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Pakistan: Muslims murder candidate who was foe of Taliban with jihad martyrdom suicide bomb as he campaigns

Jul 11, 2018 1:15 pm By Robert Spencer

Why we don’t see more sincere Muslim reformers and foes of jihad terrorism.

“Taliban Opponent in Pakistan Killed by Bomb as He Campaigns,” by Ismail Khan and Salman Masood, New York Times, July 10, 2018

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A candidate from a political party opposed to the Taliban was killed in a suicide bombing late Tuesday as he campaigned in northwestern Pakistan, just weeks before the country goes to the polls.

At least 12 people were killed and dozens were wounded, several of them critically, police and hospital officials said. The death toll was expected to rise, officials said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but immediate suspicion fell on the Pakistani Taliban, which has frequently attacked secularist politicians….

The candidate who was killed, Haroon Bilour, belonged to a prominent political family from Peshawar, the capital of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.

Mr. Bilour, who was running for a provincial assembly seat, was at a campaign event late Tuesday night when the bomber detonated his explosives jacket, police officials said….

The Bilours belonged to the Awami National Party, whose opposition to the Taliban has made it a repeated target of the militants. Several of the A.N.P.’s leaders and at least 700 of its workers have been killed in the past decade….

“Yet another A.N.P. leader has sacrificed his life for the sake of peace and democracy,” Sardar Hussain Babak, the provincial general secretary of Awami National Party, said in a telephone interview. “We have a long list of martyrs, and we will continue to fight against the forces of extremism and militancy.”

Mr. Babak, who is also running for elections, said the party leadership was getting threats from the Taliban on an almost daily basis.

“But the federal and provincial governments have failed to provide us with security,” he said. “We had made our own security arrangements.”

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  1. Rarely says

    Jul 11, 2018 at 1:28 pm

    In islam this is what they call “Political Debate” simply murder those with whom you disagree. Being against violence begets violence. Because this seems so commonplace (over 700 ANP members killed in the past decade) it must take a lot of courage to be a “peace” candidate.
    How very sad.

    • Cicero says

      Jul 11, 2018 at 2:38 pm

      Soon coming to a village close to you
      Kill those with whom you disagree

  2. melek-ric says

    Jul 11, 2018 at 2:18 pm

    Against the Taliban (literally “students” – of Islamic doctrine); secular; reformist? This Haroon Bilour was obviously an enemy of Allah and His Prophet, who had hurt Allah and therefore richly deserved punishment in this life and hellfire in the afterlife. The suicide bomber who murdered him is now basking in the highest level of Jannat, enjoying his extra allotment of sloe-eyed virgins.

  3. gravenimage says

    Jul 11, 2018 at 8:51 pm

    Pakistan: Muslims murder candidate who was foe of Taliban with jihad martyrdom suicide bomb as he campaigns
    …………………………

    This poor man. This is what Islam does.

  4. Hari Singh says

    Jul 12, 2018 at 3:40 am

    Pakistan was formed to create a Muslims State, not a state of Muslims. Its reason for being it is based on the Shariat. Its Army is considered an instrument of Jihad. Its only hope is Islam which means it has no hope. The Awami party mistake Pakistan for a civil society where they have election as if it’s Charing Cross London or some other civilized place. They are brave souls.

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