Pakistan's Jihad Culture

Submitted by Gajju (India), Jul 27, 2007 at 14:20

Radical Islamic groups, strongly represented in the Pakistani military and tacitly supported by the government, are destabilizing the country and the region and providing critical support to the Taliban regime in neighboring Afghanistan.

"By facilitating the activities of the irregulars in Kashmir, the Pakistani government is inadvertently promoting internal sectarianism, supporting international terrorists, weakening the prospect for peace in Kashmir, damaging Pakistan's international image, spreading a narrow and violent version of Islam throughtout the region, and increasing tensions with India--- all against the interest of Pakistan as a whole."

Pakistan's Jihad Culture is influencing Muslims in South Asia and preparing a fertile ground for Islamic revolution and Talibanisation of India , Pakistan and Bangladesh.

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