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Afghanistan/South Asia
Govt orders confiscation of sectarian literature
2005-01-17
The federal government has ordered the provincial governments and the Islamabad administration to crackdown on publications and videos that promote sectarian violence and glorify Al Qaeda. The Interior Ministry recently received intelligence reports detailing some such material in booklets, audio cassettes and CDs and being sold in markets all over Pakistan, sources told Daily Times. The material includes speeches by Haq Nawaz Jhangvi and Maulana Ziaur Rehman Farooqi, former leaders of the outlawed Sunni militant group Sipah-e-Sahaba, in which they call for attacks against Shias, the source said.

Also on sale are video CDs that contain "subversive propaganda" against the president and the armed forces, particularly criticising Pakistan's support of the US-led invasion of Afghanistan and continuing military operations in Wana, the sources said. Some videos and CDs claim to show footage from Wana operations - horrific scenes of scattered human limbs, burnt and mutilated bodies of civilians including women and children, bodies of Pakistan Army soldiers, rallying foreign fighters and the speeches of their leaders.
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