COVER STORY: PAKISTAN

Where the Jihad Lives Now

Islamic militants have spread beyond their tribal bases, and have the run of an unstable, nuclear-armed nation.

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  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 12/29/2007 6:52:56 PM

    There is only one problem with Islam and that is the chapter of JIHAD. They use this chapter because to them it is exciting, it protects them, it helps them control the masses. All other chapters are boring, no one wants to follow those chapters. The difference between Christian extremist and Muslim extremist is that they the value of human life. Suicide is one of the worst acts in Christianity. Islam glorifies suicide, and rewards the family of "Martyrs". This JIHAD chapter unifies MUSLIMS, they are united by war, not peace. There has not been one instant in history where the KORAN HAS brought peace. It is their culture. Christianity has evolved, just like barbarians eventually became civilized, so did Christianity. Even moderate Muslims are swayed by the JIHAD CHApter. The offspring of these moderates have already carried out attacks in England and have tried in Canada and AMerica. What is amazing is that they were born and raised in North America. It is amazing how the youth are influenced by the Iraq war. They turn on the T.V and become enraged. Their only hope to strike back is JIHAD. Remember Muslims have been indoctrinating their own for centuries. They have finally perfected it. This chapter allows leaders to indoctrinate their people all around the world. The " Ayattolah" has used this doctrine on Salman Rushdie who is an INDIAN. The only way to deal with a nuclear threat, is in private. We should gurantee all countries FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS. However if the people choose an extremist government then they must know the consequences. IT IS THESE SAME CONSEQUENCES THAT have DETERed RUSSIA FROM USING THEIR NUCLEAR ARSERNAL AS MUSCLE. WE WILL Annihlate YOU if you threaten with nuclear weapons. That is why the Middle East Government threaten Israel because they know better. The same goes for pakistan, any government that takes power after Free and Fair Elections, will be delivered the same message, In addition, they will assist us in the HUNT FOR BIN LADEN. Keeping Bin LADEN alive seems to be making a lot of people rich. We need to get Bin LADEN and let these There is only one problem with Islam and that is the chapter of JIHAD. They use this chapter because to them it is exciting, it protects them, it helps them control the masses. All other chapters are boring, no one wants to follow those chapters. The difference between Christian extremist and Muslim extremist is that they do not value human life. Suicide is one of the worst acts in Christianity. Islam glorifies suicide, and rewards the family of "Martyrs". This JIHAD chapter unifies MUSLIMS, they are united by war, not peace.

    • Posted By: hamzaparvez18 @ 03/19/2009 4:30:04 PM

      Muslims ruled the world for more then 700 year.and in this period there was a peace.

      • Posted By: Nath @ 08/17/2009 6:58:40 AM

        Your postal code stated right now will give you a seat in heaven to bump 72 goats in Allah's brothels...we have drone somewhere near you - A Kafir

  • Posted By: Nath @ 08/17/2009 6:57:22 AM

    There is a global awareness now on the need to fix the world & how to fix Islam - but darkness prevails on the best method - a solution that is simple and sure will evolve from here. Sounds far fetched & too optimistic ? Consider the peculiar case of 1 million deaths in the Iran Iraq war- this was technically not a Jihad with Kafir and hence all those dead went to HELL for no fault of theirs except that they had Saddam as "boss" - bad leadership brought ruin to followers!

    Every one agrees that nuclear attack on entire middle east from either US or Israel canoot be ruled out at all - but not many know that it appears to be very central to planners of Islamic life. As all muslims prey 5 times a day for death in jihad and seat in heaven to bump 72 goats - this is the most practical way for a benevoilent & merciful kafir like our Mr Bush to deliver a heavenly martyrdom in jihad to all muslims on equal footing.... so that at the Allah's brothel - stock of 72 goats/ martyr can be enjoyed equally by each muslim not just a few selected Talibans & Wahabbis..a case of good leadership solving every problem on earth and in heaven!!

  • Posted By: aajizana @ 11/06/2008 7:33:38 PM

    Benazir Bhutto was a tyrant who got a sympathy vote on her death, unfortunatel.y. She ate Pakistan up during her tenure as a Prime Minister. Zardari is another *** who likes to hug U.S. governors and tell them how gorgeous they are, however he is afraid to talk about the real issue, because he has never faced real issue. He is mentally retarded.

