Let’s see. They were taking an innocent three-month-long hiking trip through Pakistan, and got caught in a peaceful shootout with Pakistani police. But they aren’t involved in terrorism or anything. From
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Pakistan: “Blasphemer” denied burial in Muslim cemetery
From Union Network International, with thanks to Twostellas: Islamabad, Dec 7 (UNI) Pakistan’s religious clerics refused a piece of land for burial to a blasphemy convict in a Muslim graveyard in southeastern city of Bahawalnagar, the Daily Times today said. Bashir Ahmad, who had been convicted in the Bahawalnagar blasphemy case in August last year, […]
Pakistan: jihadists rob bank
Jihadist fundraising in Pakistan. From the Daily Times: PESHAWAR: The suspects in the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) robbery case in Swat were affiliated to a banned militant organisation, Jaish-e-Muhammad headed by Maulana Masood Azhar. A wounded robber disclosed this to police interrogators. A senior police official while quoting a wounded robber, Khalil Ahmad who […]
Pakistani Jihadis training children as “future terrorists”
From Asian News International, with thanks to Nicolei, who points out that this practice resembles the seizure from their Christian homes, forced conversion to Islam, and military training of the janissaries of the illustrious Ottoman Empire. Pakistan’s military has said that foreign militants are kidnapping children and training them as “future terrorists” in the tribal […]
Pakistan: Victim of ‘honor punishment’ turns to education
From AFP, with thanks to Ali Dashti: On a stifling summer afternoon two years ago, the cotton fields next to Mukhtar Mai’s mud-walled home echoed with the brutal gang-rape of the young woman, ordered by an unofficial tribal jury to atone for a crime alleged to have been carried out by her 12-year-old brother, Abdul […]
US: Madarsahs in Pakistan are hatcheries for jihad
It looks as if nothing has changed in Pakistani madrassas. From KeralaNext.com: Despite various claims made by Pakistan, the schools in Pakistan are acting as ‘incubators for violent extremism’ claims a report. The Daily Times quoted a report in the Chicago Tribune as saying that notwithstanding claims to the contrary, Pakistan government has done very […]
Pakistan says it demolished terrorist hideouts, but failed to capture former Guantanamo prisoner
News from the Wana jihad. From AP, : WANA, Pakistan – Pakistan’s army has demolished several terrorist hideouts and killed 30 to 40 militants but failed to capture a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner accused of targeting security forces in a tense tribal region, officials said Saturday. The troops took control of some militant strongholds and […]
Pakistani official: “It is the moral duty of our religious and political leaders to differentiate between Jihad and terrorism”
Pakistan’s Federal Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad endorses jihad, but not terrorism. From HiPakistan, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: Rashid said that the Wana operation would continue until all terrorists were eliminated. He said: “As Muslims, we believe in Jihad. But we should differentiate between Jihad and terrorism. It is the moral duty of […]
Pakistani religious minorities say blasphemy law reforms not enough
Pakistan: Reform of laws that discriminate against and harass dhimmi Christians is just a mirage. From Assist News Service, with thanks to Nicolei: PAKISTAN (ANS) — Minorities regard proposals for procedural reform of the notorious blasphemy laws, introduced to the National Assembly last week, as meaningless and dangerous, because they create the impression of reform […]
“For nearly two decades, the most important nexus for international jihad outside of Pakistan and the Middle East has been Arizona”
An eye-opening piece from the Arizona Monthly, with thanks to Bob Owens: There are 59 references to Arizona in the 9/11 Commission Report. But it tells only a fragment of the story when it comes to terrorists in the Grand Canyon State. A joint FBI-CIA analysis titled Arizona: Long Range Nexus for Islamic Extremists remains […]