Pakistan: The Curious Case of Women

Time and again, we hear about these ghastly crimes being committed against the weaker sex but we choose to remain silent. The Ghairat brigade (self-proclaimed patriots) in our country seem too busy for these ‘trivial’ issues for they have other important things in life to attend to.

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By Zulfiqar Ali | June 30th, 2011

The news of an elderly woman being paraded naked in Haripur, a remote village in Punjab, is really heart throbbing. Her crime? Her son is accused of adultery with a fellow village woman. The village jury declares her son guilty and the victim (her mother) is paraded around the streets naked, as the punishment. Justice dispensed! I wonder if the chief arbiter had pronounced the same verdict had he been accused of adultery/rape. But that is another story. In our Orwellian world, some people are just more equal than others.

So, what then, disturbs me is the fact that why, each time, a mother has to pay for the crimes of her son? Why, always, is a sister punished for a wrong done by her brother? Is this our way of restoring honour? Bartering and exchanging girls like cattle, raping them in the open, siccing dogs on them, and now, parading them naked on the streets. The simple logic that two wrongs never make one right seems incomprehensible to our ‘jurists’.

Ghana: National Peace Council Congratulates Kufuor

Maulvi Dr Adam, who is also the Ameer and Missionary in charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Ghana, also expressed appreciation to the Mills administration for issuing a statement to appreciate former President Kufuor for winning the award.

Moulvi Wahab Adam with former
President, Mr J. A. Kufuor - File photo

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By Kofi Yeboah  | June 28, 2011

The National Peace Council (NPC) has congratulated former President John Agyekum Kufuor on his recent international award for the promotion of food security and reduction of poverty in Ghana.

“We heartily congratulate the former President, Mr J. A. Kufuor on this enviable award. We believe that the relative peace that prevailed in the country during his tenure as President of the Republic of Ghana had been a great contributory factor for this achievement”, it said.

The acting Chairman of the NPC, Maulvi Dr Wahab Adam, extended the council’s message of congratulations to the former

President through the Daily Graphic.
He said it must be recognised that the services rendered by the NPC in promoting peace in the country had been tremendous and might have also contributed to the achievement of the former President.

Maulvi Dr Adam, who is also the Ameer and Missionary in charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Ghana, also expressed appreciation to the Mills administration for issuing a statement to appreciate former President Kufuor for winning the award.

India: Darul Uloom asks Saudi Arabia to ban Ahmadiyas from Mecca visit

The seminary reminded the Saudi monarch of an Organisation of Islamic Countries resolution that ex-communicated Ahmadiyas from Islam in 1979. The seminary's letter to the Saudi king suggests a clause in the application forms for Haj and Umra.... 

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By Mohammed Wajihuddin | Jun 30, 2011

MUMBAI: Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has asked the Saudi Arabian government to ban Ahmadiyas (Qadiyanis) from visiting Mecca and Medina to perform Haj and Umrah (mini-Haj). Ahamdiyas have been declared non-Muslims in countries like Pakistan and face persecution.

The seminary's vice-rector, Maulana Abdul Khaliq Madrasi, has alleged that many Qadiyanis from India "disguise themselves as Muslims" and visit Mecca to perform Haj and Umrah in a memorandum to Saudi ruler King Abdullah, the custodian of two mosques in Mecca and Medina. "Stop them as they are misguided and may mislead other Muslims," said the memorandum.

Ahmadiyas are the followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908), who declared himself to be imam Mahdi or the awaited imam that is also the faith of Muslims, and are scattered across the world.

The Ahmadiya movement is headquartered at Qadiyan near Amritsar and has around five lakh followers in India. Their spiritual leader — Khalifatul Masih (successor of the Messiah) — Mirza Masror Ahmad is London based.

Canada: Faith and community take centre stage

Among the topics of discussion were the views of blasphemy in Islam, along with the general challenges of life and marriage and the use and role of the Internet and social media in Muslim life.

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By Reagen Sulewski | June 29, 2011

Faith and community were the themes of a two-day conference of a Canadian Muslim organization on the weekend.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat held their 33rd annual Western Canadian convention at the Spray Lake Sawmills Family Sports Centre from June 25-26, with between 2,000 and 3,000 people in attendance. Ahmadiyya Muslims are a religious movement that was founded in 1889 in India, and was envisioned by its founder as a revitalization of Islam.

Sultan Mahmood, a volunteer and spokesperson for the convention, said the weekend was designed as one for spiritual uplift among the community, as well as education both for the Ahmadiyya and those outside it.

USA: Muslim-Americans Convene in Thousands in Harrisburg to Promote Peace

We invite all of our fellow Americans to attend the convention and openly discuss any issue of relevance to them. The event will also stream live online at http://live.alislam.org/.

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By Kashif Chaudhry | June 29, 2011

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA will host its 63rd Annual Convention from Friday July 1st through Sunday July 3rd at the PA Farm Show Complex & Expo Center in Harrisburg, PA. Thousands of delegates will attend from across America and overseas. Among the purposes of the convention is strengthening brotherhood and understanding, spiritual uplift and increasing awareness of Islam's true teachings.

The speeches delivered over the 3-day convention will include topics such as the Islamic concept of Freedom, the ideals of governance, maintaining morality in today's world, the relationship between religion and science and the promotion of peace in the world. Various civic, state, federal and international dignitaries will attend the session. For a detailed program of the convention, click here.

USA: Unity for the sake of the country, regardless of faith, race and color

On June 11th, all Ahmadiyya Muslim Community auxiliaries joined hands to raise funds to help ease the pain of the locals by giving free car washes to donors at a community member’s gas station in Conyers, GA.

