| In Raiwind, Pakistan, several hundred thousand members of Tableeghi Jamaat" (Group of Preachers) gathered to beg God's forgiveness, while keeping themselves strictly aloof from what's happening in Afghanistan or on the streets of Pakistan. Unlike jihadi outfits and religious parties calling for holy war, the Tableeghis, known as the pacifist pedagogues of the faith, reiterated their commitment to peaceful preaching of Islam, rather than resort to violent means. |