PAYBACK: WHEN CHRISTIAN AND ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISTS CLASH

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PAYBACK: WHEN CHRISTIAN AND ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISTS CLASH

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As Jesus said: " Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, for as you

sow, so shall you reap. " The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. looked forward to

the day when " men will be judged not by the color of their skin but by the

content of the character " . But good character, in the field ot theology, only

makes American sectarian fundamentalist covert atheists mad! Because of

America's hatred for Gnosis, Swamiji is the new " nigger " in town, with all the

persecution of the Righteous few by the unrighteous many.

 

Americans should watch what they wish for, because they might just get it. They

wished for a world that was unsafe for non-sectarian, non-violent Gnostic

Tantrics. They wished for a world safe only for dangerous sectarian

fundamentalists, and that is what they got. Now they must confront the monster

of their own making - wars to decide which vile, heretical misinterpretation of

world scriptures will come to dominate a duped and doomed world. Like scripture

hath said: " They will fall into the same pit they dug for others. "

 

Those who have knowingly conformed to an erroneous norm and have

" quarantined the cure " , have in effect, rejected peace and advocated war, so

here it is. Those who have long persecuted those who are more knowledgeable,

more honest, and more compassionate, will receive a dose of their own medicine.

Regarding these ignorant, arrogant sectarian fundamentalists of all religions,

we say: Welcome to the recompense for your own misdeeds. This is the Law of

Karma at work, and you cannot escape your own " judgement " .

 

Only Prana in Shushumna and Kundalini Shakti in Brahmarandra - to be " Born Again

of water and Spirit " , as Jesus called it: Only this can " forgive " the bad karma

from past misdeeds. No personality worship can accomplish this goal of Salvation

from Suffering. But this Gnosis and Salvation are now rejected, and we are now

faced with mindless animal behavior, giving rise to prejudicial sectarian

fundamentalist conflicts of all kinds - both great and small. Trouble-makers

" reap what they sow " .

 

Victory goes to the the non-violent survivalists - not to those blinded by

malice. This is how Krishna and Arjuna alone could

" conquer the armies of the world " . Join the TantraYudha - the MahaJihad of

Peace, Knowledge, and Love, or else... We praise our Lords: Jesus, Mohammed, and

Buddha. Salvation is not by the idolatrous worship of any of these great

iconoclasts, but by the successful practice of their teachings, no matter how

difficult. Our Saviors are now betrayed with a kiss of personality-worship.

Jai Om. - Sw. Tantrasangha

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Islamic law ushers in reign of terror in Pakistan's Swat valley

Saeed Shah | McClatchy Newspapers Posted on Thu, Apr. 30, 2009

last updated: May 01, 2009 03:12:38 PM

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MINGORA, Pakistan — Two weeks after the Pakistani government capitulated to

Islamist demands and imposed Islamic law throughout the Swat valley, armed

militants are patrolling the streets of the district capital and masked gunmen

have taken control of outlying districts, where they're terrorizing residents

and using intimidation to close girls' schools.

 

Along major roads in the onetime tourist destination about 100 miles north of

the capital, Islamabad, Pakistani Taliban have set up checkpoints, while in the

towns they've looted homes and stolen cars and vehicles belonging to charitable

organizations, residents told McClatchy.

 

The Pakistani government has portrayed the deal that it struck with the

militants in February, which President Asif Ali Zardari signed on April 13, as

the means to re-establish the writ of the state. Residents and officials said,

however that the Taliban appear to be in control and are pushing Swat toward

becoming an independent extremist fiefdom.

 

" The Taliban have tasted power. They will not give that back, " said one Mingora

teacher, who asked not to be identified for fear of retaliation by the

extremists. " They have committed so many atrocities since 2007 that they can't

give up power, they would not be safe. People are just waiting for the day they

can take revenge (on the Taliban). "

 

The Pakistan army Thursday continued its operation to dislodge the Taliban from

the adjacent district of Buner, where they moved from Swat early this month, but

the Taliban captured a village, Sultanwas, and were reported to be holding the

entire population captive.

 

Despite the fact the Taliban are openly carrying arms in violation of the

accord, and in the face of repeated U.S. warnings that extremists are aiming to

seize power in Pakistan, the government and army have shown no sign that they

intend to retake Swat by force.

 

Even without leaving Mingora, the seat of district administration in the Swat

valley, flagrant breaches of the peace accord with the Taliban are visible.

 

On the back road to Buner from Mingora, near the village of Kokarie, about a

mile from the outskirts of town, fierce young Taliban manned an impromptu

checkpoint earlier this week.