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By Saima Ahmad | June 20, 2011

As the date to celebrate the 4th of July is coming closer, we the members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community feel nothing but gratitude for this great country. Many of us came here to accomplish the American dream and have been able to do so since we were offered the same opportunities as were available to the natives.  Many were granted political asylum for the persecution our community faces for its religious views in Pakistan.  And now, being naturalized citizens, they are trying to do whatever they can to contribute to the building of this nation like anybody else from the indigenous population would.  Why? Because Islam has taught us that the freedom of religion we enjoy here demands our complete loyalty to this country.  And because God Almighty tells us in the Quran:

“Is the reward of goodness anything but goodness?” (55:61)

Pakistan, Islam face danger from Islamists

Talking about the country’s blasphemy law, Shehrbano said, “The law is not a protector of religions … These laws deserve to be criticised.” Courts have sentenced a large number of defendants under that law".

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By Qasim Yousafzai | June 28, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Islam’s greatest threat comes from those who claim to be serving it – extremist militants, Shehrbano Taseer, daughter of slain Punjab Governor Salman Taseer, said June 27.

Shehrbano said that militants, whom she repeatedly called “hate mongers,” have misinterpreted Islam. “Islam is a peaceful religion,” she said.

Her father died for “a progressive Pakistan and moderate Islam, she said. In a speech titled “My Father Died for Pakistan” at the Middle East Institute in Washington, she called extremism a mindset that poses a great danger to Pakistan.

Pakistan: Minorities’ persecution: False charges erode 40-year Christian-Muslim bond

“Khurram had not witnessed any desecration and had no eyewitnesses either. We told him he was making baseless allegations. I reminded him that his father and Gulzar Masih had been friends and partners for decades and this was not right.”

Christian women protest persecution-

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By Saba Imtiaz |  June 29, 2011

SIALKOT: The intervention of ‘elders’ in Sialkot’s Urdu Bazaar may have prevented a riot, but a Christian family accused of blasphemy still fears for its safety.

Gulzar Masih, who runs one of Sialkot’s oldest book depots, was accused of telling his employees to blaspheme. The accusation was made by Khurram, the son of Masih’s former business partner, late Muhammad Ishtiaq. Masih and Ishtiaq ran the book depot together for nearly 40 years before amicably parting ways in 2000. Following the split, Ishtiaq’s family opened a money exchange office on their share of the property, while Gulzar changed the depot’s name from Ittefaq Book Depot to Gulzar Book Depot and continued selling books.

Canada: Muslims Gather for the Largest Indoor Canada Day Celebrations

"Over 15,000 Ahmadi Muslims, in unison, will affirm their loyalty to Canada; their homeland. This will be an amazing experience. I am grateful to God that we will be fulfilling a commandment of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) who reminded us that 'Loyalty to the Homeland is Part of the Faith" [Malik Lal Khan]

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By AMJ-Canada | June 29, 2011

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community will celebrate Canada Day at its 35th Annual Convention

VAUGHAN, ON, June 29, 2011 /CNW/ - More than 15,000 delegates will gather at the International Centre in Mississauga to participate in the largest indoor Canada Day Celebrations (Friday July 1st at 4:30 pm).

In addition, delegates from across Canada will take part in the 35th Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Canada (Friday July 1st to Sunday July 3rd).

Each year, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community hosts Canada Day celebrations across the nation. This year Canada Day coincides with the first day of the 35th Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Canada.

Indonesia's Next Challenge

In Cikeusik, Banten province in February, a mob attacked the local Ahmadiyya community, killing three; in Cisalada, West Java, an Ahmadiyya mosque was burned in October.

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By WSJ | June 27, 2011

Jakarta is winning the war on terror, but not the war against radicalism.

Indonesia notched another victory in its war on Islamic terror this month when a court sentenced Abu Bakar Bashir for 15 years. Mr. Bashir, the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), the al Qaeda affiliate behind the 2002 Bali bombings, was convicted of supporting a terrorist training camp. But while Jakarta has gotten serious about the legal prosecution of this war, it still lags in the ideological struggle against Islamic fundamentalism.

Indonesia's counterterror forces, notably the elite Detachment 88, have pursued radical groups with commendable tenacity, killing top JI leaders like Noordin Mohamed Top. Detachment 88 also disbanded Mr. Bashir's training camp in Aceh, Sumatra, so it's no wonder he dubbed the unit "God's enemies."

Ghana: Suicide bombing detrimental to Islam – Maulvi Wahab Adam

The Ahmadiyya community he said was calling on Muslims who lived with the mentality of the old Islamic era to embrace a new world of Islam that has the capacity to give a contemporary insight to the meaning and practice of the religion.

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By GNA | June 28, 2011

Accra, June 28, GNA - The Ameer and Missionary in charge of the Ahmadiyya Muslims Mission in Ghana, Maulvi Wahab Adam has called on Muslims to abstain from suicide bombing and other social mischief.

The Ameer who made the call in a sermon in Accra said these acts were detrimental to the teachings Islam.

He noted that it would be very difficult for Islam to be seen as a peace loving religion if Muslims involved in acts that made their neighbours and others to live in fear.

Maulvi Adam said the agenda of Islam was to ensure peace and submission to the will of Allah.

On Faith, Indonesia Still Unenlightened

Jemaah Ahmadiyah documented 183 attacks against their villages, mosques and houses since President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono issued a decree against the sect in June 2008.

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By Andreas Harsono | June 27, 2011

This year, Indonesia has had many reasons to pat itself on the back. In May, it was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council and hosted a successful Asean summit as the bloc's chair. In both forums, the nation boasted of its human rights record, economic development and regional leadership.

