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2018-02-28 India-Pakistan

A New Strand of Islamist Extremism in Pakistan

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Posted by Spot 2018-02-28 09:24|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 More from the article:

Most militant Islamist organizations in South Asia—and particularly in Pakistan—adhere to either the Deobandi-Sunni or Ahl-e-Hadith (Salafist) schools of Islam. Prominent among these are Deobandi organizations like Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Harkat ul Jihad-e-Islami, Harkat ul Mujahedeen, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Lashkar-e-Omar and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. Meanwhile, al-Qaeda, Islamic State, Waliyat-e-Khurasan, Hizb-ut Tahrir and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) adhere to the Salafist tradition.

By contrast, before the emergence of Tehreek-i-Labaik, no Islamist organization belonging to the Barelvi sect of Sunni Islam had been involved in violent activities. Sunni Tehreek, a Barelvi group that is now part of Tehreek-i-Labaik, was considered by some to have violent tendencies, but it was not a designated terrorist organization.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-02-28 10:07|| 2018-02-28 10:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Like I said a while back, Pakistan is a collection of places and people that no one else wanted.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-02-28 10:12|| 2018-02-28 10:12|| Front Page Top

#3 How is that different than Gaza, Sock?

Posted by Skidmark 2018-02-28 11:51|| 2018-02-28 11:51|| Front Page Top

#4 Skiddy,

Yep, you could say the same thing about Gaza...if the Jews didn't want it after the Yom Kippur was, you just know its a real pile. The Israelis can literally make paradise out of anything, witness the Negev, but they didn't want Gaza.

It is interesting though, as much trouble as the Philistines gave the Hebrews back in the day, you would think there would be enough institutional angst to at least want to raze everything in Gaza to the ground and piss on the rubble...

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-02-28 14:07|| 2018-02-28 14:07|| Front Page Top

#5 A New Strand of Islamist Extremism in Pakistan

Then it must be Wednesday.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-02-28 15:58|| 2018-02-28 15:58|| Front Page Top

#6 Why can't it be - new cancer cure discovered? Or, more prosaically, new consumer product invented?

Posted by Zhang Fei 2018-02-28 22:58|| 2018-02-28 22:58|| Front Page Top

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