kellyramsey + pakistan 6
Pakistan: Music centres threatened by religious extremists (Marvaiz Khan, Freemuse)
november 2007 by kellyramsey
"warning music centres' owners to abide by the principles of Islam & close down their businesses,... warns all school-going girls & their teachers to make sure that they will be wearing an Islamic veil... – otherwise their schools will be bombed"
Pakistan
religion
november 2007 by kellyramsey
Impotence fears hit polio drive (Ashfaq Yusufzai, BBC News)
november 2007 by kellyramsey
"a resident of NWFP's Swat district, quoted Maulana Fazlullah of a local FM channel as telling his listeners the vaccination drive was "a conspiracy of the Jews and Christians to stunt the population growth of Muslims". Fazlullah confirmed this to BBC,"
Pakistan
religion
november 2007 by kellyramsey
Pakistan's Valley of Extremism (Aryn Baker, Time)
november 2007 by kellyramsey
""Many of his listeners were poor and illiterate," says a businessman from Matta who fled... "They suffer under rich landlords who give them no rights. They think that if they follow [Fazlullah] they will be able to occupy their own lands, under Shari'a."
Pakistan
religion
november 2007 by kellyramsey
Pakistan's Swat Valley: In the Realm of Mullah Fazlullah (Matthias Gebauer, Spiegel)
november 2007 by kellyramsey
"Several bombs exploded in bazaars, and girls' schools -- to whose uniforms Fazullah took exception -- received hate mail. In radio broadcasts, he ordered mothers not to let their daughters out of the house."
Pakistan
religion
november 2007 by kellyramsey
Pivotal test of Pakistan's will against extremists (Laura King, Los Angeles Times)
november 2007 by kellyramsey
"militants have bombed girls' schools, ordered women to wear head-to-toe burkas,... [Fazlullah] has railed against girls' education and ordered followers not to allow polio vaccinations for their children, calling them a Zionist plot to sterilize Muslims"
Pakistan
religion
november 2007 by kellyramsey