But outside this self-congratulatory rhetoric, the country also has many things to beat itself up for.

Let's imagine a scenario: in the same year as its UN and Asean feats, the Ministry of Religious Affairs bows to hard-line Muslim pressure and orders the dismantling of Borobudur - the largest Buddhist temple in Indonesia and a major tourist attraction.

UK: Charity fundraising by young Muslims

 “We would like to thank Tesco staff for their cooperation and also a very warm thank you to all those who donated.”

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By The Star | June 28, 2011

YOUNG members of a Sheffield Muslim community have held a second charity collection in weeks - raising funds for the Royal National Institute for the Blind.

Ten volunteers from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association visited Tesco, Infirmary Road, armed with collection buckets, to ask shoppers for change.

It followed a previous collection at Wickes DIY store in the city centre.

Ghana: Muslim youth urged to intensify the fight against immorality

Mr Jamil Ibrahim Badu, the Regional President of the Youth Group, noted that immorality was now on the ascendancy and that they had to desist from such acts and condemn them from all quarters.  

Photo credit: Mazhar-ul-Haq Khan

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By GNA | June 27, 2011

Kumasi, June 27, GNA – The Ashanti Regional Missionary of the  Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, Maulvi Masroo Ahmed Muzaffer has urged Muslim youth to intensify their crusade in the fight against increasing falling moral standards in the society.  

He said every effort should be made at all levels to acquire Islamic religious knowledge especially, to admonish adherents to accept the teachings of Allah.  

Maulvi Musaffer was speaking at the opening ceremony of the 25th regional rally of the organized male youth group, Majlis khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya Mission, in Kumasi.

Pakistan: Legitimizing Murder – Analysis

There is little that is new here. According to partial data in a report titled, The Persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan during the Year 2010, 203 Ahmadis have been killed since 1984, ninety-nine of these during 2010 alone.

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Source/Credit: South Asia Terrorism Portal
By Ambreen Agha |  June 27, 2011

“The only cure for Qadianis (Ahmadis): Al Jihad Al Jihad…” – Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatm-e-Nubuwat calendar, 2010

On June 10, 2011, the All Pakistan Students Khatm-e-Nubuwat (End of Prophethood) Federation issued pamphlets branding members of the Ahmadiyya community as “wajib-ul-qatl” (obligatory to be killed). The pamphlet, circulated in Faisalabad District of Punjab Province, read, “To shoot such people is an act of jihad and to kill such people is an act of sawab (blessing).”

On June 13, 2011, reports revealed that terrorists were chalking out a plan to attack prominent members of the Ahmadi community in the country, starting from Faisalabad.

Faith and Practice: Islam's Understanding of Hell

I am not moved by the declaration. Because according to Prophet Muhammad, my belief in Jesus as a true apostle of God actually opens up the possibility of salvation for me.

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By Faheem Younus | June 28, 2011

Southern Baptists should be commended for their actions on June 15.

No, not for passing a resolution to support their belief in an "eternal, conscious punishment" (or hell) for non-Christians; they were dead wrong in understanding Jesus' teachings there. But for their ability to develop consensus around such an ambiguous notion. It is a hell of a success.

Seriously, there is no dearth of theories when it comes to the big fire pit. Experts love to debate whether hell is time-bound or eternal, literal or symbolic, and exclusive to non-members or open to mankind.

Add to these theories the premise of hell by Prophet Muhammad: a place largely symbolic, extremely inclusive but not eternal.

USA: Ahmadiyya Muslims launch blood drive

Our community, the Ahmadiyya Muslims of USA donating the gift of 10,000 bottles of blood nationwide on 9/11 under the name of "Muslims for Life". This is going to be done with the collaboration of American Red Cross.

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By Mirza Ahmad, Pickerington | June 27, 2011

Peace be upon you.

September is coming near and reminding us the great tragedy of 9/11 of 2001, when the innocent lives of 3,000 Americans were taken by the terrorists. This is the 10th anniversary and we have not forgotten that time and the deceased ones can never ever go away from the minds of their loved ones.

Our community, the Ahmadiyya Muslims of USA donating the gift of 10,000 bottles of blood nationwide on 9/11 under the name of "Muslims for Life". This is going to be done with the collaboration of American Red Cross. We are organizing this in all our mosques and community centers and in the centers of other organizations.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is extending an invitation to Americans of all backgrounds to join us. We would like to get support for BLOOD DRIVE in your location. Would you, your family or organization be interested in joining forces with us in giving the GIFT OF LIFE this September 11th?

Mirza Ahmad, Pickerington

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Eye on terrorism: Militants using children: US report

“The militants often sexually and physically abuse the children and use psychological coercion to convince the children that the acts they commit are justified.” [Report].

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By Dawn Correspondent | June 28, 2011

WASHINGTON, June 27: The US State Department`s report on human trafficking, released on Monday, underlines a new problem in Pakistan: militants using children to carry out their dirty work.

The report otherwise places Pakistan in tier 2: Countries which do not fully comply with the minimum standards for dealing this menace but are making significant efforts.

The State Department warns that the international fight against human trafficking, from abuses of migrant workers to organised prostitution networks, lost ground in the past year. The number of countries failing to comply with international standards to prevent human trafficking almost doubled to 23. Pakistan is not among them.

Indonesia: Prosecutor weak in Ahmadiyah trial: Elsam

Wahyu Wagiman, a team member from the Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (Elsam), told reporters the prosecutor ignored statements from key witnesses such as Muh. Kamil Safei over the 13 trials.

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By TJP | June 27, 2011

A team monitoring the trials of an attack against religious minority group Ahmadiyah said Monday the prosecutor performed below standard.