    Secondly, the notion in the west that Pakistan will be taken over by Taliban and somethings gonna happen to the nuclear weapons, is as silly as to say that 1 mice can rob a house of cats while they are awake. Pakistan has been spending money and efforts, 80% if its entire economy to Pakistan Army for more than 60 years now. We are not Iraq, Afghanistan or Iran who can be threatened. We have pissed India many times, a country 10 times bigger in population, land, economy, army, airforce and navy. These Talibans will be brought to their destiny; a brutal death. The war however will be difficult. If Obama wants to blame Pakistan who has only been fighting with Taliban for under a year, he should look at his Army's performance too, that is there for almost 7 years now.

    • Posted By: Desiatheart @ 01/06/2009 8:17:05 AM

      Excuse me --Yes u have pissed INdia --ten times bigger and BETTER than you many times coz of your TERRORIST activites. India is the only country in the world with true peace motives.
      Do not see our peace efforts as weakensses-- INdia can blow up Pakistan a hundred times without feeling a hiccup.
      Bloody Rogue Unemployed Poor Illiterate Non Productive Pakistani --Shut the hell up and go do your Namaaaz !

  • Posted By: DANIA @ 11/16/2008 9:21:59 AM

    dear trooper101 i beg u to cross into pakistan n we ll show u the hell u hav even not seen in iraq or afghanistan,PROMISE or vietnam.How many failures or misadventures i hve to remind u.Moreso your mothers are already fed up of boxes coming back from war and they want an end to it. But even then if u want another misadventure and your detoriorating economy can withsand another imposition of war on a struggling country i rpeat my above mentioned promise.WE WILL AND WE SHALL SHOW U ALIVING HELL

    • Posted By: aajizana @ 12/24/2008 6:12:59 PM

      Well, calling Pakistan names wont change the reality. Whatever I said about the US army is true. However, I would really love to see you have the so-called green light to enter Pakistan, just so that we can show you hell on earth dude. Pakistan's 3rd or 4th option is a sprinkle of 110 nuclear warheads right into the ass of intruders. Just remember one thing, us Muslims? ... our real lives start the day we die. We might be dead but we will give you hell before we are.

      However everything above was just an answer to your stupid remarks. Let me remind you, every sane Pakistani sees USA as an allie and looks at the US army with respect, so do I, however you have to admit that your military has made some very big mistakes... mistakes like Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan... and therefore, one more mistake could lead you where you had never imagined to be.

      Peace for all. Long live Pakistan. God bless this world.

  • Posted By: rakonline @ 12/20/2008 4:22:09 PM

    I wonder how can the writer of this article ignore the fact that USA used to aide the now-enemy Jihadi organizations in Pakistan at times of USSR-Afghanistan war.

    I mean, let me for a second believe what's written, and ignore the part where the writer has exaggerated about the situation in Pakistan to unimaginable levels, I think it is a very well-known fact how CIA aided not only the jihadi organizations and made them stronger in Pakistan at that time, but also funded our religious parties and asked them to promote the idea of Jihad in the mosques and public-religious gatherings
    Pakistan has been fighting these terrorists for the past nine years and if you talk about success! well, how much successful is US and NATO army in afghanistan fighting the talibans who are in control of many areas in Afghanistan. It This article is nothing more than a false propaganda against Pakistan..

  • Posted By: jbz7879 @ 12/07/2008 6:35:02 AM

    god newsweek you take the cake for being the biggest anti muslim mendacious publication who does not even have a clue of what it prints ,
    i think you need a new boardroom of editors who at least know how to sell and fabricate a convincing lie ,this was hilariously funny with tribals running amok with nukes in turbans in karachi sheraton and the muslim women in veils with ballistic missiles which you forgot to, print ,did your reporter forget to visit the brothels of the whore houses in lahore -the famed heera mundi

  • Posted By: jbz7879 @ 12/07/2008 6:29:09 AM

    this is sheer false propaganda against a muslim nuclaear nation to prepare a ground for intervention ,

    it will never suceed as long as there is one pakistani alive of the 160 million in pakistan alone and they stand united too ,
    stop your venomous damnations -it is so trite and repetitive even an infantile primal mind can see your ludicrous motives

