“We the Mujahideen and Pakistan Army are brothers.” Nek Mohammed, a mujahid pardoned by the Pakistani government, is going back to jihad. But he promises not to work from Pakistani soil. From
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The jihad goes on in Pakistani textbooks
Still learning jihad Despite calls from Colin Powell and many others to reform textbooks that teach jihad and breed terrorists, there has been no change. From the Daily Times: ISLAMABAD: The National Committee on Curriculum (NCC) has agreed that there was no deletion of verses and chapters regarding jihad or holy war from Islamiyat textbooks. […]
Pakistani Police Arrest Islamic Militant: Connection with Pearl Murder
Pearl (WSJ) From AP: LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistani police arrested two suspected Islamic militants in separate raids Friday, including a man wanted in connection with the abduction and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, an official said. Pearl was kidnapped Jan. 23, 2002, in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi while working on […]
Critics: Pakistani Schools Help Breed Terrorism
Islamic schools in Pakistan fanning the flames of terrorism through Qur’anic teachings? Gee, ya think? From FoxNews, : RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — Graduation from a madrasa in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, requires memorization of 6,666 verses from the Quran, the Muslim holy book, and some say these strict teachings are fanning the flames of terrorism. There are anywhere […]
Pakistan: The Masters of Jihad
And still more on our friend and ally Pakistan, from Der Spiegel via the New York Times: A poorhouse and a nuclear power, an ally of the United States and an incubator for Islamist violence: Pakistan is a land of contradictions and poses a danger to the world. Washington is backing Musharraf, who indulges radical […]
Pakistan offers Al Qaeda fugitives safe passage
More questions about our friend and ally Pakistan, from ANI: Peshawar: Al-Qaeda fighters hiding among the unruly tribes of Pakistan along the rugged Afghan border have reportedly been offered “safe passage” by the Governor of the country’s North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), Syed Iftikhar Hussain. “If the foreign terrorists want to leave Pakistani territory then we […]
Pakistan: death sentences for jihadis in church school attack
From the Daily Times of Pakistan: An anti-terrorism court judge delivered death sentences to three convicts and life imprisonment to another four for a terrorist attack on a missionary school in Murree in May 2002, on Wednesday. Anti-terrorism Court Judge Safdar Hussain Malik, handing down the sentences at Adiala Jail due to security reasons, gave […]
Pakistani Police Nab Suspected Islamic Militant
Targeted: Zafarullah Khan Jamali (lahorebazaar.com) From AP, : Police arrested a suspected Islamic militant with time bombs and hand grenades in Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi on Thursday, officials said. Senior police officials denied media reports the suspect was planning to assassinate Prime Minister Zafarullah Khan Jamali, who is currently visiting Karachi “” a city […]
Pakistan: A curriculum of hatred
A controversy in Pakistan centers over jihad in the textbooks. From HiPakistan: The religious parties in Pakistan are at loggerheads with the government on yet another issue: the so-called “exclusion” of some Quranic verses from the biology textbook for Intermediate classes. What has annoyed the MMA? It all began three weeks ago when in reply […]
Tiny minority of extremists update: 65% Pakistanis support Osama
A popular man An interesting report on polling in Pakistan, from Mid Day: Nearly two thirds of people in Pakistan hold favourable views of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and 86 per cent approve of President Pervez Musharraf, according to a survey by a major American organisation. Nearly half of those interviewed said suicide bombings […]