It said many witnesses' statements were not well-explored during the trials.

 Wahyu Wagiman, a team member from the Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (Elsam), told reporters the prosecutor ignored statements from key witnesses such as Muh. Kamil Safei over the 13 trials.

"Kamil said in a trial that he received a text message from Ujang Muh. Arif, a case defendant, saying that Habib Rizieq, the Islamic Defenders Front [FPI] leader, would be held responsible for the riot," Wahyu said.

Ghana: Minister attends annual conference of Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association

"We live in an era where values of morality have broken down and crimes are committed by very young people, armed robbery is on the increase, while prostitution, Sakawa (internet fraud), and occultism are all growing strong presence in our society.”

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By GNA | June 27, 2011

Minister voices concern about immoral degeneration among Muslims

Hajia Hawawu Boya Gariba, Deputy Minister of Women and Children’s Affairs at the weekend called on Muslims to critically examine their role and positions in helping to alleviate moral degeneration in the country.

She said there was the need for the Muslims to realise and define their positions clearly on the need to put an end to moral decadence in the society.

Pakistan: Police ignore court’s ruling on blasphemy cases

The cases are usually investigated by assistant sub-inspectors, or in the event of a high-profile case, the inspector in charge of investigation.

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By Rana Tanveer | June 27, 2011

Sensitive investigations: Police ignore court’s ruling on blasphemy cases

LAHORE: Provincial police is either ignorant or dismissive of Lahore High Court’s instructions regarding the investigation of blasphemy cases, piling misery on those accused of the offence.

A division bench of the Lahore High Court comprising Justice Ali Nawaz Chawhan and Justice Rustam Ali Malik, while deciding a murder reference in offences under section 295-A and 295-C in August 2002, directed the inspector-general of police (IGP) Lahore “to ensure that whenever [a blasphemy] case is registered, it be entrusted for purposes of investigation to a team of at least two gazette investigating officers, preferably those conversant with Islamic jurisprudence.”

Eye on Extremism: U.S. cannot ignore Pakistan

Ahmadi Muslims believe in the Messiah. They condemn religious violence and compulsion, promote universal human rights and practice universal social justice, regardless of race, religion or gender.

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By Samin Khan, Albany | June 27, 2011

For decades religious intolerance and violence have created havoc in Pakistan. On June 11, an extremist group, the All Pakistan Students Khatam-e-Nabuwat Federation, handed out pamphlets in the country's third largest city, Faisalabad, inciting people to kill hundreds of members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, thus fulfilling their religious duty and cleansing the place of infidels.

The pamphlets included a hit list with names and addresses of industrialists, teachers and doctors. The Pakistani government has chosen to look the other way.

Ahmadi Muslims believe in the Messiah. They condemn religious violence and compulsion, promote universal human rights and practice universal social justice, regardless of race, religion or gender.

Other faith communities have also been targeted by the extremists. The minister for religious minorities, a Christian, was killed earlier this year. The Muslim governor of the Punjab province was assassinated for supporting the release of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman imprisoned for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad and criticizing Pakistan's blasphemy law. The Draconian law is open not only to misinterpretation, but to every kind of abuse. It is often used to settle personal scores.

Honored: Ahmadiyya Times, Editor win Southern California Journalism Award

Ahmadiyya Times and its editor Imran Jattala received the first-place award in ‘News Tweet' category for the coverage of May 28, 2010 terrorist attacks in Pakistan.

Photo credit: Los Angeles Press Club

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By Imran Jattala | June 27, 2011

LOS ANGELES – Ahmadiyya Times and its editor were honored with one first-place award and two finalist nominations at the Los Angeles Press Club's 53rd annual awards gala last Sunday.

The Southern California Journalism Awards are handed out to the Los Angeles area's journalists to recognize the excellence of their work in established as well as new and emerging media.

This year new categories were introduced to specifically honor various aspects of online journalism.

One of the categories introduced this year was to recognize coverage of news disseminated via Twitter.

Ahmadiyya Times and its editor Imran Jattala received the first-place award in ‘News Tweet' category for the coverage of May 28, 2010 terrorist attacks in Pakistan.

The event specially reported via twitter was the massacre of Ahmadi Muslims in well-coordinated twin terrorist attacks on two Ahmadiyya Mosques.

Pakistan: Omissions and Commissions | The government has finally conceded

The military's "wild card" is Imran Khan whose popularity is rising by the week. Many young people are impressed with his passion and candour and want to "give him a chance". They believe both PMLN and PPP have had two chances each and bungled them.

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By Najam Sethi | June 24, 2011

After much prevarication and double-dealing, the government has finally conceded the right of the chief justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, to nominate a judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Javed Iqbal, to head a commission of inquiry into the May 2 Abbottabad security breach by US Navy Seals. But the Commission, sanctioned by a consensus in parliament one month ago, is far from kicking off in earnest. The government's other nominees are not all credible or independent. So a controversy will dog the government until it is reconstituted to everyone's satisfaction.

Shorter Qadian-Beas rail route approved

In a statement here, Bajwa said the track, which was the brainchild of pre-Partition Qadian leader Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, would finally see the light of day.

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By Tribune News Service | June 25, 2011

Qadian, the headquarters of the Ahmadiya sect in Gurdaspur district, will finally be accessible by rail with the Expanded Board of Railways (EBR) approving a rail line to the town from Beas in Amritsar district.

Gurdaspur MP Partap Singh Bajwa, who has been spearheading the movement to ensure rail connectivity to Qadian, said the EBR had given in-principle approval and had approved an expenditure of Rs 240 crore for the new rail link.

The proposed project alignment that was finalised will pass through the villages of Dhapai, Ghuman, Butala and Sathiala covering a stretch of 39 km.

