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| Religious Ideology Of Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir |
| 2023-08-12 |
| [MEMRI.ORG] The religious ideology of Pakistain Army chief General Syed Asim Munir, who believes in jihad, albeit those jihads that are sponsored by his army, has attracted the attention of Islamists who are smitten by the fact that he is the first hafiz (i.e., one who has memorized the Koran) to become army chief. So, it is not surprising that in a public address in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 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 Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire... on August 7, 2023, General Asim Munir relied on terminology from jihadi discourse, using words like shari'a, kalimah, khawarij, jihad fi Sabeelillah ("jihad in the path of Allah"), and so on. On August 7, a meeting of elders, tribal chieftains, Islamic religious scholars, and others, known as a grand jirga, was called in Peshawar to shape public opinion against Tehrik-e-Taliban |
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