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Its business as usual for the recently banned jihadi and sectarian organizations and their leaders are continuing to tour the country to deliver jihadi sermons.
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The jihadi outfits are also continuing to publish their journals with impunity and on a regular basis, in which the front-line jihadi leaders attract new recruits with their emotional writings.
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Maulana Fazlur Rehman Khalil, defunct Jamait-ul-Ansar (JA) head, who reportedly visited NWFP in the last week of Ramazan and made jihadi sermons in various mosques and madrassas, was said to have presided over a JA meeting at its Barasi Markaz, Manshera before Eid to form a strategy of operations after the banâ, a jihadi leader requesting anonymity told TFT. Meanwhile, a notice has appeared in the December issue of JA periodical âAl-Hilalâ that the training convention scheduled for December 2, 2003 at Jamia Khalid bin Walid in Islamabad has been cancelled while other provincial and district programs would be held on schedule. The notice also said that new dates for this convention would be announced later.
| Sure looks like business as usual... |
Insiders informed TFT that the banned Millat-e-Islamia is now using the Sunni Action Committee (SAC) platform to continue its activities. Maulana Abdus Sattar Naqshbandi, an unfamiliar leader, is its convener.
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However, the defunct Tehrik-e-Islami is using the platform of International Shia Front in much the same way. Equally, the Al-Rasheed Trustâs daily Islam and weekly Zerb-e-Momin continue to be published and project the point of view of the defunct MIP leaders. Significantly, the Jamaat-ad-Dawa (JD), which was put âunder observationâ by the government, is oblivious to the official ban on collecting funds, and its fund-collecting camps at important and busy places in Lahore were open during the month of Ramazan. The JD Ameer, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, delivered the Eid sermon at the prominent Gaddafi Stadium, in which he plainly declared that some âhurdlesâ could not stop the JDâs jihad.
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The media organs of some banned organizations continue to publish, such as the Jamait-ul-Ansarâs Monthly Al-Hilal and Tehrik Kuddam-ul-Islamâs fortnightly Shemsheer in Karachi. These media publications have not changed their âtonesâ and persist with encouraging jihad. Maulana Khalil in his message said âOh Mujahideen! Our aim is to establish a caliphate in the world and we have the responsibility to avenge our martyrs. The blood of Arab princes from Afghanistan, the bloody valley of Kashmir, the Iraqis and Palestinians, are calling you. Every inch of the earth wants revolution. Donât delay realizing your responsibilitiesâ. Maulana Farooq said in his message that âonly jihad is a symbol of faith in this era, so you should be committed to itâ. |