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| Religious parties to mull over anti-govt drive |
| 2016-03-09 |
| [DAWN] Perturbed at Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... Women Protection Law and execution of Mumtaz Qadri, religious forces are assembling at 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 independentbranch 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... headquarters here next week to mull over launching a joint anti-government drive. Markazi Jamaat Ahle Hadith President Prof Sajid Mir says the meeting will be held on March 15. MJAH is an ally of the ruling PML-N. "The meeting will discuss a big movement aimed at protection of religious values of the country," Mir says. He says the liberal forces have targeted family system of Islam through the women protection law but he vows to thwart the move. He says the law lacks backing of any religious force as not a single religious party has approved of it. To combine their forces against the law, he says, leadership of all religious parties is going to meet at Mansoora on March 15 to discuss various options of holding protest. |
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