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'Dead bodies will be returned if cricket team visits Pak.'

'Dead bodies will be returned if cricket team visits Pak.'

Author: B. Muralidhar Reddy
Publication: The Hindu
Date: February 7, 2001
 
The Pakistan Chief Executive, Gen.  Pervez Musharraf, might  have been sober in his speech at Muzaffarabad on the  occasion of `Kashmir Solidarity  Day' on Monday but militant organisations had a free run  in their anti-India tirade.

Reports in the Pakistani media today suggested that the  anti- India rhetoric of the militant  organisations reached a new pitch with religious leaders  threatening to launch a `jehad'  (holy war) not just to liberate Kashmir but also take  back all areas ruled by Muslims  before independence.

The Jaish-e-Mohammad chief, Maulana Masood Azar, was  quoted as saying that ``dead  bodies will be returned if the Indian cricket team  visits Pakistan''. Maulana Azar, who was  among the three militants released by India in exchange  for the passengers of the hijacked  Indian Airlines flight, said if the Indian Government  did not reconstruct the Babri Masjid by  March next, `mujahideen' (holy warriors) would construct  it.

Several Lashkar-e-Taiba leaders were reported to have  addressed gatherings in different  parts of Pakistan and vowed to liberate Kashmir from the  clutches of India. A militant  leader was quoted as saying that after liberating  Kashmir, the `mujahideen' would work  towards making all Muslims majority areas including  Hyderabad, Junagarh and  Maharashtra part of Pakistan.

A Harkat leader was quoted as saying that helping  suppressed Muslims in any part of the  world was the duty of the `mujahideen' and they should  not confine themselves to moral  and diplomatic support. The `holy warriors' would rest  only after liberation of all Muslims  from India.

A Lashkar leader dubbed the Indian ceasefire as a drama  and said the `mujahideen' would  never hold talks as their hands had sufficient strength  to hold guns. He said if the Pakistan  Government so desired, it could hold talks on Kashmir  but should refrain from creating any  obstacles in the path of `jehad' as India had changed  its stance only because of this.

The Lashkar central leader, Mr. Amiir Hamza, was quoted  as saying that a war between  Islam and infidelity was on all over India. If India  continued atrocities in Kashmir, suicide  attacks such as those on the Red Fort and the Srinagar  Airport would continue.

Mr. Hamza said that `jehad' had been expanded to Delhi  from Kupwara. Pakistan had  become a country of `mujahideen of Islam' and from now  onwards the country would be  known as `jehadabad'. He was quoted as saying that any  political conspiracy on Kashmir  would not be tolerated.
 


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