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| 2005-07-08 |
| dont knoew ifn thees ben posted yet. no goddam date given Pakistan judged unfairly The daily Jang wrote that a report by an American Commission had stated that there was more religious freedom in India than in Pakistan. Pakistan’s foreign office had replied that the report was unfair because in Pakistan, religious minorities have full rights of self-expression. The American Commission recommended that Pakistan be blacklisted by the US government. ‘We blocked the marathon!’ Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Lahore Salman Butt said in the Nawa-e-Waqt that the mixed marathon organised by NGOs who took money from the West was foiled by Jamaat-e-Islami’s Shabab-e-Milli organisation. He said he could not tolerate women running in marathons. Human rights activist Asma Jehangir was arrested in Lahore for organising a ‘mixed’ marathon. Son of the founder of Jamaat Islam Farooq Muadudi said there was no harm in a mixed marathon because men and women already went around together in the streets of the city. Paintings are banned Writing in the Khabrain, Dr Israr Ahmad stated that there was a clear hadith banning all likeness of the living, be it human or animal. But in the matter of pictures taken by a camera, Arab scholars gave permission which was not accepted by Indian Muslim scholars. Dr Israr believed that paintings were still banned but camera photos were allowed as that would solve the problem of photographs on passports and ID cards. Paintings and sculpture remained banned. Hoodbhoy’s worldview Talking to the Jang magazine, Pakistan’s nuclear physicist Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy stated that he was opposed to nuclear bombs because weapons sapped the state’s ability to look after the economic needs of the people. He said the advantage of 9/11 fell to the Islamic extremists and the Bush administration. He said that because of lack of scientific thinking, Muslims had done nothing remarkable in the last 700 years. He said the Mughals built tombs but no universities. In Pakistan, universities had fallen in standard to an extent that they should be shut down. Dr AQ Khan was not a nuclear scientist but a good administrator. Becoming nuclear doesn’t make you independent but you can threaten the world. He said the country was moving in the wrong direction and he was worried about the future but he was thankful he won’t be around to see the future. We will die for the Quran! Quoted in the Nawa-e-Waqt, Qazi Hussain Ahmad said that he and his followers would sacrifice their lives for the Quran and will gather in full strength to protest the desecration of the Quran at Guantanamo Bay. Ex-ISI chief General (Retd) Hamid Gul said that no apology from the US was acceptable. The culprits who desecrated the Quran at Guantanamo Bay should be brought before an Islamic court. more at link |
| Posted by:muck4doo |
| #3 Somebody take out that ex-ISI chief. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-07-08 20:29 |
| #2 A nuclear armed lunatic asylum. |
| Posted by: John in Tokyo 2005-07-08 19:42 |
| #1 frist! |
| Posted by: Half 2005-07-08 18:49 |