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| Qaeda still recruits madrassa students in Pakistan: CNN |
| 2007-07-09 |
| Al Qaeda is still active in Pakistan and recruiting madrassa students to carry out terrorist activities around the world, a CNN special report, Pakistan-The threat lies within, said. The report referred to the 7/7 London bombings’ suspect Shahzad Tanveer’s suicide message in which Al Qaeda deputy chief Aiman Al Zwahri had said that Tanveer was a madrassa student in Pakistan and that he was trained for the attack in an Al Qaeda training camp. “Besides supporting the Taliban and Al Qaeda ideology, madrassas are spreading sectarian and religious violence,” said Harvard University fellow Hassan Abbas, a former police officer. The report also showed Lal Masjid deputy cleric Abdul Rasheed Ghazi saying that his ideology was similar to Osama Bin Laden’s. “Jihad is an integral part of Islam and we cannot deny it because we cannot amend Islam,” Ghazi said. Although Musharraf claimed that Pakistan came first, but in reality he held US interests dear, he said. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Aitzaz Ahsan said Musharraf’s actions against the seminaries were half-hearted, as they had not shown any results. “When Musharraf goes to America he convinces the Americans that mullahs will take over if he doesn’t remain in power, but on his return he tries to convince mullahs that the US will come if he quits,” Ahsan added. NWFP Governor Ali Muhammad Jan Orakzai said the war on terror was damaging Pakistan’s interests, and pressed for the need to review Pakistan’s strategy saying, “We should weigh our gains and losses in the war on terror.” The US and Britain consider Pakistan a key ally in the war on terror, but at the same time Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters still call it their home, CNN reported. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 “Jihad is an integral part of Islam and we cannot deny it because we cannot amend Islam,” Ghazi said. There you have it right from the horse's mouth - the reason why Islam should be banned in any part of the world where it does not have a native foothold. |
| Posted by: Glusorong the Slender4698 2007-07-09 03:23 |