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...office in Rawalpindi directed Qasab to the sprawling campus of the Markaz-al-Dawa wal-Irshad in the town of Muridke, about half an hour's drive from Lahore. Established in 1987 by a trio of veterans from the Afghan jihad with funding from Osama bin Laden, this Wahhabi center quickly became known as the launchpad for militant jihad. But it is much more. Within a few years, the Markaz had expanded to include a madrasah, separate schools for boys and girls, a free hospital and a university. Its founders, Hafiz Saeed, Zafar Iqbal and Abdullah Azzam - the latter...
...swim and fight there, advanced weapons training was left for the camps in the Pakistani-controlled section of Kashmir. Only a handful of students were sent out on actual combat missions. Instead, most focused on religious doctrine. Parents in the local village who send their children to the Markaz for school say the education is good, though ideological. Ghulam Qadir, 44, has two children there, even though he follows the more liberal Barelvi tradition. School rules insist that even the primary students pray five times a day and fast during Ramadan. They are not allowed to watch TV or movies...
...charismatic red-bearded Islamic-studies professor is Lashkar-e-Taiba's main ideologue. Born in 1947 during his family's flight from northern India during Partition, Saeed memorized the Koran as a boy. He fought briefly in the Afghan jihad against the U.S.S.R. and in 1986 founded the Markaz Ad-Da'wah Wal Irshad, a religious education and proselytizing organization. Lashkar spun off two years later, attracting veterans of the Afghan war. It has taken responsibility for many hit-and-run operations in Indian-held Kashmir but says it never targets civilians. Nevertheless, two civilians and one soldier died...
When it comes to demagoguery, graphics are paramount, as some current covers of Islamic Jihad magazines from Pakistan's Markaz Ad-Da'wah Wal Irshad (Center for Preaching) demonstrate. The Voice of Islam, left, is helpfully published in English, but even those not fluent in Urdu could get the gist of the magazines' tone from the 1950s B-movie graphics and the copious use of shadowy typefaces. Just in case, we have provided some translation as well...
...largest training camp in Pakistan is run by Lashkar-i-Taiba, a wing of an Afghan mujahedin group known as Markaz Al Dawa Wal Irshad. It is set on a vast mountain clearing overlooking Muzaffarabad. (Training grounds for the other three militant groups are located in the North-West Frontier province.) Armed men guard the facility round-the-clock. There are only two structures, one an armory, the other a kitchen. Trainees live and sleep in the open, whether in the sweltering summer or the depth of winter. The field is dotted with installations used to teach the fervent young...
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