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India-Pakistan
JI hints at launching anti-Nato supply drive
2012-05-17
[Dawn] Opposing the possible restoration of NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
supply, Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
chief Munawar Hasan said on Tuesday that it would be aimed at helping enemies and amounted to committing political suicide and hinted at launching a campaign against the move.

The JI chief demanded that the government implement in letter and spirit the resolutions unanimously adopted by parliament.

The United States had threatened Pakistain by not inviting it to the Chicago summit, he said, but added that without Pakistain, neither peace could be established in Afghanistan nor would the summit be meaningful.

Extremism and terrorism were the outcome of the situation created by the US intervention, the JI chief said.
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