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Pakistani jihadist groups using social networking to reach out to diaspora

Lashkar using Facebook page run by its parent body Jamaat-ud-Dawa

In a poster, Jamaat refers to a “debt that has yet to be honoured
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NEW DELHI: Days after a 10-man death squad attacked Mumbai in November 2008, the Lashkar-e-Taiba's Internet portal disappeared into thin air: part of an effort to persuade the world that Pakistan was indeed serious about shutting down the operations of jihadists operating from its soil.

Now, the Lashkar has returned online using a Facebook page run by its parent religious body, the Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The Jamaat-ud-Dawa Facebook page is nowhere near as elaborate as were the web portals it hosted prior to the Mumbai attacks, but it still contains a wealth of propaganda intended to rouse supporters.

In a poster for a March 23, 2010 rally, held to mark the anniversary of the 1940 resolution which led to the formation of Pakistan, the Jamaat refers to a “debt that has yet to be honoured.” Slogans superimposed over an image of the burning Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai explains what the “debt” is: “free Kashmir, Pakistan's lifeline, from the enemy;” work for the “freedom of the Muslims of Gujarat, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and the rest of India;” to “save Pakistan's parched rivers.”

Ambitions

Maps posted on the Jamaat's Facebook page provide a graphic illustration of its ambitions. One map of India is emblazoned with the crescent moon and star logo of Pakistan, and the flag of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa flying on the Red Fort in New Delhi. In another, much of northern, northeastern and central India are referred to as Pakistan. Nepal, Bangladesh and south India are marked “disputed territories.”

The page also carries a facsimile of a Hadith — sayings attributed to Prophet Muhammad — which purports to provide scriptural legitimacy to the Jamaat's jihad. “A King of the House of the Pious,” it prophesies, “will send a Lashkar [army] towards India. The mujahideen will plunder the land of India, take over its treasures, and the King will use these treasures to honour the House of the Pious.” “The mujahideen of this Lashkar,” it continues, “will conquer all territory between the east and west and will establish the Kingdom of the Pious.”

Pictures of Osama

Interestingly, the page contains several images of Al-Qaeda chief Osama-bin-Laden — a figure whose role in the ongoing jihad against the Pakistani state has led the Jamaat-ud-Dawa to distance itself from him. In one computer-generated image, Osama is shown riding away on a horse from a burning White House. There is also a low-resolution image of an individual who appears to be Jamaat chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed seated next to Osama.

Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar's new Facebook page does not contain similar exhortations to violence. But his younger brother, Talha Saif — whose Facebook page uses the alias Saif-ul-Islam — uses Facebook to guide readers to a YouTube slideshow extolling the bravery of Mumbai assault team member Ajmal Amir Kasab and other jihadist material.

‘Jihadi cool'

Most of the audience of the Facebook jihadists seem to be young diaspora Pakistanis. Judging by the MTV-inspired visual content of their pages, they appear to be driven less by Islamist politics than the lure of what is being called “jihadi cool”: in the words of Georgetown University scholar C. Christine Fair, a radical chic revolving around “motorcycles, guns and access to women.”

The Jamaat's online followers include 1987-born Amir Akram, whose Facebook page displays him proudly showing the medals he has won in the service of Pakistan's armed forces. Akram asserts that he supports “dictatorship whether civil or military,” but his cultural tastes appear to be at odds with the Jamaat's neo-conservatism. His Facebook page states that he enjoys cricket and Indian popular films; the young officer's friends include several women wearing attire which the Jamaat would likely consider inappropriate.

Rana Jahanzaib asserts he hates the Indian Premier League and Star Plus television — but his profile page says he is “interested in women,” and is looking for dating and a relationship. So, too, is fellow Jamaat follower Rizwan Ahmad, who claims to have studied at the Delhi Public School before going on to complete higher education at the SKANS School of Accountancy in Lahore.

Jaish chief Azhar's more improbable Facebook friends include Rotterdam-based Gautam Ramaswamy, whose profile also demonstrates an eclectic interest in Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the philosophy of Adi Sankara and the music of the heavy metal band Slayer.

The Hindu : Front Page : Lashkar-e-Taiba flourishes on Facebook
 
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if hindu has reported it then it must be true

I remember the same hindu reported ISI behind spreading Aids in Indian army.
how high this paper can go

lolzzzzz:rofl::rofl::yahoo::rofl:
 
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if hindu has reported it then it must be true

I remember the same hindu reported ISI behind spreading Aids in Indian army.
how high this paper can go

lolzzzzz:rofl::rofl::yahoo::rofl:

HINDU is one of the most respected newspapers in India. Their editorials are quite thought provoking (although highly communist in nature). They usually refrain from making any inflammatory remarks without proof. The Hindu is not into tabloidism like Punjab Kesari or Rupee News.

