A Reference Site on Terrorism Exported from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

For those who laid down their lives - From Langley to Al Khobar, From Nairobi to Bombay

This section focuses on full articles as well as extracts that lend insight into the minds of those who run Pakistan. Interested readers may want to spend some time examining the Islamic background of this region, and how its ideology - as it was forged over the past two centuries - has had a cumulative impact on what is manifested today from the madrassahs (religious schools) of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and the Pakistani military headquarters in Rawalpindi.

1.   The Grand Deobandi Consensus is by Khaled Ahmed, published in the The Friday Times of Pakistan, dated Feb 4-10 2000. The article examines the sectarian and doctrinal issues that underpin the radical mindset that prevails in Pakistan today. Khaled Ahmed is the executive editor of the Friday Times.

2.   Pakistan Occupied Kashmir & Northern Areas is a paper taken from the Bharat Rakshak Monitor (India Defence Monitor), published on the net under copyright. It was excerpted by BRM from from Indian Defence Review Vol.14 (3) 1999, with permission from © Lancer Publishers. Dr.Kasturi is currently Defence Editor with the Deccan Herald newspaper. He has been a visiting fellow at the Stimson Center and is a former editor of the Indian Defence Review. The website for Bharat Rakshak Monitor can be located from: www.bharat-rakshak.com

3.   US, Pakistan And Bin Laden: A Chronology (Developments Since September,1998) is an extract from an article by B. Raman, Additional Secretary (Retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and at present Director, Institute for Topical Studies, Chennai (former Madras). He can be reached by e-mail at: corde@vsnl.com. The article extract was dated 10/8/1999 and published at the website of South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG) at: www.saag.org. It was part of the article ‘US Attitude To Pakistan: The Bin Laden Factor’.

4.   Heart of Darkness, is by the renowned Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid, published in the Far Eastern Economic Review. The article was datelined August 5, 1999 from Kabul and Faizabad.

5.   This extract on radical Islam in Pakistan is from an article by B. Raman, Additional Secretary (Retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and at present Director, Institute for Topical Studies, Chennai (former Madras). The article is titled ‘Dagestan: Focus On Pakistan's Tablighi Jamaat’. Mr. Raman can be reached by e-mail at: corde@vsnl.com. The article was dated 15/9/1999 and published at the website of South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG) at: www.saag.org 

6.   This extract on the background of Tablighi Jamaat is from an article by B. Raman, Additional Secretary (Retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and at present Director, Institute for Topical Studies, Chennai (former Madras). The article is titled ‘Dagestan: Focus On Pakistan's Tablighi Jamaat’. Mr. Raman can be reached by e-mail at: corde@vsnl.com. The article was dated 15/9/1999 and published at the website of South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG) at: www.saag.org 

7.   Pakistan: Insight into Islamisation is by Bidanda M. Chengappa, a Senior Fellow at Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi, published in April 1999. The article is accessible through the IDSA site: www.idsa-india.org  

8.   Militant Groups in Kashmir: An Analysis is by D. Suba Chandran. The paper is dated mid-1999 and was found in the website of the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, located at www.ipcs.org.in

9.   The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan is by Maj Gen Ashok Krishna AVSM (Retd) Deputy Director, IPCS. This is Article No: 191, dated 25 May 1999, at the website of the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), which is at www.ipcs.org.in  

10. Dreaming the Pax Talibana Nightmare is by renowned Pakistani journalist Tariq Ali. The Oxford-educated Ali wrote this article in the Indian magazine ‘Outlook’ for the issue dated Feb. 14, 2000.

11.  Terror - And the Ties That Bind: The Taliban and Harakat ul-Ansar (HUA) is sourced from the website of the Federation of American Scientists, Intelligence Resource Programme, dated Nov. 2, 1997. The URL of this article is http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/docs/97_11_02.html webarticle52

12.  The Realities of Pakistan is by Arun Shourie, a Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament) member  and among India's best known commentators on current and political affairs. He has been an economist with the World Bank, a consultant in the planning commission and the editor of Indian Express. He has received, among other honours, the International Editor of the Year Award and the Astor Award. Webarticle60

13.  The Taleban And Terrorism is the transcription of a discussion on Voice of America, dated Oct. 13, 1999, bylined by correspondent Nick Simeone. The discussants are Pentagon Spokesman Kenneth Bacon, Fareed Zakaria, editor of Foreign Affairs journal, and Pual Bremer, former US ambassador at large for counter-terrorism. Webarticle63

14.  Terrorism Outlook is a transcript of a discussion on Voice of America, dated Jan. 5, 2000. It is bylined by Ed Warner and datelined Washington. Discussants are Indian Ambassdor to the US Naresh Chandra, and former co-ordinator of counter-terrorism at the US State Department Philip Wilcox. Webarticle64

15.  Blowback was published in The Dawn newspaper of Pakistan on 20/2/2000. It is written by Ardeshir Cowasjee, a respected columnist for the newspaper. Among other things, it refers to the way in which terrorism is returning to haunt Pakistan. The article is located at: http://www.dawn.com/weekly/cowas/cowas.htm webarticle66

16.  The Price of Fanaticism was published in TIME on April 3, 1995, Vol. 145, No. 14. It is written by Bruce W. Nelan. The article refers to the way in which extremists are moving closer to getting their hands on weapons of mass destruction. Webarticle67

17.  Dominance of Islam is an expression from the “Jihad page” of the Markaz Ad Da’wa Wal Irshad and Lashkar-e-Taiba website. It gives broad expression to the agenda of the Pakistani Islamic groups. This write-up is located at: http://www.dawacenter.com/jihad/jihad.html webarticle68

18.  Jihad is the Only Solution: say participants of a seminar on Jihad in Kashmir and Chechnya. Extracted from ‘Voice of Islam’, a publication of the Markaz Ad Da’wa Wal Irshad, dated February 2000. Located at: http://www.dawacenter.com/magazines/voiceofislam/feb00/seminar.html webarticle69

19.  Pakistani Sponsorship of Terrorism is by by B. Raman, Additional Secretary (Retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and at present Director, Institute for Topical Studies, Chennai (former Madras). He can be reached by e-mail at: corde@vsnl.com. The article was dated 25/2/2000 and published at the website of South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG) at: www.saag.org. webarticle70