Pakistani NGO Maps Religious Extremism in Pakistan, Says Extremism Greater Menace than Terrorism
MEMRI: (The Middle East Media Research Institute):
In February 2012, a leading Pakistani research institute published a report stating that the problem of religious extremism in Pakistan poses a greater threat to the country than does terrorism and examining a series of extremist incidents from September 2010 to September 2011.[1]
The 54-page report, titled “Extremism Watch: Mapping Conflict Trends in Pakistan 2010-2011,” was published by the Jinnah Institute, a non-governmental organization based in Islamabad.
Marking the release of the report, Jinnah Institute Executive Director Ejaz Haider said: “Extremism is a greater menace in terms of a state’s ability to deal with it, rather than terrorism, and this fact enhances the importance of studying extremism in Pakistan.”[2]
Below are excerpts from the chapter in the report titled “Conflict Trends: Presenting the Data,” written by Jinna Institute deputy director Salman Zaidi.[3]
“The Largest Number of Incidents by Category Related to Interfaith Extremism, With 53 Cases Reported” September 2010–September 2011
Categories: Asia, Crime, Discrimination, Extremism, Human Rights, Middle East, Pakistan, World
MULLAHISM: THREE IN ONE AND ONE IN THREE
The three terms: extremism, terrorism and sectarianism could be summed up into mullahism that is three in one and one in three. Unless the menace of mullahism is uprooted from Pakistan or elsewhere there would be no peace in the world so citizens must realise sooner is better than later when things go out of hand. Secularism is the solution which has no room for the MULLAHISM.