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| Only 17percent tribesmen favour armed jihad: survey |
| 2008-03-21 |
| Only 17 percent of tribesmen are in favour of armed jihad, while 57 percent believe that jihad entails studying the holy Quran, not fighting, and 50 percent believe Shariah can bring peace to the Tribal Areas. A survey conducted by a NGO Community Appraisal and Motivation Programme in the Tribal Areas revealed that 50 percent of the tribesmen were willing to allow political parties to function in their areas, BBC Urdu reported. However, it shows that 44 percent are not ready to permit the activities of political parties. They fear that, with the arrival of political parties, the already volatile law and order situation will further aggravate. The survey, which questioned 1,000 people - 150 each from the seven agencies that comprise the Tribal Areas - also showed that 68 percent of the tribals, including women, literate and illiterate people, were in favour of honour killings. However, CAMP head Naveed Shanwari admitted that he was unable to visit Bajur Agency and Waziristan because of the law and order situation, and had to settle for answers from tribesmen present at bus stands. The survey revealed that the tribals appeared to be divided on whether their areas should be incorporated into the NWFP and showed that 83 percent of them believed that they should be allowed to carry weapons to ensure their safety. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Of course, 17% is roughly 1/6. The population of Pakistan is 164,000,000. If the tribal areas are even 10% of that, that gives over 2 and 1/2 Million jihadis. So "only" 17% can be misleading. Of course, this is not really a valid sample, given the methodology and other problem with the survey, but I'll bet that the number of at least potential jihadis in Pakistan is over several million. |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-03-21 22:47 |
| #2 But half of those waiting at bus stops want to take the ultimate jihad step of imposing Muslim law on everyone else, and more than a third of the bus waiters accept murder as the proper punishment for uppity women. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-03-21 07:18 |
| #1 Only 17percent tribesmen favour armed jihad: survey By any chance would that be the 17% that ARE Jihadists? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-03-21 03:52 |