Blogcritics Comments on Benazir Bhutto: In Life and Death, a Blessing to the Jihadists

Comment by temporal on Benazir Bhutto: In Life and Death, a Blessing to the Jihadists

Mon, 7 Jan 2008 17:41:19 EST

Benazir (Pinky) Bhutto was a lot of things but not a jihadist as alamgir hussain would like us to believe in this post: These rabble-rousing statements speak volume of Benazir Bhutto's eager support for the Kashmiri separatists, clearly inspired by her Jihadi zeal. ***** this is what i wrote recently on Benazir that describes her more accurately Benazir's Last Will Shows Her True Colors In her death, she spoke like the feudal she was at heart, treating her party like her jaagir (personal fiefdom.) She wrote the leadership of PPP should remain within the Bhutto clan. While there are more eligible candidates in the Bhutto clan, she did not mean them, but her own son Bilawal Zardari, 19, who promptly and publicly consented to change his name to Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. How can any party fight for democracy, and free and fair alphabet-soup of demands and display not one iota of conscience at this blatant travesty of democratic norms? Today, greed won - injustice won - nepotism won- once again - and you, me and Pakistan lost.

Comment by Alamgir Hussain on Benazir Bhutto: In Life and Death, a Blessing to the Jihadists

Mon, 7 Jan 2008 17:31:13 EST

Dave, What exactly is "Islamic nationalism?" How is it different from Jihad? Muhammad founded the cult of Jihad for capturing the lands of the infidels and establish the supremacy of Islam that would eventually expand over the would world. Allah promises in the Quran to make Muslims the owner of the world and instigates them to fight until religion becomes Allah's [Islam] alone [2:193]. In the subcontinent, Jihad re-started in early 20th century leading to founding of Pakistan and Bangladesh. Next step in Jihad was to take away Kashmir. Then wait for another region to be dominated by Muslims... This has become the new strategy of the Jihadists in the changed world scenerio.

Comment by Dave Nalle on Benazir Bhutto: In Life and Death, a Blessing to the Jihadists

Mon, 7 Jan 2008 01:04:29 EST

There's a difference between Jihadism and Islamic nationalism. Bhutto was more of a promoter of nationalism in Kashmir than Jihad, though she may have couched it in terms of holy war. The desire to unite Pakistan, Kashmir and even Bangladesh into one Muslim nation of considerable size and power, able to stand up to India is a pretty strong seduction. The fact that Bhutto embraced that nationalistic movement is by no means the same as supporting worldwide Jihad. Dave