Voice of America: Critics Say Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law is Being Abused

In the case of Asia Bibi, local clerics reportedly took the accusations against her at face value.  One of them, Maqsood Ahmed Masoomi, insists that courts are not necessary to punish blasphemy.

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By Peter Fedynsky | June 24, 2011

In January, the governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province, Salman Taseer, was assassinated by his bodyguard, who claimed Taseer had violated the country’s blasphemy law.  Taseer, a Muslim, was shot dead in broad daylight on January 4 in Islamabad.  His alleged assassin, Mumtaz Qadri, has yet to be tried, though he does not deny pulling the trigger.  The late governor's daughter, Shehrbano Taseer, has become a critic of the blasphemy law, saying it is is often abused.

Asia Bibi, the Christian woman who Taseer sought to defend against charges of blasphemy, faces the death penalty - accused by women in her village of blaspheming the Prophet Mohammed.

Malta: Ahmadiyya Muslims Community plants trees

Mr Atif finds trees are an important component of the natural landscape because of their prevention of erosion and the provision of a weather-sheltered ecosystem in and under their foliage. 

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By TOM | Ahmadiyya Times | June 26, 2011


Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Malta recently participated in a tree-planting event at Selmun Family Park, Mellieħa.

Ahmadiyya president Laiq Ahmed Atif (left) planted an olive tree together with Rural Affairs Minister George Pullicino (right) to initiate the event.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community planted 33 olive trees, one of which is dedicated to women, in commemoration of Woman’s Day.

USA: Ahmadi Muslims to convene in Harrisburg

The AMC USA, with the motto "Love for All, Hatred for None," will hold its 63rd annual convention at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center, Harrisburg, at 3:30 p.m. Friday, July 1; 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Saturday, July 2; and 11 a.m. Sunday, July 3.

Photo: AlIslam.Org. Scene from 2008 convention at Farm Show Complex

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By Joan Kern | June 24, 2011

63rd annual convention begins Friday at Pa. Farm Show Complex & Expo Center

In 1889, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, of Qadian, India, founded the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, "the leading Islamic organization to categorically reject terrorism in any form."

"Instead of jihad of the sword, he called for jihad of the pen," said Saif Rahman, of Manheim, a member of the sect.

Rahman and his family worship at the Hadee Mosque in Harrisburg, with about 150 families, including one other family from Lancaster County.

Pakistan: Harvest of blood

Why is the religious organisation calling for the wholesale massacre of Ahmedi’s in Faisalabad at this very moment, not being chopped for inciting murder? Why shouldn’t security forces be under public control through their elected representatives?

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By Fahim Zaman and Kamyla Marvi |


The graphic images of 19-year-old Sarfaraz Shah hauled up for allegedly attempting to rob people with a gun and mask, begging the Sindh Rangers to spare his life and eventually losing his life have shocked the nation.

During the last three decades, our law enforcement agencies seem to have concluded, and as a society we seem to concur, that our criminal justice system does not work, so vigilante actions and murder in the name of police encounters are acceptable. Then why are we so shocked, aside from the obvious horror of the visuals?

Imagine a slightly different scenario. The same young man, ostensibly caught red-handed robbing visitors to the park, but this time the crowd decides to take the situation into its own hands.

Faith and Gender: Americans Like Baby Boys Best

The preference for boys over girls is driven by men, 49 percent of whom said they'd want a son. Only 22 percent said they'd prefer a daughter. Women, in contrast, showed no significant preference, with 31 percent preferring a boy and 32 percent preferring a girl. [Boy or Girl: Which Gender Baby Would You Pick?]

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By Stephanie Pappas | LiveScience.com | June 24, 2011

If they were only allowed to have one child, more Americans would prefer it be a boy rather than a girl, a new survey finds.

Despite the intervening woman's movement, the results are very similar to those found when the same question was asked of Americans in 1941.

The Gallup polling agency asked a random sample of 1,020 American adults whether they'd prefer to have a girl or a boy if they could only chose one. Forty percent said they'd pick a boy, 28 percent said they would want a girl, and the rest didn't mind either way or weren't sure.

India: The Expanded Board for Railways approves Qadian-Beas BG rail line

"This forgotten track, which was the brainchild of Chaudhary Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, who was from Qadian before the partition took place, is now going to see the light of the day."

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By PTI | June 25, 2011

Chandigarh, Jun 25 (PTI) The Expanded Board for Railways (EBR) gave ''in-principle'' approval and authorised the expenditure of Rs 240 crore for the construction of Qadian-Beas new BG Rail Line, Gurdaspur Congress MP Partap Singh Bajwa said today.

The proposed project alignment that was finalised will pass through the villages of Dhapai, Ghuman, Butala and Sathiala covering a stretch of 39.678 kilometres, he told PTI.

At present, the Qadian-Beas railway stations are connected by a circuitous route via Amritsar and Batala.

The project section will connect two important routes of Amritsar-Pathankot and Jalandhar-Amritsar via Qadian reducing the present lead via Amritsar considerably, he added.

Pakistan: Dreaded messages have reappeared in Faisalabad to haunt the threatened Ahmadi community

“I don’t know how to react; our lives have been disturbed, our sanity badly affected. We are very vulnerable. I cannot concentrate on my business. I suspect every customer is a potential attacker!”

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By Aoun Sahi | June 19, 2010

Writing on the pamphlet: Dreaded messages have reappeared in Faisalabad to haunt the threatened Ahmadi community

Two brothers, Sheikh Ashraf Parvez and Sheikh Masood Jawed, owners of Murad Cloth House and Murad Jewellers, in Faisalabad’s Rail Bazaar, refused to leave the country after a mob destroyed their shops back in 1974 during the anti-Ahmadi riots. Luckily, in only a few months, they were able to establish their businesses again and, in the coming years, Sheikh Ashraf Parvez became the senior vice-president of Rail Bazaar traders’ association.

