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...unholy alliance between the military and the mullahs in Pakistan is coming to an end. The assault on the Red Mosque, an operation to root out extremists in the heart of the Pakistani capital, has become the first salvo in a new civil war for the nation's soul. Musharraf has weathered the protests of the pro-democracy movement, but his survival, political and otherwise, is still at stake in the face of growing violence in Pakistan's tribal areas and an increased number of suicide car bombings from a cadre that has declared jihad on the government. The three...
...boots of military dictators or under pressure from fanatical clergy, and has been allowed only a few fleeting moments of democratic sunshine. But recent signs are very encouraging. People are rising in loud protests against the dismissal of their Chief Justice and the reactions of everyday Pakistani people to Musharraf's invasion of the Red Mosque seem to be sympathetic to the opponents of extremism. Whenever the silent majority remains silent, those countries fall prey to military or theocratic dictatorship. Let us hope that the Pakistani people do not present their country on a silver platter to the mullahs. They...
...Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf's handling of the Red Mosque crisis was designed to please the West. He will receive an enormous backlash. There are many other ways to engage Islamic extremists. If the West hopes to win the hearts and minds of Muslims, it must learn to respect our values and treat us with dignity. This marks the beginning of the end for Musharraf. Said Bala Shuaib, Lagos...
...Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf's handling of the Red Mosque crisis was designed to please the West. He will receive an enormous backlash. There are many other ways to engage Islamic extremists. If the West hopes to win the hearts and minds of Muslims, it must learn to respect our values and treat us with dignity. This marks the beginning of the end for Musharraf. Said Bala Shuaib, LAGOS, NIGERIA...
...Musharraf has long said he would not cut deals with Bhutto or with Nawaz Sharif, another former prime minister from whom Musharraf seized power in 1999 and who is now also living in exile. If Musharraf has met with Bhutto, it is a measure of how vulnerable he feels. Many Pakistanis share the sentiment. As I rose to leave after an interview Saturday with Syed Kamran Zafar, an Islamabad-based official for Bhutto's PPP, he urged me not to visit any markets in Islamabad. "Stay clear of anywhere it is crowded," he implored, sounding scared himself. "I mean...