Articles, Opinions & Views: Pakistan: Jihadist party marches toward capital, gets government to pledge to consider expelling French ambassador By Christine Douglass-Williams
Fighting Seventh
The Fighting Rangers On War, Politics and Burning Issues
Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
Pakistan: Jihadist party marches toward capital, gets government to pledge to consider expelling French ambassador By Christine Douglass-Williams
Thursday, October 28, 2021
TLP
Jihad Watch : The TLP party “gained prominence in Pakistan’s 2018 elections, vowing to defend the country’s blasphemy law, which calls for the death penalty for anyone who insults Islam” — perfectly aligned with the policies of Pakistan.
The TLP gained over 2.2 million
votes in 2018, four percent from the total vote. Pakistan’s principal
mission is to spread the Sharia globally — the same mission as that of
the armed soldiers of jihad. This is evident in Pakistan’s support for
the Taliban historically and the fact that it continues to do so.
Now
Pakistan is appeasing and thus facilitating the supposedly “outlawed”
TLP party, in a big win for that party. “Pakistan: Islamists halt march after deal with government,” DW, October 24, 2021:
The radical Tehreek-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party on
Sunday agreed to suspend its march from Lahore toward the capital
Islamabad after the government said it would drop pending charges
against the party’s leader and consider the expulsion of the French
ambassador.
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“The issue of expelling the French ambassador will be taken to
parliament for debate,” Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said,
adding that the government would drop charges against TLP chief Saad
Rizvi and release those arrested at protests in support of Rizvi.
In return, the TLP agreed to stop the march but said supporters would
continue a sit-in at the town of Muridke — near Lahore — until the
Pakistani government delivers its promises. It was unclear when Rivzi
would be released.
Deadly clashes erupt
At least two policemen have died in clashes in Lahore since Friday,
authorities said, adding that at least a dozen officers were injured and
several police vehicles were torched.
Thousands of TLP supporters have blocked roads and fired projectiles.
TLP spokesperson Saddam Bukhari said “at least seven” of its
supporters died in the clashes, and that hundreds more were injured in
clashes with police.
Ahmed said the government was unaware of any deaths of TLP supporters.
Who is the TLP?
Rizvi was arrested in April during demonstrations against the
publication in France of caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.
Pakistan refused to expel the French ambassador and instead banned the
TLP under the country’s anti-terrorism laws.
Rizvi had been detained on a charge of inciting people to assemble unlawfully.
Provincial Law Minister Raja Basharat told The Associated Press that
under the agreement, Punjab will withdraw charges against Rizvi and
release all those detained during the protest march by Tuesday.
Basharat also said the agreement stipulates that the federal
government will honor a previous commitment with the TLP to address
diplomatic relations with France over the publication of the
caricatures.
The TLP gained prominence in Pakistan’s 2018 elections, vowing to
defend the country’s blasphemy law, which calls for the death penalty
for anyone who insults Islam…..
