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...Qaeda, Musharraf is also creating new enemies at home. After months of prodding by the U.S., Musharraf has clamped down on some of the country's 13,000 registered madrasahs, or seminaries, which are al-Qaeda's richest recruiting ground in Pakistan. A prominent imam at Islamabad's Lal Mosque, Maulana Abdul Aziz, disappeared on Aug. 13 after police captured bin Laden's former chauffeur, who had borrowed the religious leader's car, according to police. The Arab driver was allegedly involved in the Independence Day rocket plot. "This is significant," says one Washington official. "Pakistan's engagement...
Though Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani is known as a Hindu hard-liner, he now preaches about India's economic vibrancy, not religious nationalism?a reflection of how his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has moved away from the politics of hate. Still, Advani reverted to type at an election rally this month in Ayodhya, where Hindu zealots had torn down a Muslim mosque in 1992 and demanded the restoration of what they said was once a temple to the Hindu god Ram. "We will build a Ram temple at Ayodhya," Advani declared at the rally. "India will...
...India's economic boom?a huge demographic in a country with an estimated 370 million people living on $1 or less a day?and the sentimental adoration of the masses. While Sonia Gandhi and her children are being mobbed in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Vajpayee and his deputy Lal Krishna Advani are holding a rally a couple of hours away in the state capital, Lucknow, which is Vajpayee's constituency. Whatever the BJP's electoral standing, the polite applause and lackluster cheers that greet the two leaders bear no comparison to the wild scenes swamping the Gandhi bandwagon. As Rahul...
...organizes V chariot processions across India converging on Ayodhya. Lal Krishna Advani, head of the party, leads the biggest: a five-week march during which devotees attack Muslims, killing hundreds...
...million active members, during the coming elections. RSS members are expected to campaign for the BJP and to take over some party jobs, freeing BJP officials to concentrate on electioneering. Some observers think Hindu right-wing groups such as the RSS would prefer to see Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani lead the BJP?but realize that his reputation as a Hindu hard-liner makes him unacceptable to moderate voters. Says the Hindu's Khare: "Given a choice, the RSS would rather see the back of Vajpayee. But they know the alternative to Vajpayee is to allow an Italian-born...