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Sermons motivated killer of Pakistani politician

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  1. yahya
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    ISLAMABAD – The confessed killer of a liberal Pakistani politician provided a judge Monday with the names of two men whose sermons allegedly sparked him to act, as YouTube footage emerged of the assassin chanting Islamic verses in police custody.

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    Qadri told a judge Monday in written testimony that he decided to kill Taseer after he attended a gathering on Dec. 31 organized by Shahab-e-Islam, a small Islamist group that operated in his neighborhood in Rawalpindi, just outside the capital, Islamabad. He said speeches given by a cleric leading the group, Qari Hanif, and another member, Ishtiaq Shah, played a major role in his decision.

    Just more evidence of what we already know. What governor said or did was not an issue. Mullahs could not bear anyone who could be a challenge to clergy's power.

    If Mullahs don't incite people to do horrible things, there won't be problems.

    Posted 1 year ago on 11 Jan 2011 18:31 #

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