Pakistan handles Islamic extremism with kid gloves

by Alex Rodriguez
Los Angeles Times
March 30, 2011

https://www.legal-project.org/1258/pakistan-handles-islamic-extremism-with-kid-gloves

Excerpt:

Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan—

Loud and combative, Fauzia Wahab is unafraid to denounce mullahs or defend deeply unpopular America. In recent weeks, however, the liberal lawmaker has sat hunkered down in her home in Karachi, rarely stepping out her front door.

Islamic militants elsewhere in Pakistan have assassinated a Cabinet minister and a prominent governor since the first of the year. But the Taliban and other violent extremist organizations aren't the only cause for concern.

The killings of Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti this month and Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer on Jan. 4 have exposed just how deep extremism has seeped into Pakistani society.

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