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Imran Khan blames war on terror for religious extremism
[Arab News]  The war on terror is the root cause for the increase in terrorism, injustice and intolerance, said cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan... who isn't your heaviest-duty thinker... on Sunday. "Some people feel that Islam is under threat and to save Islam people start sacrificing themselves more," said the chief of the Tehrik-e-Insaf party. He said the liquidation of the governor of Punjab, Salman Taseer, was a direct result of religious intolerance. "This intolerance got a flip when Pakistain joined the global war against terrorism. People of Pakistain consider the protection of Islamic laws mandatory for the state of Pakistain," he said. "There is a sound reason for the blasphemy law, and the real reason for the rising terrorism -- that is being witnessed in Pakistain -- is actually the US-led war against terrorism," he added. "Even England has a blasphemy law and there is a sound reason for this ... Allama Iqbal proposed a bill in the 1920s in the Punjab legislative assembly which provides punishment for anything being said against any religious personality," he said. Khan suggested that all political parties need to collectively take a decision on Pakistain's ongoing role in the war on terror to bring an end to the violence that is being witnessed in the country. Posted by: Fred 2011-01-10 |
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