  • Posted By: jbz7879 @ 12/07/2008 6:24:31 AM

    jihad MEANS STRUGGLE AGAINST YOUR OWN DEMONS

    you will not even begin to comprehend the word with your fickle minds

    your attemptes to destabilise pakistan are in total vain ,
    it is walleged in pakistan usa and india have so far injected 100 billion illicit dollars to destabilise pakistan ,instead it is working against their nefarious intents ,

    come on man wake up and find a decent moral bone in your reptilian structure

  • Posted By: Trooper101st @ 11/07/2008 8:56:58 AM

    AAJIZANA you fail to mention that P-stans ISI, a major part of the PAK Army, and the Frontier Corps aid and abet the people who's wish it is to overthrow the P-stani Gov. Not only that, the P-stani FC and regular Army assist the T-ban/AQ with intel about US troop movements, as well as ENGAGING US troops who chase these dogs across the border. We have engaged P-stani military units while fighting the jihadi's that you say you want eliminated. You are misinformed lady, parts of ur military and intel service work hand in hand. If your government cannot get thier Corps commanders to battle our common enemy, WHO IS IN CHARGE? I will say this: If ur Gov. cannot, will not eliminate the camps, compounds, madrossa's, and the leaders of the T-ban/AQ, WE will. Your comment about the US military has infuriiated me, and the guys I serve with. You wanna see hell on earth? Thats wat we will give you when we get the green lite to cross into ur DYSFUNCTIONAL "country"....a failed state full of hadji's. You will eat ur words lady.

  • Posted By: nickdouglos @ 10/27/2008 3:52:56 PM

    ???By the time, verily man is in a state of loss. Except those who believe and perform righteous deeds, and advise each other to the truth, and advise each other to patience.??? [Sooratul-???Asr 103:1-3]

    Allah said in the Qur'an: "Invite to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided." [An-Nisaa'(16) :125]

  • Posted By: shaukatmx @ 10/17/2008 6:23:30 PM

    why western media not tell the truth western always support terrorist they build Talban and now we are suffering

  • Posted By: sazmat @ 09/11/2008 8:49:28 PM

    Naeem don't waist your time and energy with these idiots who have one thing in mind which is taught by their leaders that brand all muslims terrorist and rule the world. But let me tell you that THE BEAR IS WOKEN UP IN GEORGIA and the roar is heard all over the world. not only that the strategic bombers and nuked ships are in latim ameriac. Kiani army general in Pakisatn has learnt how coward the army of US and NATO is which can only attack armless and poor nations but with pakistan they are gona learn a lesson which their generations would even remeber if disagree then ask BEAR.

  • Posted By: sazmat @ 09/11/2008 8:42:22 PM

    Naeem, you are waisting your time these scums are brain washed by the followers of new doctrine called " brand all muslims terrorist and rule the world ". But i have this message for them that THE BEAR IS WOKEN UP with huge roar, NAT O and US are worried as they thought it would never happen again. And another good news is that strategic bombers and nuclear weaponed ships are in latin america. And Pakistan army INSHA ALLAH would kick these cowards out of the regions which should have happened long time ago but its never too late.

  • Posted By: peacemakers @ 09/11/2008 5:30:27 PM

    Bush has nothing else to explain than to fight against terrorism lectures. I wonder why didn he still catch Bin Ladin. He is not only wasting time and money of American Nation but also he is creating problems for rest of the world. I am sure he is fond off testing new weapons on civilians. And after all this bombing on them he expects them to welcome American and NATO forces; how funny lol. How can we burn somebody's house and then inform him we did this to make peace hehe

  • Posted By: peacemakers @ 09/11/2008 5:13:56 PM

    Well its all a crap. You should focus on missing tapes of black boxes of Planez used to create 9/11 drama Plus the Flight 93 dispute lol than to befool nation

  • Posted By: iggasuz @ 03/04/2008 12:48:15 AM

    Naeemm....whatever...you can't even spell Koran...you suck !!1 Get over yourself..
    If you where in my neighborhood I'd say..go back to the suck ass butt cheek of the world you crawled from....

    • Posted By: pbuhwasevil @ 03/06/2008 1:04:57 AM

      that should be Pakiland I think

  • Posted By: zubair baig @ 10/26/2007 12:15:40 AM

    i totally disagre with this one sided story. It is tatally nonsence, how any one can compare Pakistan with any other company in term of voilence, terror or bomb blast with out providing some statistical comperision, graphical representation and other parameters of comparisoin. We dont expect from Newsweek management to print any thing of such intensity without taking care of all parameters. I stongly belive there must be some other ways else to boost the sale of ur magazie.

