As I noted in Islam Unveiled, most of the women in jail in Pakistan are there because they are victims of rape. Islamic evidence laws make the fact of rape all too easily into a crime committed by the woman. From Deutsche Presse Agentur, with thanks to Sr. Soph: ISLAMABAD – Nearly 80 per cent […]
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Swiss documentary on Afghanistan: Pakistani, Saudi engineers helped destroy Buddhas
Islamic Tolerance Alert revolving around two of our friends and allies. From the Daily Times, with thanks to Sr. Soph: WASHINGTON: The Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan were destroyed by the Taliban with the help of Pakistani and Saudi engineers. According to an account published here on Saturday, a local Afghan told the makers of a […]
Pakistan bomb kills seven
From AP: DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Suspected Islamic militants triggered a bomb near a police van Sunday in northwestern Pakistan, killing seven people and wounding four others, an official said. The remote control bomb shattered the police vehicle while it was on a routine patrol in Dera Ismail Khan, a city in northwestern Pakistan, […]
Pakistan weekly: Pakistan foreign office paid tens of thousands to US lobbyists to get references to Pakistan dropped from 9/11 report
If only our friend and ally were this energetic against jihad terrorism. “Pakistan weekly spills 9/11 beans,” from the Telegraph of India, with thanks to Satinder: New Delhi, March 12: The Pakistan foreign office had paid tens of thousands of dollars to lobbyists in the US to get anti-Pakistan references dropped from the 9/11 inquiry […]
Pakistan report
Here are two stories that reveal how “fighting insurgents” while ignoring Islamization is a losing strategy, even in Pakistan. The first story, “Up to 30 Islamist rebels killed in Pakistan” is from Reuters. PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Up to 30 foreign militants and their local supporters were killed in an air and ground attack by Pakistani […]
Fitzgerald: Pakistan: A key ally?
Jihad Watch Board Vice President discusses realities concerning our friend and ally Pakistan: “When we speak of democracy in Islam it is not democracy in the government but in the cultural and social aspects of life. Islam is totalitarian — there is no denying about it. It is the Koran that we should turn to. […]
Pakistan: FM mullahs fill the airwaves with hatred
FM — no static at all. Tiny Minority of Extremists Alert: why is there an audience for these stations? Why don’t they wither on the vine as the Vast Majority of Peaceful, Law-Abiding Muslims tunes in instead to blues and Elvis and somebody else’s favorite song? From the Telegraph, with thanks to JE: Pakistan’s North […]
U.S., Pakistan Recommit to War on Terror
Yes, that is really the headline of this AP story , as silly as it is. What did Bush and Musharraf do to affect this recommitment? Cut their index fingers and hold them together? Seriously, why was such a “recommitment” necessary, unless one party has been somewhat lacking in its commitment? But no one in […]
U.S. Diplomat Killed in Pakistan Bombing
News from our friend and ally Pakistan on the eve of Bush’s visit. From AP, with thanks to all who sent this in: A suicide attacker rammed a car packed with explosives into a vehicle carrying an American diplomat in Pakistan’s largest city, killing four people – including the diplomat – ahead of President Bush’s […]
25,000 participate in Pakistan cartoon protest
Tiny Minority of Extremists and Cartoon Rage Updates from AP : KARACHI, Pakistan – About 25,000 people rallied in Karachi against Prophet Muhammad cartoons Sunday while authorities rounded up scores of Islamic hardliners to stop them from demonstrating in another Pakistani city. Pakistan banned anti-cartoon rallies in Lahore after several demonstrations turned deadly, but protests […]