomb in the lives of non-Muslims, intended to keep them silent and living in fear. Ultimately, any expression of non-Islamic belief, and any disagreement expressed about what Islam teaches can be taken in the eye of the beholder as […]
Surprise! Al-Qaeda operative whom Pakistan promised not to release is free and back with al-Qaeda
“War is deceit,” Muhammad said. Has the memo perhaps gotten all the way around Washington by now that Pakistan can’t be trusted? “Linchpin in hunt for bin Laden back with al-Qaida,” by Adam Goldman for the Associated Press, June 15: WASHINGTON — A key al-Qaida operative returned to Pakistan by the CIA after he gave […]
Shocker: Pakistan’s madrassas for women “breed radicalism”
One thing’s for sure: the known “Tiny Minority of Extremists” never seems to get any smaller. Here are some more. “Pakistan’s female madrassas breed radicalism,” by Rebecca Conway for Reuters, June 15 (thanks to Ima Freeman): ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Varda is an accountancy student who dreams of working abroad. Dainty and soft-spoken, the 22-year-old aspires […]
Jihad terror leader lives freely near Pakistani capital
Send them more billions! Pakistani double game update: “Terror leader lives freely near Pakistani capital,” from The Associated Press, June 15 (thanks to Block Ness): On the outskirts of the Pakistani capital lives a militant considered so powerful that Osama bin Laden consulted with him before issuing a fatwa to attack American interests. Fazle-ur-Rahman Khalil […]
Pakistan arrests CIA informants for bin Laden raid
“Some in Washington see the arrests as illustrative of the disconnect between Pakistani and American priorities at a time when they are supposed to be allies in the fight against Al Qaeda.” Some in Washington are quite right about that. “Pakistan Arrests C.I.A. Informants in Bin Laden Raid,” by Eric Schmitt and Mark Mazzetti for […]
Pakistan: Punjab assembly relents, allows Christian (gasp!) to present budget
An update on this story. As noted below, the idea was to limit the role of a non-Muslim official to dealing with his own minority group, segregating him from the rest of Muslim Pakistan. That imposes limitations on power, influence, and visibility, but would also make it easier to force him out due to his […]
Pakistan: Catholic woman kidnapped, drugged, and forced to convert to Islam and marry a Muslim may now be sold abroad
In Pakistan, our “friend and ally,” “at least 700 Christian girls are kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam every year.” And sold abroad or not, any fate for Farah Hatim short of her being reunited with her family and legally recognized again as a Christian, and not a Muslim, is intolerable. There is supposedly […]