The seriousness of those who want to impose Sharia and all its restrictions (including the prohibition of music) upon Pakistan (where dhimmi Christians already have it bad enough) is illustrated by this Telegraph story about the terrorization of a Pakistani pop singer. It also contains interesting information about how these radical Muslims want to force […]
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Pakistan’s “terror economy”: 6.6% of its GDP
According to the Strategic Foresight Group of Mumbai, the tiny minority of extremists is doing big business in Pakistan. From the Times of India, with thanks to Jean-Luc: Pakistan’s “terror-economy” accounts for Rs 264 billion, or 6.6 per cent, of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), a Mumbai-based think tank said in a report Monday. […]
Pakistan’s Musharraf wants debate on Islamic laws
Here is the difficulty: Musharraf wants to examine Sharia law, particularly laws regarding rape (which I discuss at length in Islam Unveiled) in the light of “chivalry,” but for millions of Muslims in Pakistan and elsewhere, it is the law of Allah. It is not to be judged or revised — an idea that bodes […]
Pakistan: jihad for Kashmir and nuclear defense
The Islamic radicals in Pakistan have not been pacified by Musharraf’s pardon of Abdul Qadeer Khan. They still think he has withdrawn his support not only from the Islamic bomb but from the Kashmir jihad. This from the Daily Times of Pakistan, with thanks to Jean-Luc: The six-party religious alliance, the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) vowed […]
Pakistan Nuke ‘Father’ Confesses
The latest on Pakistan’s nuclear jihad from AP: The founder of Pakistan’s nuclear program, Abdul Qadeer Khan, has admitted he transferred nuclear technology to Iran, Libya and North Korea, a Pakistani government official said Monday. Khan made the confession in a written statement submitted “a couple of days ago” to investigators probing allegations of nuclear […]
Pakistan: Christian jailed on dubious blasphemy charge
Since Pakistan’s blasphemy law was drafted by and is enforced by Muslims, virtually every blasphemy charge is dubious: a Christian can be accused of blasphemy simply by affirming his faith, since the Qur’an states that “they do blaspheme who say: ‘Allah is Christ the son of Mary’” (Sura 5:72). Note that this is a tendentious […]
U.S. general: Extremists in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan top terror threats
At last it has been said: Even with the continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the bigger challenge in the global war on terrorism is the threat posed by extremists in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, the commander of U.S. forces in that region said Thursday. Gen. John Abizaid, commander of U.S. Central Command, told a […]
Pakistan: Christian teenager forced into hiding
This is what life is like in our secular ally Pakistan for one member of that nation’s Christian minority. This report is from Compass Direct: A Pakistani Christian teenager kidnapped for more than two weeks in November has been forced to flee his home and stay in hiding to avoid recapture by his Muslim extremist […]
Pakistan’s nuclear jihad
B. Raman in OutlookIndia points out that “till now, strategic analysts have been focusing only on the dangers of a possible Talibanisation or Al Qaedisation of the Pakistan Army. It is time now to pay more attention to Pakistan’s scientific community as well.” (Thanks to Jean-Luc.) Pakistan is not the original birth place of the […]
Pakistan’s unkept promise: The untamed madrasas
More in the International Herald Tribune about how Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan has failed to stop Islamic radicalism in the Muslim schools. (Thanks to “Allah.”) Addressing a joint session of the Pakistan Parliament this month, President Pervez Musharraf appealed to the Pakistani people to “wage a jihad against extremism” and said his government “would ensure […]