Pakistan: Mob of "pro-Taliban radicals" beats student to death for playing music

Posted by Marisol on March 21, 2010 12:03 AM

Emulating Muhammad's [1] profound hostility toward music. "Student beaten to death for playing music," from [2] Big News Network, March 20:

A student has died after being beaten to death by pro-Taliban radicals at a Pakistani university.
The beating, which occurred earlier in the week, culminated in the death of Anan Khan, who attended the University of Engineering & Technology in Peshawar.
He was severely beaten with several other students at the university by members of a student wing of the hard-line Jamiat-e Islami party.
Witnesses have said the IJT attacked Adnan for playing music.
Members of the IJT have a record of breaking up music appreciation functions and dance parties on the campus.

Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/03/pakistan-mob-of-pro-taliban-radicals-beats-student-to-death-for-playing-music.html

URLs in this post:
[1] http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/10/afghan-musician-hopes-the-taliban-will-go-away-so-he-can-play-again.html
[2] http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=614464