Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Babies for jihad

Two thousand Pakistani women vow to raise up children for the interior spiritual struggle. "Women at Pakistan's Red Mosque vow babies for jihad," by Zeeshan Haider for Reuters, July 9 (thanks to all who sent this in):

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - About 2,000 Islamist women gathered at the radical Red Mosque in the Pakistani capital on Wednesday and vowed to raise their children for holy war, days after a suicide bomber killed 18 people after a similar rally.

Chanting slogans of "jihad is our way", burqa-clad women, some with babies, listened to fiery speeches from the daughter of the mosque's jailed cleric on the eve of the anniversary of a commando raid on the complex in which more than 100 people died. ...

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