Things were going well until early 2010 when a pamphlet was distributed in Faisalabad condemning the Ahmadi community and exhorting the Muslims in the city to boycott the traders and businesses owned by the Ahmadis. Distributors of the pamphlet listed some shops and businesses owned by people belonging to the Ahmadi community. The names of Murad Cloth House and Murad Jewellers featured at number three on the list.

USA: Ahmadi Muslims to meet at Harrisburg convention

“Among its secondary benefits is that this congregational meeting together will promote mutual introduction among all brothers, and it will strengthen the fraternal ties within this Community.”

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Edited by Ahmadiyya Times | June 25, 2011

A three-day convention hosted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is expected to draw thousands to the farm-show complex in Harrisburg July 1 to 3.

The gathering aims to promote peace and educate Ahmadis, as well as other believers, organizers say.

Unlike most Muslims, Ahmadis believe that the long-awaited reformer has come in the person of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908) of Qadian, India. The movement's founder is regarded as the promised Messiah. (Many mainstream Muslims consider this blasphemous.)

USA: Ahmadi Muslims launch their largest-ever nationwide blood drives on September 11, 2011

...[T]he Holy Prophet Muhammad, in his Farewell Pilgrimage address, said: "Even as this month, land, and day of Pilgrimage are holy, so has God made the blood, property and honor of every human being sacred."

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By Imran Jattala | June 25, 2011

Headquartered in Silver Springs, MD, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of the United States (AMC-USA) is set to launch its largest-to-date blood drive in the community’s 90-years history in the US.

The organization aims to collect at least 10,000 units of blood on September 11, 2011 in memory of the innocent lives lost at the World Trade Center in New York a decade ago.

“Our goal is to hold blood drives all across the US in all our mosques and centers,” said the organizers in their website statement on “MuslimsForLife.Org.

The organization will also hold blood drives in association with other like-minded organizations, who, according to AMC-USA, are “dedicated to serving humanity at their locations.”

The 'Muslims for Life' campaign aims to spread the simple message that according the Muslim Holy Book, the Holy Qur'ān, “whosoever saves the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all humanity” (5:33).

Eye on extremism: Q&A With Shehrbano Taseer | Pakistan and blasphemy law

There is an increase in radicalization in Pakistan. It's dangerous because we do not know the enemy anymore -- he could be anywhere. It's a mindset we are dealing with and that is very tough. The mindset is a direct result of the Madrassas (religious schools) in Pakistan that spew venom and hatred left right and center. We can thank the Saudis for that.

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By Bashir Ahmad Gwakh | June 21, 2011

Shehrbano Taseer, the daughter of murdered Pakistan's Punjab governor Salman Taseer, says she is determined to continue his campaign against the misuse of Pakistan's blasphemy law. I recently spoke to her for RFE/RL. Here is the full interview.

Is your family satisfied with judiciary/court procedures that are taking place in the case of your father's killing?

We are confident that Qadri [Mumtaz Qadri, who is accused of killing Salman Taseer] will be punished for what he did. The state has intentionally kept the case out of the media, and we would respect everyone's compliance with this.

Pakistan: Amnesty International Annual Report 2011 | Freedom of expression

...Access to the online news site Baloch Hal was blocked by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority for allegedly publishing "anti-Pakistan" material. The site covered human rights violations including enforced disappearances.

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By AI | June 20, 2011

Journalists were harassed, ill-treated and killed by state agents and members of anti-government armed groups. State agents failed to protect journalists from attacks by armed groups; 19 media workers were killed, making Pakistan the most dangerous country for media workers in 2010, according to the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists and the Committee to Protect Journalists. The authorities blocked some online news sites.

•  Umar Cheema, journalist with The News, reported that he had been abducted and held for six hours on 4 September. He was taken blindfolded to the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, stripped naked, hung upside down and beaten by people who warned him about criticizing the government. Prime Minister Gilani ordered a judicial inquiry and the Lahore High Court took notice of the case of its own accord but by the end of the year, no one was held to account.

Pakistan: Amnesty International Annual Report 2011 | Violence against women and girls

According to the women's helpline Madadgaar, 1,195 women had been murdered as of late November. Of these, 98 had been raped before they were killed. Madadgaar figures showed a total of 321 women raped, and 194 gang-raped.

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By AI | June 20, 2011

Gender-based violence, including rape, forced marriages, "honour killings", acid attacks and other forms of domestic violence, was committed with impunity as police were reluctant to register and investigate complaints.

According to the women's helpline Madadgaar, 1,195 women had been murdered as of late November. Of these, 98 had been raped before they were killed. Madadgaar figures showed a total of 321 women raped, and 194 gang-raped.

On 22 December the Federal Shariat Court ruled to reverse several provisions of the 2006 Women's Protection Act. The verdict sought to reinstate certain provisions of the 1979 Hudood Ordinance which were extremely discriminatory against women.

Pakistan: Islamisation of economy

Dr Tanzilur Rahman ... decided to use his new position of authority to permanently damage Pakistan's economy by implementing his own vision of Islamic law and economics. 

