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Cheers and tears in Pakistan after governor's assassination

World Jan. 06, 2011 - 05:09AM JST ( 12 )

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ppayneJan. 06, 2011 - 10:14AM JST

Stay classy, Pakistan.
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nandakandamandaJan. 06, 2011 - 10:14AM JST

He betrayed someone's trust. He shot him in the back. He murdered him.

Why? For ... words?

There must have been something more, something political behind this.

Even religious zealotry would surely not stoop so low.
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AdamBJan. 06, 2011 - 10:17AM JST

Good old peacefull Islam at it again. Getting killed for trying to save a person who insulted their prophet. Now thats an understanding religion
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nandakandamandaJan. 06, 2011 - 12:48PM JST

This attack is very similar in many ways to the Fort Hood shooting. Sure there are differences, but it is the same principles and the same battleground. This is where the world has a fundamental problem to sort out.
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smithinjapanJan. 06, 2011 - 06:25PM JST

AdamB: "Good old peacefull Islam at it again"

Anyone who cheers for the death of another is sick, regardless of religion. Radicalism in any form is also twisted, again regardless of definition. I think it's sad that Pakistan has slid, and continues to slide, into such extremism, but it seems they've had help by both Saudi Arabia and, surprise surprise, the US:

"The U.S. participated in this process by providing Zia’s government with billions of dollars that it funneled to the mujahideen fighting the Soviets in neighboring Afghanistan."

Someday the US will learn that funding an enemy to fight another enemy will not make the former a friend. Just ask about Bin Laden.
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tclhJan. 06, 2011 - 06:28PM JST

Politicians always have to lead and make difficult decisions at times; they can not protect themselves and must rely on security services for their safety. What a nightmare ,killed by your own bodyguard! From now on what hope is left for Pakistan?
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WilliBJan. 06, 2011 - 06:54PM JST

And the US and Euro politicians continue to sing the mantra that Pakistan is an "ally".
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WilliBJan. 06, 2011 - 06:56PM JST

tcih:

> " From now on what hope is left for Pakistan? "

Who´s hope? If you mean the muslim fundamentalist, they can be very hopeful indeed. Whatever is left of secular society in Pakistan is rapidly shrinking.
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NolivingJan. 06, 2011 - 11:56PM JST

"The U.S. participated in this process by providing Zia’s government with billions of dollars that it funneled to the mujahideen fighting the Soviets in neighboring Afghanistan." Someday the US will learn that funding an enemy to fight another enemy will not make the former a friend. Just ask about Bin Laden

After the Soviets left Afghanistan the US broke all ties with them, Pakistan chose to continue to use the "mujahideen" in the following decades and in some cases still using them, if they would have done what the US had done they probably would not be in this position. Plus the US had no direct contact with Bin laden or his group during the Soviet-Afghan war, the only contact the Pakistanis had with bin laden was that some of his fighters trained in their ISI training camps but the group that Bin laden was with was largely self funded and supplied.

The truth of the matter is that the ones responsible for the position that Pakistan is in is Pakistan, not Saudi Arabia or the US.
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mikehuntezJan. 07, 2011 - 02:34AM JST

Well that's the way Islam works. If you dare to blasphemy or oppose laws that call for death then you will be killed. Religious ruling by terror at the end of a gun. The world will learn this lesson too late that we'll end up having to fight this in the future not only in Pakistan but in our own countries too.
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nandakandamandaJan. 07, 2011 - 10:07AM JST

I know nothing else about this man, but on the face of it, here is a perfect example of a good Muslim, putting his own life in danger to save a woman of a different religion who had insulted his own Prophet.

I think we should all give him a really big hand. :clap:
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WilliBJan. 07, 2011 - 10:43AM JST

nandakamanda:

" I know nothing else about this man, but on the face of it, here is a perfect example of a good Muslim, putting his own life in danger to save a woman of a different religion who had insulted his own Prophet. "

Alas, the good muslims in Pakistan, including the so-called moderates, disagree with you. They applaud the murderer for defending the discriminatory blasphemy law. Would you care to take the discussion up with them?