    • Posted By: dimose @ 02/18/2008 6:11:47 PM

      hey zubair, you talk nonsense, compare other democratic countries and pakistan. dont try to be a teacher. world is changing....ok. how is your family?

  • Posted By: naeem73 @ 02/18/2008 10:38:25 AM

    Having said all this, once modern worlds' so called educated brains when say that Islam is aggressive, and ignore their absurd leaders like BUSH's action to spread state terror all over the world and made Americans vulnerable and disrespected all over the world. In fact Islam is name of peace but it forbids to cowardly bear the atrocities of aggressors. Islam considers one innocent man's killing as demise of all universe.
    But as per the suicide attacks in Iraq, Palestine and Pakistan are concerned, be honest to analyse properly that such acts are not ACTION but REACTIONS of the absurd actions of US and Israel who are killing innocent women, kids and men just to expand their empires and embezzle the Oil in Iraq.
    British has left a bone of contention KASHMIR between India and Pakistan so that these two potentially talented nations keep on fighting and never gain peace and US and WEST keep on selling their weapons to them. IN fact US is the biggest enemy of peace of world. I am not saying all this in any reaction but this is fact. Even most of educated and sensible Americans would agree and they are fed up with BUSH's policies.
    Message of Islam is "LIVE AND LET LIVE"
    In the end I would suggest my non-Muslim friends to read Kuran with free and clean mind and they would find it interesting not boring and would find solution to every problem in it. In fact WEST and US's social and political problems can be solved to follow the great teachings of Islam which even Muslim leaders are not doing just to prolong their rule under the auspices of US policies.
    Lets spread Peace and Love in the world and stop producing Weapons and lets make a consensus on banning to produce destructive and any form of weapons.
    Peace and Prosperity lies in working together not to split the world in social, ethnic and religious groups. Though Islam is a reality and fact of life but Islam does not teach Muslims to spread it by forcefully imposing on others. Islam is complete code of life. Islam is based on nature. Islam is peace. Islam is love.
    Naeem Amin Sabir

  • Posted By: naeem73 @ 02/18/2008 10:37:47 AM

    I have read some comments against and in favour of Islam, I would like to share some piece of info with my ignorant non-Muslim friends who blindly write against any religion whereby they even do not know about their own religion Christianity. Had they studied their own religious books they would have accepted Islam and Kuran, for all the truths had been mention in Bible about Kuran and Islam but there's so many alterations in current Bibles that such truths have been hidden from Christians. . There is a saying when we lose the way we should start from beginning and any community or a sect should not be judged by action of an individual but from the basic teachings or practice of its leaders. Now If someone is really interested to know about Islam he must read the life of our Prohet who has spent 40 years among non-believers till Allah bestowed him with the responsibility to pass His message to ignorant people of that time who were drowned in Liquor and bury their daughters immediately after their birth. Girl was thought a symbol of bad luck that time and disgraced. People were recognised by the big family name they carry rather than their abilities or actions. Prophet Muhammad PBUH showed his character of 40 years to persuade those ignorants to show the light of Islam and leave the dark practices but that time also blinds opposed him without knowing the truth and kept on trying to fail Muhammad PBUH but he was blessed with Allah's special care and patience that he has been preaching for 13 years (out of his 23 years of his prophet-hood) peacefully in the hope that these ignorant would accept His message one day. But once he realised that despite all efforts of peace and harmony these people dont understand rather think him to be weak and kept on attacking and imposing wars on Muhammad PBUH then in reaction to defend himself and his nation Muhammad PBUH raised the sword against such negative elements, for its atrocity to bear the atrocities. And one must raise voice against aggressors.
    Naeem Amin Sabir
    member naeem73

  • Posted By: farhan85 @ 01/19/2008 3:31:12 PM

    The only thing is about this article is to add fuel in the fire. to whom the west is saying mujahideen is actually the growth by the USA to destroy Russia jihad doesnt teach about the suicide its totally wrong in Islam first understand something then comment on that. just read Qur'an the holy book of Muslims then figure out if there is any one statement yea i m serious any one statement is against humanity..
    hope one can understand about ISLAM!!!

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