“A new Pakistani political party controlled by an Islamist with a $10 million US bounty on his head is backing a candidate in a by-election on Sunday, in what a former senior army officer says is a key step in a military-proposed plan to mainstream militant groups.”
And Pakistan is a U.S. ally. Sure.
“Pakistan army pushes political role for Islamist groups,” Reuters, September 16, 2017:
A new Pakistani political party controlled by an Islamist with a $10 million US bounty on his head is backing a candidate in a by-election on Sunday, in what a former senior army officer says is a key step in a military-proposed plan to mainstream militant groups.
The Milli Muslim League party loyal to Hafiz Saeed – who the United States and India accuse of masterminding the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people – has little chance of seeing its favored candidate win the seat vacated when prime minister Nawaz Sharif was removed from office by the Supreme Court in July.
But the foray into politics by Saeed’s Islamist charity is following a blueprint that Sharif himself rejected when the military proposed it last year, retired Lieutenant General Amjad Shuaib told Reuters.
Three close Sharif confidants with knowledge of the discussions confirmed that Sharif had opposed the “mainstreaming” plan, which senior military figures and some analysts see as a way of steering ultra-religious groups away from violent jihad.
“We have to separate those elements who are peaceful from the elements who are picking up weapons,” Shuaib said.
Pakistan’s powerful military has long been accused of fostering militant groups as proxy fighters opposing neighboring arch-enemy India, a charge the army denies.
“PATRIOTIC PEOPLE”
Saeed’s religious charity launched the Milli Muslim League party within two weeks after the court ousted Sharif over corruption allegations.
Yaqoob Sheikh, the Lahore candidate for Milli Muslim League, is standing as an independent after the Electoral Commission said the party was not yet legally registered.
But Saeed’s lieutenants, JUD workers and Milli Muslim League officials are running his campaign and portraits of Saeed adorn every poster promoting Sheikh.
Another Islamist designated a terrorist by the United States, Fazlur Rehman Khalil, has told Reuters he too plans to soon form his own party to advocate strict Islamic law.
“God willing, we will come into the mainstream – our country right now needs patriotic people,” Khalil said, vowing to turn Pakistan into a state government by strict Islamic law….
gravenimage says
Pakistan army pushes political role for Islamic supremacist groups
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They have basically always done this–but now they are being more overt about it.
Why are we sending Pakistan money again?
PRCS says
My guy (Mclintock) doesn’t seem to give a damn about the “Islam” issue. I go to his Office Hours visits up here (usually one of his staff members) and always present him with a simple, two page opinion. I’m always told they agree and will get back to me.
Not sure what your “rep” (Lee) thinks about sending your money and mine to people who really ain’t our pals.
gravenimage says
Barbara Lee, of course, is one of the very worst representatives in Congress.
harbidoll says
I read Trump cut them off. He called them “back stabbers”! Dont know which “incident” set Trump off but how about, Pakistan is number 1 in the world for Honor, & blasphemy murders.! But probably money issues
John Forbes says
POLITICS makes for very strange bed fellows BUT in this case FAR TOO DANGEROUS & DISHONEST !
The OSAMA thing should have ended this relationship or at the very least curtailed it ! CHINA is also in PAKISTAN doing all sorts of infrastructure works !
This is a failed state & is very hard to deal with & they are the firm allies of SAUDI ARABIA with their army units in BAHRAIN as well !
VERY DANGEROUS & great supporters of terrorist groups all over including the MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD in CANADA & the US & Australia & the UK !
LeftisruiningCanada says
‘God willing, we will come into the mainstream – our country right now needs patriotic people,” Khalil said, vowing to turn Pakistan into a state government by strict Islamic law….’
Sounds wonderful. No, hang on, I meant chilling, awful, hell on earth. Yes, that’s it
Westman says
“Yaqoob Sheikh, the Lahore candidate for Milli Muslim League, is standing as an independent after the Electoral Commission said the party was not yet legally registered.”
This reminds me of Pablo Escobar running for president of Columbia. What kind of country lets criminals and criminal political parties run for office?
Pet Charles says
“Strict Islamic law”? You got to hand it to these guys. Given whats going on in Pakistan with blasphemy law, etc., they believe its not strict enough? And the UK chain immigration policy has an open door for these people and they keep crying when they get terrorist attacks? How can we take the US, Canada, UK, Germany, Sweden, France, etc seriously with their anti terrorist claims
PRCS says
“They” don’t think it’s strict enough, and Western “leaders” and “journalists” keep regurgitating the demonstrably false notion that “They’re” extremists.
gravenimage says
Nope–still not strict enough Shari’ah for the *truly* devout…
mortimer says
Pakistan is going to kill itself. Are the people this crazy?
gravenimage says
They are Muslims, after all.
harbidoll says
As Woody Allen said in the movie Bananas, “sooo now U will return home & go back to being simple farmers”? smirk!
Edgar Allan says
PAKISTAN SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO GO NUCLEAR
davej says
Pakistan is an insane asylum for Muslimists already. Can it get worse? Yes, they have nuclear weapons. A State that will kill an individual for “blasphemy” could easily extend that to entire countries.
mortimer says
Pakistan needs to revamp its old fashioned school system and stop them from teaching jihad or else sooner or later, Pakistan will blow up more than it has already.
Just stop teaching the supremacism and the hatred of kafirs.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
These are our allies. And they’re nuked up. Is it too early to squeal that we are doomed, or is it too late?
Sirippou Singaram says
These-Muslims- are dangerous. Get them out immediately.
Wakeup says
STOP SENDING THEM AID MR TRUMP !!!!!
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sidney penny says
“And Pakistan is a U.S. ally. Sure.”
Robert, you keep hitting the nail on the head.
Double face Pakistan.
aMan says
it is worth nothing that Indian politicians and academics, as well as men and women of the military, have remained confounded at what they see as the irrational urge among Pakistan’s Military-Mullah Establishment to provoke a war with India despite repeated defeats in 1947-48, 1965, 1971, and 1999.
The answer may be in this 2011 lecture by a prominent Islamic cleric and former banker Irfan-ul-Haq as he explains the genesis of Pakistan being the prophesied defeat of India and Hinduism at the hands of Pakistan in what is known in the Hadith (Hadees) literature as the ‘Ghazwa-e-Hind’ or the Prophet’s War on India.
The cleric tells his enthralled audience that Pakistan came about for the sole purpose of being the springboard of the end-of-times ‘Ghazwa-e-Hind’ when Pakistan’s military and people will swarm India and wipe out once and for all the practice of Hinduism from the face of the earth.
He says, only then will the armies of Islam march to meet the reincarnation of Jesus Christ in Syria from where Europe will be conquered and once that is done, human civilization will end on the prophesized day of Qayamat (Qayama in Arabic, the end of times
http://tarekfatah.com/why-does-pakistan-seek-a-war-with-india-its-ghazwa-e-hind-stupid/