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India-Pakistan
Militants blow up 63 shops in Swat
2007-09-08
MINGORA: Suspected militants on Friday blew up 63 CD and shoe shops in the Mina Bazaar and Ali Plaza and partially damaged 21 nearby shops, but there were no casualties, witnesses said.

In Ali Plaza, the explosion destroyed 19 shops selling shoes and a mobile repairing shop in the basement, while 27 CD shops and a mobile repairing shop were destroyed in the first floor of the plaza.

In Mina Bazaar, the blast destroyed 15 CD shops and partially damaged nine nearby shops. Around 12 mobile repairing shops were partially damaged in Qadria Market. Offices of Daily Times, Aaj TV and Online news agency were also partially damaged due to the Mina Bazaar blasts, which also broke the windowpanes of Lalazaar Hotel, Bolan Hotel and Anwar Hotel.

A few days ago, unidentified people had threatened the owners of these video and CDs shops through letters, warning them to close their “un-Islamic” business or face bomb attacks. The owners of the video centres had started negotiating with the local administration to find alternative businesses. However, the militants bombed the CD shops after the deadline expired.
Posted by:Fred

#8  no MANOLO'S!
Posted by: Frank G   2007-09-08 20:47  

#7  Sorry. Frozen Al, of course. My apologies.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-09-08 20:39  

#6  They probably weren't the traditional, but not terribly effective, curly toed slippers, tu3031. Just as they went after shops selling Western-style suits and such, when they should have been selling whatever was fashionable at the time of the Moghul conquest, with those silly little hats to match.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-09-08 20:38  

#5  They need a reason? Where's it say that in the Koran?
Posted by: tu3031   2007-09-08 14:41  

#4  Does anyone know why shoes are suddenly un-Islamic?

Al
Posted by: Frozen Al   2007-09-08 14:37  

#3  Really good point, Zenster.
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-09-08 13:13  

#2  This is an important development. Merely causing people to have no fun at all barely works in a country where there isn't much fun to be had in the first place. Whereas, causing people to have no job at all is guaranteed to really piss them off in a big way. Bring on Islam's typical economic trainwreck. It's the sure way of increasing jihad's unpopularity.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-09-08 12:48  

#1  CD and shoe shops? I'd like to see their marketing strategy...
Posted by: tu3031   2007-09-08 00:25  

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