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Indian Court Rejects Affirmative Action Policy On Religious Grounds
The High Court in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh today quashed a state government decision to reserve 4% of places for Muslims in education and in the state government services, according to an Indian website.
Pronouncing its verdict in the case, the High Court said that the quotas for minorities are unsustainable and cannot be implemented as per the constitution, according to a report on the website of The Times of India daily.
The court order is a big blow to the state government, which created the legislation setting the 4% quota for “backward” groups among the country’s Muslims.
Source: www.timesofindia.com, India, February 8, 2010
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Pakistan Urges The West To Allow Gulbuddin Hekmatyar And Taliban To Come To Power In Kabul; Pakistani Taliban Are Spending 3.6 Billion Pakistani Rupees On 15,000 Fighters


According to Owais Ghani, the Governor of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Pakistan has urged the West to allow Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and the Taliban to come to power in Kabul through a political settlement.
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Pakistani Militants Blow Up Boys’ School, Healthcare Center In Mohmand

Taliban militants blew up a government run school, a healthcare center and the house of a pro-government tribal elder in Pakistan’s troubled tribal district of Mohmand, according to an Urdu-language daily.
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Clerics Reject Proposal To Introduce Co-Education In Punjab, Describe It As Attempt To Achieve Western Agenda In Pakistan
Wafaqul Madaris Al-Arabia, an independent network of 9,000 madrassas in Pakistan, has rejected a proposal to introduce co-education in government-run schools in the Punjab province, according to an Urdu-language daily.
The clerics of the Wafaqul Madaris Al-Arabia said that the system of co-education, whereby boys and girls sit in the same classroom, will be ‘‘an accomplishment of the Western agenda.’’
The clerics added, “This thinking is against our religious teachings. It is regretted that co-educational institutions create social problems, while our leaders have kept their eyes shut and instead of eliminating the basic roots of crimes, they are trying to promote it.”
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Taliban ‘‘Force’’ Radio Pakistan To Discontinue VOA Program

After ‘‘direct threats’’ from the Taliban for airing ‘‘American propaganda,’’ Radio Pakistan management has decided to scrap an agreement with Voice of America (VOA) to broadcast its Pashtu-language radio program, according to a Pakistani daily.
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Indian Interior Minister: Lashkar-e-Taiba, Hizbul Mujahideen Planning Attacks In India

Indian Interior Minister P. Chidambaram on Sunday slammed Pakistan for allowing Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen to hold a conference in Muzaffarabad last week, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir.
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Ruling Party Cleric Accuses Blackwater Of ‘‘Committing Crimes In Pakistan,’’ Says 9,000 Blackwater Personnel Present In Islamabad
Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the Emir of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) party, has said that the personnel of the U.S. security firm XE, formerly Blackwater, outnumber policemen in Islamabad, according to an Urdu-language newspaper.
There are 7,000 cops in the Pakistani capital while the number of the XE personnel is 9,000, the Pakistani cleric said, according to a report in the Urdu-language newspaper Roznama Express.
“If the Taliban are committing crimes in Pakistan, the U.S. company is also involved in crimes. Americans cannot be allowed to roam freely in Pakistan,” Rehman stated. Rehman’s JUI-F is part of the governing coalition in Islamabad.
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Pakistani Security Forces Detain Commander Of Jandullah

Pakistani security forces have detained commanders of Jandullah and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan on the outskirts of Risalpur, a town in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province, according to an Urdu-language daily.
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Taliban Blow Up Girls’ School Near Bannu Town

The Taliban blew up a school for girls near the town of Bannu in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP), according to a Pakistani daily.
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Dubai-Bound Emirates Flight Grounded In Mumbai After Terror Alert
A Dubai-bound Emirates plane with 356 passengers on board was grounded in Mumbai on Sunday after a terror threat was called in, according to an Indian website.
The flight EK 505 was grounded after an anonymous call was received saying that there were suspected terrorists on the plane, a Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) spokesperson said.
All the passengers were deplaned and a thorough checking of the passengers and luggage was carried out by the Indian security agencies, according to a report on the website of The Times of India daily.
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Taliban Spokesman Asks U.S. To Release Pakistani Scientist

Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban in Afghanistan, has called on the U.S. to release Pakistani scientist Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, who was recently found guilty by a Manhattan court of trying to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan, according to a Pashtu-language daily.
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Jamaat-e-Islami Chief Blames U.S. For Attacks On Shi’ites In Karachi
Syed Munawwar Hasan, the Emir of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, has blamed the U.S. and India for the February 5 bomb blasts that killed dozens of people, mainly Shi’ite Muslims, in Karachi, according to an Urdu-language daily.
‘‘India and the U.S. are involved in the rising incidents of terrorism in Karachi but the [Pakistani] government is reluctant to name them despite solid evidence,’’ Hasan said.
Over two dozen people were killed and over 100 others were injured in two bomb explosions in Karachi on February 5th as the city was marking Chehlum, the 40th day, after the martyrdom of Imam Husain, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad.
Source: Roznama Islam, Pakistan, February 8, 2010
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19 Taliban Militants Killed In Helmand Province

Nineteen Taliban militants were killed during a joint operation of the Afghan and international forces in the southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, according to a Dari-language Afghan daily.
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