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By Yasser Latif Hamdani | June 24, 2011

Economic elites have been willing to give Islamists space in society and influence over non-economic matters, provided they keep themselves out of economic matters

The Islamisation process in Pakistan has been debated in detail in our national press, but what most commentators fail to take into account are the social and material conditions surrounding the push for Islamisation especially in the early 1980s. It is the view of this author that Islamisation in Pakistan has been a cynical response by the economic elites of Pakistan to both the forces of socialism and Islamism. In the process the economic elites have been willing to give Islamists a space in the society and influence over non-economic matters provided they keep themselves out of economic matters. This strategy however has only found limited success and a full blow back of this became evident when the entire banking sector was under the Sword of Damocles throughout the 1990s when an ill-advised and ill-conceived judgment of the Federal Shariat Court threatened to bring it down to its knees.

Pakistan's Jamaat-e Islmai, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood partner to 'promote Islam'

Formal talks between the two sides were held between Hasan, Secretary General Liaquat Baloch and Foreign Affairs chief Abdul Ghaffar Aziz and Dr Badei, Secretary General Dr Mehmudul Hasan and other central leaders.

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By Express / APP | June 23, 2011

LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan and the Ikhwanul Muslimoon (Muslim Brotherhood) of Egypt have decided to make joint efforts to promote Islam and find solutions to issues faced by Muslims.

The top leadership of the two parties met at the Ikhwanul Muslimoon headquarters in Cairo on Wednesday.

Both the parties also decided to strengthen the relations between the Islamic movements in different countries and to negate propaganda against Islam.

A three member JI delegation led by party chief, Syed Munawar Hasan is currently on a four-day visit to Egypt at the invitation of Ikhwanul Muslimoon chief Dr Muhammad Badei.

UK: Majlis Ansarullah | Ahmadi Muslim Religious elders raise a quarter of a million pounds for charity

“Charity is an act of faith and an integral part of Islam. We believe that, as Muslim living in the UK, we have a duty to support our country and contribute to it well-being. Ahmadi Muslims never accept any public funding – instead we believe virtue springs from giving."

Photo: Surrey Comet

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By Omar Oakes | June 24, 2011

Religious elders raise a quarter of a million pounds for charity

Age proved no barrier last weekend when elders of a religious community stretched their legs to raise a quarter of a million pounds for charity.

Thousands of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community members converged on Britain’s biggest mosque, in London Road, Morden, for the Ansar Charity Walk 2011 on Sunday, June 19.

The Ansar, who hope to raise £240,000 for British Heart Foundation and Great Ormond Street Hospital, are the religious community’s older members with their ages ranging from 40 to 70.

Pakistan: The blasphemy controversy

The blasphemy law has long been used as a tool for victimisation and injustice. If one wants a rival or ‘obstacle’ out of the way, a simple accusation of blasphemy is more than enough to achieve that nefarious end. 

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By Daily Times | June 24, 2011

The ominous spectre of blasphemy has raised its head yet again. A judge of the lower courts in Talagang has sentenced a man to death for the alleged crime of ‘blasphemy’. One can never definitely say that blasphemy has been committed because a) what constitutes blasphemy has not been outlined clearly in our laws — it can be anything from a torn page of the Quran to the throwing into the trash of a business card — and b) the alleged blasphemous material can never be revealed even in court because that would be considered blasphemy. In this case, the accused has been sentenced to the gallows for sending ‘blasphemous’ text messages via his mobile phone. The complaint was made by the man who was on the receiving end of these texts from an unknown number. The police was brought into immediate action: they formed a special inquiry committee and, with permission from the home department, traced the mobile number to a Mr Abdul Sattar in Larkana after which they wasted no time in arresting him. Such efficiency is extremely out of character for our police.

Germany: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Convention expects 30,000 participants for their annual gathering

This year also the Muslim Khalifa, the head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad has arrived fromn London, UK to participate in the convention.

The Khalifa of Islam, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad will attend the
annual convention also known as Jalsa Salana

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By Ahmadiyya Times | June 24, 2011

The convention (Jalsa Salana) will take place from June 24 to 26, 2011 in Karlsruhe. 


Frankfurt: The annual convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Germany, the Jalsa Salana, will be held this year in the Messe Karlsruhe area.

The Jalsa Salana, the largest regularly scheduled annual gathering of the Muslims in Germany, is expected to draw about 30,000 participants from Germany and arround the world.

The Khalifa of Islam and the head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad has arrived fromn London, UK to participate in the convention.

UK: Muslim Tory minister says Pakistan's treatment of women fails Islam

She played an important role in smoothing relations with Pakistan after David Cameron caused great offence last July when he said in India that elements of the Pakistan state were guilty of exporting terrorism.

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By Nicholas Watt | June 23, 2011

Lady Warsi says women are being denied rights granted 1,400 years ago in Qur'an

Pakistan is failing to live up to one of the main tenets of Islam which guarantees rights to all women, according to Sayeeda Warsi, the Conservative Party co-chairman and minister without portfoliio who is the first Muslim to sit as a full member of the cabinet.

In a sign of Britain's impatience with Pakistan, where minority communities and women face persecution, Lady Warsi expressed disappointment that the world's first Islamic republic is denying rights granted 1,400 years ago in the Qur'an.

Strange Pak doesn't have any depth in relations with neighboring countries, says JUI chief

"I wish that Allah should not give the death like Salman Taseer to anyone. He was so isolated after his death that even the Imam (cleric) of the governor house declined to offer his funeral prayers."

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By Omer Farooq Khan | June 21, 2011


Interview of Maulana Fazlur Rehman's, chief of Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI), chairman of Pakistan's Kashmir affairs and former leader of opposition in the National Assembly.

Q: What do you really mean by saying that Kashmir and Afghanistan are the biggest obstacles in the of Pakistan's economy?

