All in a day’s work in Swat. “Militants kill three women in Swat,” from Dawn, February 6 : MINGORA: Three women were killed in Swat on Thursday as Taliban continued their attack on people they consider to be pro-government. The militants also blew up two government schools. The women, Zarmina, Zarbibi and Farzana, were killed […]
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Pakistan: Evidence shows “blasphemous” text message was used to frame Christian, but over 100 protestors still demand the unbeliever’s death
Reasonable doubt versus an unreasonable mob inflamed with self-righteous hatred: Whether one or the other wins has obvious implications for a society’s future. An update on this story. “Pakistan – Christian charged with blasphemy for text message,” from Compass Direct News, February 5: ISTANBUL, February 5 (Compass Direct News) — More than 100 protestors last […]
Pakistan: Taliban orders lawyers to renounce the courtroom and its “infidel judicial system”
And the terrified lawyers agree with great alacrity. The Taliban’s clear hegemony in the Swat Valley — what was once known as Pakistan’s “Switzerland” — is demonstrative of the fact that, either the Pakistani government is turning a blind eye to the situation (for whatever reason), or it is simply impotent. Either way, this is […]
Pakistan says Mumbai jihad attacks planned in Europe
True? Possibly. Or more “war is deceit” action from our two-faced friend and ally, Pakistan. “‘Mumbai attacks planned in Europe,’” from PressTV, February 2 (thanks to Mackie): Pakistan’s national investigative body, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) believes that the Mumbai terror attacks were planned in Europe. The result of a probe into the attacks show […]
Pakistan: Muslim clerics call for Christian’s death after purportedly “blasphemous” text message
Who said sharia can’t be “modernized?” This story shows how its ability to harass and intimidate can be extended to all manner of previously unforeseen scenarios and new media! “Christian activist’s life in danger after arrest on blasphemy charges,” by Qaiser Felix for AsiaNews, January 30: Islamabad (AsiaNews) — The life of Hector Aleem, the […]
Pakistani jihadists “desecrated Bibles and a cross on the wall, destroyed hymnals, smashed windows, and dumped garbage on the church grounds”
The downtrodden and despised of the Islamic world More on such stories. Imagine how frequent such accounts would be if Pakistan actually had a sizable Christian minority, such as the Copts of Egypt, who, most recently, were surrounded and attacked by 20,000 Muslims for, well, for being Christian. “Islam, or else,” by Jamie Dean for […]
Pakistani senate demands U.S. repatriate Al Qaeda terrorist to Pakistan
A Pakistani girl the Pakistani government can really get behind? So what if she has been called the “most dangerous woman in the world,” who, when arrested, had in her possession “maps of New York, a list of potential targets that included the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, the subway system, and detailed chemical-biological radiological […]
Pakistan: Taliban bombs and torches more girl-schools; government resigns itself to defeat
Aside from some defiant, but apparently empty, words “the minister said the government could not stop destruction of schools when the area people took up arms and wore suicide jackets to torch and bomb their own schools.” “School burnings in Swat can’t be stopped, says minister,” by Akhtar Amin for the Daily Times, January 27: […]
Tracing “the slow transformation of the Pakistani state itself into an instrument of the jihadist agenda”
Here is a very useful historical overview of why Pakistan is not and never has been a reliable ally of the U.S., and how it is steadily and probably inexorably becoming a jihadist state. “Understanding Pakistan’s response to Mumbai,” by Praveen Swami for The Hindu, January 26 (thanks to Looney Tunes): If President Zardari’s handling […]
Pakistan: Muslim robbers gang-rape girl when they realize she is Christian
“After robbing the homes, the six men returned to Rafiq Masih’s house and began mocking Rafiq and his wife for being Christians.” “Muslim Thieves Rape Girl When They Realize Victim is Christian,” from AINA, January 27 (thanks to all who sent this in): The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org has […]