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Markaz Dawa Al Irshad : Talibanisation of Nuclear Pakistan
by B. Raman |
Extracts from article dated 26-Aug-1998,
titled "Markaz Dawa Al Irshad : Talibanisation of Nuclear Pakistan"
The activities of Osama bin Laden and his announcement of an International Islamic Front For Jihad against the US and Israel assume ominous significance in the context of his past and continuing links with the Markaz Dawa Al Irshad (the Centre For Preaching) of Pakistan and the Lashkar-e-Toiba (the Army of the Pure), its militant wing.
The Markaz and the Lashkar have been involved in acts of terrorism, not only in J & K, but also in other parts of India. The Markaz was founded in 1987, at the inspiration of Osama bin Laden, by Zafar Iqbal and Hafiz Mohammad Saeed of the University of Engineering and Technology of Lahore and Abdullah Azam of the International Islamic University, which has been funded by bin Laden. Abdullah Azam was killed in an explosion at Peshawar in 1989 and, after his death, Zafar Iqbal and Hafiz Mohammad Saeed have been leading the Markaz while continuing to teach at the University.
rest of the article is at http://www.saag.org/papers2/paper175.htm and also at http://www.saag.org/archiveindex.html#paper5&6
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