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...came to Jamia Hafsa to interview its headmistress, Umma Hassan, for a story about Islam in Pakistan. Aman, a pretty 22-year-old student in her final year, was her translator. Before the interview started, Aman talked about her desire to live according to the teachings of Islam, and how angry she was that her government did not support her. Students and teachers from both the men's and women's schools have embarked on an antivice campaign in the capital, shutting down video and music shops for promoting un-Islamic behavior. Twice now, the female students have abducted alleged...
...State of Siege Umma Aman tells me she is prepared to die for her god. This is the kind of rhetoric I've come to expect from students at Jamia Hafsa, the women's seminary attached to Lal Masjid. I am not expecting an immediate demonstration of her faith. But during a six-hour battle between students and Pakistani paramilitary forces, which ended with four students, one policeman and several bystanders, including a local journalist, dead, and scores injured, it's clear these seminarians do not take their religion lightly...
...have gained power-last week an Islamic court in the tribal areas sentenced and executed four people for adultery. Towns in the northern provinces bordering Afghanistan are run by a Pakistani Taliban that has shut down barbershops, girls' schools and polio-vaccination programs. In Islamabad, students from the fundamentalist Jamia Hafsa seminary have occupied a children's library less than a mile from the Parliament building. Abdul Aziz, head of the Lal Masjid mosque where Jamia Hafsa is located, preaches against the government, calling for its overthrow if Islamic law is not implemented and claiming that...
...opportunity to experience [athletic opportunities],” said Lisa A. Carlson ’06, a volunteer with SWSG. “The track is definitely something new for them,” she said, as numerous girls raced each other around the Gordon track during lunch. Jamia, an eight-year-old from South Boston, found the event enjoyable and said she that she learned a lot. “I learned that you should help one another and stick to what you’re doing and don’t give up,” she said...
...Parliament. Congress won 114, its worst-ever result. Opinion polls in India are known primarily for their inaccuracy, but this year they broadly predict the BJP alliance will hold or increase its majority and that Congress will at best hold its share of seats. The BJP, says Vanaik of Jamia Millia Islamia, "will become the fulcrum of Indian politics...