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...Pakistan, there's a confusing range of opinion about Musharraf. A Taliban-inspired political grouping called Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amals (MMA), which formed in two Pakistani states after America's war in Afghanistan, condemns him for his lack of Islamic fervor. (The MMA-affiliated government of the northern city of Peshawar has prohibited mannequins from being displayed in shop windows and also disapproves of male doctors treating female patients.) But it was the MMA that gave Musharraf support in the parliamentary maneuvers that last week recognized him as an elected President. Middle-class Pakistanis wonder if he's become...
...challenge to Pakistan's shaky, secular government is the last thing Musharraf needs, but the mullahs are pushing a showdown. The Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), a political bloc of six religious groups, intends to set up a morality police to enforce Islamic virtue, raising cries among human-rights activists against the "Talibanization" of the province. But popular support for the change is evident: even before the law imposing Shari'a was passed, Islamic youths roamed the town of Peshawar tearing down billboards featuring images of unburqa'd women. The religious parties warned Musharraf not to interfere. "We will resist...
...helping the Bush Administration hunt down al-Qaeda terrorists both in Pakistan and next door in Afghanistan. Some Pakistanis, even inside the army, think Musharraf has gone too far, and public resentment against the U.S. is deepening. This fury is channeled through an Islamic group known as the Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), the third-biggest faction in Parliament. An example of what's in store for Musharraf?and Washington?occurred last week when MMA chiefs started the parliamentary session with a prayer for Mir Aimal Kasi, who was executed by lethal injection in Virginia on Nov. 14 for assassinating...
...combined normally get more than 50% of the popular vote, but now their camps are apathetic, producing one of the dullest campaigns in memory. What Musharraf did not expect was the force that has filled the vacuum: an alliance of six hard-line religious parties that calls itself the Muttahidda Majlis-e-Amal (MMA). The MMA is volubly anti- American, as Sumbal, the five-year-old anti-Yankee rabble-rouser, demonstrates. More worrisome for Musharraf: it has also become a focus for popular discontent against him for his actions since Sept. 11, especially his crackdown on insurgents going to fight...
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