Ans: I believe that apart from relations with international partners, we should give preference in foreign policy to our neighbouring countries. When we take a look at Pakistan's geographic importance then it's strange that we don't have any depth in relations with our neighboring countries. That's why I told the parliament that from the last 60-years Kashmir remained a wall at our eastern borders.

Amnesty International: Annual Report: Pakistan 2011 | Discrimination - religious minorities

Sectarian groups reportedly linked to the Taleban attacked Shi'as, Ahmadis and Sufis with impunity. Blasphemy laws continued to be misused against Ahmadis and Christians, as well as Shi'a muslims and Sunnis.  

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ByAmnesty International | June 20, 2011

Pakistan: The state failed to prevent and prosecute discrimination, harassment and violence against religious minorities and, increasingly, moderate Sunni Muslims. Ahmadis, Shi'as and Christians were attacked and killed in apparent sectarian violence. Sectarian groups reportedly linked to the Taleban attacked Shi'as, Ahmadis and Sufis with impunity. Blasphemy laws continued to be misused against Ahmadis and Christians, as well as Shi'a muslims and Sunnis.

• On 28 May, 93 members of the Ahmadiyya community were killed and 150 injured in attacks on two Ahmadiyya mosques in Lahore after the provincial government ignored requests for improved security following threats from armed groups.

Indonesia: Police Urged to Protect All Citizens

In February, instead of protecting members of the Ahmadiyah community there from mob violence, police asked them to leave their homes.

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By Nurfika Osman | June 23, 2011

Human rights activists on Thursday accused Indonesian police of fanning the flames of religious-based conflicts rather than protecting victims and upholding rights.

Choirul Anam, deputy director of the Human Rights Working Group, said the trend had been apparent in the past three years, with police standing by idly when faith-based conflicts erupted.

“Even in religious sermons, such as Friday prayers or those of other religious groups, police are doing nothing to prevent the spreading of hatred of other groups,” Choirul said.

Murders in Pakistan should concern Americans

Muslims who are familiar with the situation of Ahmadis may say it's not right to attack and kill them, but in the same breath many of these same Muslims will declare that Ahmadis are non-Muslims or worse Ö heretics deserving to be killed.

Imam Shamshad Nasir, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

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By Imam Shamshad A. Nasir | June 22, 2011

On June 14 the Indo-Asian News Service reported that Pakistani terrorists have issued a ``Hit-List'' of prominent businessmen who are Ahmadi Muslims, saying those who ``misguide'' the Muslims would be punished with death.

For the past week, radical Muslims have been distributing pamphlets in the Punjab city of Faisalabad calling for ``target killings'' of prominent Ahmadis. The pamphlets state that the act of killing an Ahmadi made an individual a ``holy warrior'' and whoever became one ``would also be blessed by the Holy Prophet []on the Day of Judgment.''

Translated from Urdu, one pamphlet in English reads in part:

``O Muslim brothers! There are some people among us who are misguiding us and their punishment is death.'' Another pamphlet asked if there was anybody who had the courage to ``teach the Ahmadis a lesson.''

A year ago last May 28, several Pakistani Taliban armed with machine-guns, grenades and suicide vests attacked two Ahmadi mosques in Lahore during Friday prayers, killing 86 worshippers and wounding more than 100. One terrorist was captured by the Ahmadis themselves and turned over to the police, but authorities say they no longer have the suspect in custody and have no idea where he is now.

Pakistan: Cell phone blasphemy sentence | An other life condemnded to death

On Tuesday, an additional district and sessions judge in Talagang handed down the sentence and imposed a fine on a man in a blasphemy case filed with the Talagang city police station in February last year.  

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By Daily Dawn | June 23, 2011

IN a case that appears to be the first of its kind, a man has been sentenced to death for committing blasphemy via cellphone text messaging.

On Tuesday, an additional district and sessions judge in Talagang handed down the sentence and imposed a fine on a man in a blasphemy case filed with the Talagang city police station in February last year.

The circumstances of the case are murky to say the least.

The complainant, a resident of Talagang, told the police that he had been receiving blasphemous text messages from an unfamiliar number. The police set up a special inquiry committee which used cellphone data to trace the apparent owner of the number, a resident of Larkana.

Post-Osama World: Is the world a safer place now?

The Holy Quran states: “Whosoever killed a person.... it shall be as if he had killed all mankind.” This means that killing a single human life is like the killing of entire human race and saving a single human life is like saving all mankind.  

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By Laiq Ahmed Atif | June 23, 2011

Is killing of Osama a death to terrorism?

Life on earth has always been a challenge for mankind, surviving between problems, material as well as spiritual. At different times, there were different problems; there were always hurdles to be overcome and threatening dangers to be conquered.

One of the distinctive characteristics of the times we live in is the overwhelming presence of violence and aggressiveness in our societies. Sometimes bombs explode in markets, sometimes in schools, sometimes hotels are attacked and sometimes people are under attacks during their prayer time.

Pakistan in the grip of jihadis

Even more widespread has been the infiltration of radical Islamist elements into the Pakistan Air Force, including the Chaklala Air Base near Rawalpindi, where transport aircraft given by the US are based. Airmen from this base were involved in an attempt to assassinate President Musharraf in 2003.

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By G. Parthasarathy | June 23, 2011

That the ISI supports terror groups is now well established. Pakistan's Army, Navy and Air Force have been infiltrated by radicals, while the US has chosen to adopt a policy of appeasement. India should factor in these realities.

While promoting terrorism abroad has been the trademark of Pakistan's military establishment, new skeletons are tumbling out of the ISI's cupboard. The “tell-all” book, Inside Al Qaeda and Taliban: Beyond bin Laden and 9/11, written by journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, widely believed even within Pakistan to have been bumped off by the ISI, has been banned in Pakistan.