 

Half a dozen bearded militants, with AK-47 rifles slung over their shoulders,

ammunition vests and walkie-talkies, stopped traffic and searched cars. What

they were looking for was unclear, but locals said apparently they were there

just to show that they're in control.

 

On the main road in and out of Mingora, armed Taliban were on the roadside in

the suburbs of Balogram and Odigram, seemingly monitoring the situation.

Residents of the suburbs said Taliban are present in much greater numbers in the

side streets, occupying homes and public buildings and posting their armed

comrades outside to keep watch.

 

Under the accord, Pakistan imposed Sharia law in return for peace, a bargain

that many liberal Pakistanis and Washington consider a form of surrender by the

Pakistani state. The accord states that the Taliban will " not display weapons in

public " and " recognize the writ of the government. "

 

" The peace deal has given them (the Taliban) a long life, " said Shaukat Saleem,

a human rights activist in Mingora. " Before, they could not roam freely in

Mingora because there was a (military) operation on. "

 

The agreement with the militants has stopped the worst of the violence, and

schools have re-opened. During an 18-month rampage through Swat that ended in

February, the Taliban butchered and plundered their way through the valley,

blowing up nearly 200 schools, banning girls from education and barring women

from markets.

 

Beheadings were a favorite execution style, especially for police officers and

soldiers. Residents of Mingora would wake up to find headless corpses dumped in

the town's main square.

 

Beyond Mingora, which lies at the bottom of the long Swat valley, the district

is almost completely in Taliban hands, residents reported.

 

In Bahrain, a small town about 40 miles north of Mingora, Taliban arrived for

the first time in the beginning of April. More than 50 armed militants, wearing

masks, are now stationed in and around the town, with two checkpoints, residents

told McClatchy. Last Monday, they shot and killed a police officer in Bahrain

and threw his body in the river, locals said. Many other police officers fled or

remain confined to the police station.

 

" Bahrain was better off before the (peace) deal, " said one resident, who

requested anonymity because he lives among the Taliban. " They (the Taliban) will

remain and now they will be more forceful because they have the legitimacy of

law behind them. "

 

In Bahrain, most girls stopped going to school over the last week after threats

from the local Taliban, and most female teachers have given up work, residents

said. Shops selling music CDs have been forced to close, and barbers can no

longer offer customers a shave. All stores and restaurants are compelled to

close during prayer times, residents said.

 

An official from the North West Frontier Province administration, which is

supposed to govern Swat, admitted that state officials with executive powers

aren't functioning outside Mingora.

 

" If the government machinery is not even present (outside Mingora), how can

there be any writ of the state? " asked the official, who couldn't be identified

as he wasn't authorized to speak to the media. " Another military operation would

have been a big disaster. We had to stop the beheadings, we didn't have other

options (than the peace deal). "

 

The accord, negotiated by the provincial government, called for the creation of

Islamic courts in Swat. Provincial government leaders said Thursday that the new

courts would be functional within two days, and they expressed hope that the

Taliban will then lay down their arms and be absorbed into the state security

forces.

 

The militants doubt that the promised Islamic law will materialize.

 

" They (Islamabad) can't implement the Sharia regulation because they are the

slaves of America, " said Muslim Khan, a Taliban commander and spokesman, in an

interview at his Imamderi headquarters just across the Swat River from Mingora.

" The generals and the politicians are grabbing money from America to fight the

Taliban. They don't care about Islam. They don't care about their country. "

 

Officials estimate that there are no more than 4,000 Taliban in Swat, of whom

perhaps 500 are hardcore ideologues. The NWFP government, led by the secular

Awami National Party, said it had to sue for peace because the Pakistani army

was unwilling to fight in Swat. The army blames the politicians for not giving

firm backing and direction to the operation in Swat.

 

Given the Pakistani military's disastrous campaign in Swat, where locals insist

that more people were killed by the army's long-distance shelling than by the

Taliban, there's almost no appetite for another military offensive, no matter

how brutal life is under the extremists.

 

" Those who sit in air-conditioned offices and want (a military) operation here

should come and see conditions for themselves. People in Peshawar, Islamabad and

America don't know what it's like here, " said Fazlullah Khan, a lawyer and peace

activist in Mingora who's not related to the Swat Taliban chief Fazlullah.

 

" If the army shows its strength, the Taliban shows its strength, the ones who

will die are ordinary people. "

 

MORE FROM MCCLATCHY

 

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Obama says he's 'gravely concerned' about Pakistan

 

U.S. experts: Pakistan on course to become Islamist state

 

McClatchy Newspapers 2009

 

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