Sharia Alert: “Pakistanis deface women on hoardings,” by Meenakshi Iyer for the Hindustan Times: “No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you; we are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of […]
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Destruction of Bamiyan Buddhas: “The Taliban were the executors, but the masterminds were the Arabs and the Pakistanis”
Now it looks as if the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas in 2001 in Afghanistan was an act of jihadists from all over. “Bin Laden’s prints seen on ruins of Bamiyan Buddhas,” by Selim Saheb Ettaba for AFP, with thanks to Fjordman: BAMIYAN, Afghanistan — In a huge cavity dug into the side of a […]
Pakistan destroys al-Qaida-linked site
What kind of threats had to be made to Musharraf to get him to agree to this? An AP story by Habibullah Khan: KHAR, Pakistan – Pakistani troops backed by missile-firing helicopters destroyed a purported al-Qaida-linked training facility in a northwestern tribal area near the Afghan border Monday, officials said. At least 20 people were […]
Attack by Pakistani jihadists averted in India
“According to the police, Fahaad, a native of Karachi, is a post-graduate in Analytical Chemistry while Mohammad Ali is 9th standard pass from Manshera in Pakistan.” A post-graduate in Analytical Chemistry, no doubt driven to jihad by his lack of education and grinding poverty. “Mysore: Two Pakistan militants nabbed,” from DHNS, with thanks to Kisan: […]
Pakistani jihadists slam Musharraf, US in Eid sermons
It appears that Musharraf’s recent book-tour attempts to present himself as only a reluctant anti-jihadist have not mollified the Islamic hardliners in Pakistan. “Pakistan Islamists slam Musharraf, US in Eid sermons,” from AFP, : ISLAMABAD – President Pervez Musharraf led millions of Pakistanis in prayer on the Muslim holiday of Eid Al Fitr Wednesday, amid […]
Indian PM: “Credible evidence” of Pakistani involvement in 7/11 blasts
Friend and Ally Update: “Credible evidence’ of Pak involvement in 7/11 blasts: PM,” from ZeeNews.com, with thanks to DFS: New Delhi, Oct 24: In the midst of a controversy over National Security Advisor M K Narayanan’s comments, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said there was “credible evidence” of Pakistani involvement in the July 11 […]
6,000 Pakistani Muslims hold anti-Israel rallies
Giant Palestinian and Hizballah flags in Karachi Tiny Minority of Extremists Update: when did we ever see 6,000 Shi’ites demonstrating against Osama bin Laden (or…the Ayatollah Khomeini)? But it’s Al-Qods Day, and you know what that means: “Death to Israel! Death to America!” Even short of an anti-Osama rally, why do those who believe that […]
Fitzgerald: This is Pakistan
The government of Pakistan does something, a little something, but with a great show for its American benefactors, to counter terrorism in this or that part of Pakistan. At the same time, it makes deals with supporters of the Taliban in Waziristan, and then misrepresents those deals. Meanwhile, in the cities of Pakistan, including Quetta, […]
Captured Taleban say they were sent to fight by Pakistani mullahs
Friend and Ally Update from AFP: BARMAL, Afghanistan – Handcuffed and weary, three confessed Taleban fighters told this week how they crossed into Afghanistan from Pakistan to carry out a “jihad” against troops after mullahs said it was their duty as Muslims. The young men “” two Pakistanis and an Afghan “” were captured after […]
Former Jammu/Kashmir governor: US, Pakistan invented jihad ideology
In “Out of line: Musharraf Keeps A Wide Gap Between Declarations & Deeds” in The Statesman, Jagmohan, former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and former Union Minister of Urban Development, Culture and Tourism, feeds the loony conspiracy theorists with the proposition that the jihad — or more precisely, “an extremely narrow interpretation of Islam” — […]