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A sane United States government might have demanded that Musharraf take firmer action against the Lal Masjid, or against pro-Taliban elements in Pakistan in general, before upgrading his fighter jets. From PTI, : ISLAMABAD: The United States has approved Pakistan’s request to upgrade a squadron of its old F-16 fighters with advanced targeting equipment to […]

By Sadaqat Jan for the Associated Press: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Militants opened fire Monday on a group of U.S., Afghan and Pakistani military officials meeting near the Afghan border, killing one American and a Pakistani soldier, the Pakistani army spokesman said. Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad said unidentified “miscreants” “” a word usually used by Pakistani […]

And this is after the government granted all their demands. Lal Masjid Update: “Jihad against Pak Govt. obligatory, says Lal Masjid cleric,” from ANI: Islamabad, May 11 : Launching a jihad against the Musharraf regime should be seen as an obligatory act for every Muslim, said Maulana Abdul Aziz, the chief cleric of the Lal […]

The Muslim Prophet Muhammad said, “Baddala deenahu, faqtuluhu” — if anyone changes his religion, kill him (cf. Bukhari vol. 9, bk. 84, no. 57). As far as many Muslims are concerned, this is not a dead historical relic, but a live and eternal command. But of course, if you mention it in the West, usually […]

No Compulsion in Religion Alert from AP, with thanks to Morgaan Sinclair: PESHAWAR, Pakistan “” Christians in northwest Pakistan have received threatening letters warning them to shut their churches and convert to Islam, officials said Thursday, the latest sign of how religious extremists are trying to police society. Copies of the handwritten letter were delivered […]

And a bomb exploded outside a girls’ school. “Extremists blow up 20 video shops in Pakistan,” from SAPA-DPA, with thanks to James: Islamabad – Radical Islamists have blown up 20 video shops in two cities of Pakistan’s North Western Frontier Province (NWFP), while a bomb exploded outside a girls’ school in the same region, local […]

A victim of rivalry between two jihadist groups, Ansar ul-Islam and Lashkar-e-Islam. This could be essentially nothing more than a turf war, but it is significant that it takes on theological coloring — for theological appeals to the purity and authenticity of Islam underlie much jihad recruitment today. “Pak Sikh expelled for not embracing ‘authentic […]

It’s hard to discern much from this without seeing the actual questions that were asked, since the answers are somewhat confused and contradictory: two-thirds want a caliphate, but two-thirds also want a “democratic political system.” “Less than 25% of Muslims blame al-Qaeda for 9/11 attacks,” from the Malaysia Sun, with thanks to Wally: An in-depth […]

No Compulsion in Religion Alert. “Hindu, Christian students struggle in Arabic in state-run schools,” by Amar Guriro for the Daily Times: KARACHI: Seven-year-old Angela finds it difficult to study Islamiyat at school. “I don’t know if I have to study it or not, but it’s really difficult to pronounce the Arabic properly,” she said. Angela, […]

From the Gulf Daily News: PESHAWAR, Pakistan: More than 26 people were killed and 25 wounded, including a federal minister, in a powerful suicide blast at a political rally in northwest Pakistan yesterday. Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao had just addressed the public gathering when the bomber rushed towards the stage, setting off a huge explosion, […]