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| India-Pakistan |
| Extremism danger |
| 2015-01-21 |
| [DAWN] THE focus on the fight against terrorism by the military and other security forces tends to overshadow another crucial aspect of the war: the need to clamp down on those individuals, institutions and groups that promote krazed killer religious thought in the first place. So while the stepped-up military operation in the northwest is a reminder of the consensus against terrorism that was formed in the aftermath of the Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. school attack last month, more action is still needed against those who promote divisive ...politicians call things divisivewhen when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive,they're principled... ness and hate. In this context, it is a welcome sign that some action is now being taken in towns and cities, and the government is finally waking up to the fact that a large number of mosques use the pulpit to preach their narrative of extremism and intolerance. Resultantly, the past month has seen a number of news items about holy mans and prayer leaders being booked for contravening the amplifier act, or the rule that mosque public address systems be used for nothing but the call to prayer and the Friday sermon. Many people have been booked and shops have been shut down over the dissemination of krazed killer ideas. For instance, it was reported yesterday that over the preceding two days, the Islamabad Capital Territory police had booked 12 prayer leaders for violating the loudspeaker ban. Before that, as many other holy mans, including the deputy prayer leader of Islamabad's Lal Masjid ...literally the Red Mosque, located in Islamabad and frequented by all sorts of high govt officials. The proprietors, Ghazi Abdul Rasheed and Maulana Abdul Aziz Ghazi, unleashed their Islamic storm troopers on the city, shutting down whorehouses and beating people up who weren't devout enough. The Musharraf govt put an end to the nonsense by besieging the place. Abdul Aziz Ghazi was nabbed while he was trying to escape dressed up like a girl. BBC reported that the corpse count at 173, but other claims, usually hysterical, say there were up to 1000 titzup. Among their number was Abdul Rashid Ghazi. Everyone then said tut-tut and what a nice guy he had been... , were booked for the same transgression. But despite these measures, it is pertinent -- indeed, imperative -- to ask the government about its long-term plan. Being 'booked' refers merely to the registration of a complaint; over the weeks past, dozens of people have been booked. Are investigations under way? Is the government hoping to arrest the thousands who promote extremism and put them behind bars? Or is this just a cosmetic procedure aimed at mollifying those who have directly or indirectly suffered over the years at the hands of krazed killers? If the fight against extremism is to have any chance of success, it must be multipronged and above all, well-thought-out and cohesive. Efforts such as those outlined above are indeed a first step, but no more than that. They need to be buttressed by a long-term plan and strong measures to counter the poisonous narrative of the krazed killers, who must be isolated from those who preach peaceful religious values. Unfortunately, that is as yet not in evidence, notwithstanding the consensus against terrorism. Where is the effort to strengthen the judicial process, for example? To empower Sherlocks and prosecutors and to protect judges and witnesses? In fact, to create a system that can deter the krazed killer mindset evident across the country? As the operation against the |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 thank you so much Trailing Wife It is the hidden funding slick of Islamism - kept so quiet that we should shout right out about it!! but to do so leaves you wide open to attack, you get called a bigot and a racist an everything under the sun, an internet bully - you name it. Just for speaking the truth and asking not to pay for religion on your groceries |
| Posted by: Whaling Bonaparte8551 2015-01-21 20:50 |
| #1 Slick Ebbins7546, we had so many articles today that I moved your article to tomorrow, so that it could get more attention. I agree, this form of soft jihad desperately needs the cleansing light of day. Thank you for shining that light for us here. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-01-21 20:37 |