International jihad news: a Canadian citizen who went to Afghanistan to wage jihad has been confirmed dead. This from AP, with thanks to Jean-Luc: Pakistani authorities have confirmed that Egyptian-born Canadian citizen Ahmed Said Khadr was killed during a raid last year against suspected terrorists in the country’s tense border region, officials said today. Khadr […]
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Islamisation, Extremism and the Christians of Pakistan
A World Evangelical Alliance Religious Liberty News & Analysis from WEA RLC Principal Researcher and Writer, Elizabeth Kendal. Thanks to FreedomNow News: QUID PRO QUO On 6 June 2003, the WEA RLC produced a News & Analysis posting entitled “Pakistan: Islamisation or dictatorship or both?” That posting examined the relationship between Pakistan’s President Musharraf and […]
Unfulfilled Promises: Pakistan’s Failure to Tackle Extremism
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf’s “jihad against extremism” hasn’t started out well. The International Crisis Group has found that despite his reform efforts, Islamic schools in Pakistan are still breeding grounds for Islamic radicalism. This from the ICG website, with thanks to Nicolei: President Pervez Musharraf’s promise to drive extremism from Pakistan’s madrasas, or Islamic schools, […]
Pakistani police arrest Muslim radical in Christian center bombing
Islamic law forbids dhimmis to proselytize. It also forbids Muslims to convert to another religion. Christian evangelization organizations are thus frequently targets of Islamic radicals. This from AP, : Pakistani police seized a huge cache of explosives and arrested one man in connection with the car bombing of a Christian organization that wounded 15 people. […]
Pakistan to ban more jihadi groups
Despite Pakistan’s official moves against a host of jihadi groups, there are a host of others that are still at work: “Keen to stymie the negative impact of the two assassination attempts on President Pervez Musharraf, the Pakistan government is likely to ban more jihadi groups.” This from The Times of India, with thanks to […]
Pakistan: Protestant pastor shot dead
Non-Muslim populations are always at risk in Islamic countries such as Pakistan, where dhimmitude is still very much alive in the cultural patterns (and, increasingly, laws) of the people. If the dhimmis are perceived to be stepping out of line, their very lives can be forfeit. “A Protestant pastor in Pakistan’s Punjab province was murdered […]
Libya confirms buying “A-bomb” plan from Pakistan
On the heels of revelations that the hardcore jihadist who headed up Pakistan’s nuclear program was happy to share his knowledge and resources, we learn that “Pakistan scientists have sold plans to make a nuclear bomb to Libya for ‘millions of pounds’, Saif al-Islam [Sword of Islam], son of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gadaffi has […]
Pakistani official: he who denies jihad has no place in Islam
From the Daily Times of Pakistan: “Rashid says Muslims can’t deny jihadi culture.” “Rashid” is Federal Information Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad. He “told a Pakistani television channel on Friday that one of the attackers of Thursday’s suicide bomb attack on President Musharraf seemed to be a foreigner. He also said the jihadi culture in Pakistan […]
U.S. Envoy: Pakistan a ‘Sanctuary’ for Jihadis
“Guerrillas from Afghanistan’s ousted Taliban militia and the al Qaeda network it once sheltered are using Pakistan as a sanctuary, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan said Wednesday.” This from Reuters. “Speaking at a police graduation ceremony, Zalmay Khalilzad also said senior al Qaeda members including Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, Taliban leader […]
Pakistan: Muslim mob attacks church
A church in the Pakistani village of Dajkot was attacked during a prayer service by a mob of Muslims. The “well attended prayer meeting” was interrupted by Muslims shouting, “You infidels, stop praying and accept Islam!” The mob “entered the church and started beating the worshipers. The Muslim attackers desecrated the Holy Bible and broke […]