From the UK TimesOnline,”Man burns wife to death after family row over prostitute” WHEN Zarina Bibi lost her battle for life in a Rawalpindi hospital on Wednesday night she became just another statistic in Pakistan’s appalling record of violent crime against women. And behind that statistic lay yet another horror story. Before she died from […]
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Bomb damages shops in Pakistan town; hard-liners rally against US
News from our friend and ally, from AP, with thanks to Twostellas: MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan – A bomb exploded in a town bazaar near Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan on Friday, damaging several music and video shops, days after purported militants circulated pamphlets warning against selling such goods. Also Friday, about 5,000 supporters of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, […]
Sperry: It’s Pakistan, Stupid
Paul Sperry, whose book Infiltration should be required reading for all Americans, writes in Frontpage: Law enforcement has a term for the period after a crisis when things revert to norm — condition white. Well, the American people are just about there, three-and-a-half years after the 9/11 attacks. But as the media obsess over Michael […]
No. 3 Al Qaeda Figure Arrested in Pakistan
Libbi’s in the can. From AP, with thanks to all who sent this in: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Authorities arrested al-Qaida’s No. 3 commander, who was a close associate of Osama bin Laden and had a $10 million bounty on his head, and said today they now were “on the right track” to catch the fugitive […]
Pakistani jihadist preaches jihad against India to university students
Of course, he no doubt means an internal spiritual struggle against India. “Hizb commander preaches jihad against India to PU students,” from ANI, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: A senior functionary of the Hizbul Mujahidden, a Pakistan-based terrorist organisation, preached the students of the Punjab University to carry out jihad in Jammu and Kashmir. […]
Pakistan: I will burn myself alive if gang rapists go free, says victim
I have noted many times that there is evidence that most — up to 75% — of the women imprisoned in Pakistan are there because of rape. Islamic evidence laws disallow a woman’s testimony in such cases, and require testimony from four male witnesses of the act to establish the rape. If such witnesses are […]
Young Pakistani Catholic in critical condition after assault
From CathNews, with thanks to Mary Beth: A young Catholic man who was attacked and reportedly left for dead is in critical condition in a hospital in northeastern Pakistan. AsiaNews reports that Shahbaz Masih, 24, was attacked on Saturday. His assailants, allegedly by young Muslim men from his village, left him in a field, thinking […]
Iraq suicide bombings kill 23, Pakistani hostage released
We may be seeing a new tactic from the Zarqawi group in Iraq in favor of twin suicide car bombs. From AFP, “Iraq suicide bombings kill 23, Pakistani hostage released” BAGHDAD – At least 23 people died and more than 80 were wounded in a series of bomb attacks near a mosque in Baghdad and […]
Pakistani Sacrifices Wife and Four Children to Mark Birthday of Muhammad
From the Pakistani Daily Times, “Man sacrifices wife, 4 children on Eid Milad in Karachi” KARACHI: A schoolteacher, Nadeem Ahmed, who was arrested for allegedly killing his wife and four children said on Friday that he sacrificed them to mark the birth anniversary of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH). The man was caught hiding in the […]
Pakistan: Man Accused of Blasphemy Shot Dead
There can be no free society without the freedom to refuse a religion. From Reuters, with thanks to all who sent this in: ISLAMABAD – A Pakistani man accused of desecrating the Koran was shot dead Wednesday after being chased by an angry crowd. Ashiq Nabi, in his thirties, was accused of being disrespectful to […]