So yes, if 'The Hindu' publishes an article like this, it is worth a second look.
 
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HINDU is one of the most respected newspapers in India. Their editorials are quite thought provoking (although highly communist in nature). They usually refrain from making any inflammatory remarks without proof. The Hindu is not into tabloidism like Punjab Kesari or Rupee News.

So yes, if 'The Hindu' publishes an article like this, it is worth a second look.

hmmmm:what:
:rofl::yahoo:
 
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dont go by the name, it is not a religious newspaper , its pro communist. Also please dont think all papers published in India are propaganda newspapers.
Unlike Pakistan, common man in India has no interest whatsoever in whats happening in that part.
 
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Lashkar-e-Taiba flourishes on Facebook

Pakistani jihadist groups using social networking to reach out to diaspora

Lashkar using Facebook page run by its parent body Jamaat-ud-Dawa

NEW DELHI: Days after a 10-man death squad attacked Mumbai in November 2008, the Lashkar-e-Taiba's Internet portal disappeared into thin air: part of an effort to persuade the world that Pakistan was indeed serious about shutting down the operations of jihadists operating from its soil.

Now, the Lashkar has returned online using a Facebook page run by its parent religious body, the Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The Jamaat-ud-Dawa Facebook page is nowhere near as elaborate as were the web portals it hosted prior to the Mumbai attacks, but it still contains a wealth of propaganda intended to rouse supporters.

In a poster for a March 23, 2010 rally, held to mark the anniversary of the 1940 resolution which led to the formation of Pakistan, the Jamaat refers to a “debt that has yet to be honoured.” Slogans superimposed over an image of the burning Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai explains what the “debt” is: “free Kashmir, Pakistan's lifeline, from the enemy;” work for the “freedom of the Muslims of Gujarat, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and the rest of India;” to “save Pakistan's parched rivers.”

Ambitions

Maps posted on the Jamaat's Facebook page provide a graphic illustration of its ambitions. One map of India is emblazoned with the crescent moon and star logo of Pakistan, and the flag of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa flying on the Red Fort in New Delhi. In another, much of northern, northeastern and central India are referred to as Pakistan. Nepal, Bangladesh and south India are marked “disputed territories.”

The page also carries a facsimile of a Hadith — sayings attributed to Prophet Muhammad — which purports to provide scriptural legitimacy to the Jamaat's jihad. “A King of the House of the Pious,” it prophesies, “will send a Lashkar [army] towards India. The mujahideen will plunder the land of India, take over its treasures, and the King will use these treasures to honour the House of the Pious.” “The mujahideen of this Lashkar,” it continues, “will conquer all territory between the east and west and will establish the Kingdom of the Pious.”

Pictures of Osama

Interestingly, the page contains several images of Al-Qaeda chief Osama-bin-Laden — a figure whose role in the ongoing jihad against the Pakistani state has led the Jamaat-ud-Dawa to distance itself from him. In one computer-generated image, Osama is shown riding away on a horse from a burning White House. There is also a low-resolution image of an individual who appears to be Jamaat chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed seated next to Osama.

Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar's new Facebook page does not contain similar exhortations to violence. But his younger brother, Talha Saif — whose Facebook page uses the alias Saif-ul-Islam — uses Facebook to guide readers to a YouTube slideshow extolling the bravery of Mumbai assault team member Ajmal Amir Kasab and other jihadist material.

‘Jihadi cool'

Most of the audience of the Facebook jihadists seem to be young diaspora Pakistanis. Judging by the MTV-inspired visual content of their pages, they appear to be driven less by Islamist politics than the lure of what is being called “jihadi cool”: in the words of Georgetown University scholar C. Christine Fair, a radical chic revolving around “motorcycles, guns and access to women.”

The Jamaat's online followers include 1987-born Amir Akram, whose Facebook page displays him proudly showing the medals he has won in the service of Pakistan's armed forces. Akram asserts that he supports “dictatorship whether civil or military,” but his cultural tastes appear to be at odds with the Jamaat's neo-conservatism. His Facebook page states that he enjoys cricket and Indian popular films; the young officer's friends include several women wearing attire which the Jamaat would likely consider inappropriate.

Rana Jahanzaib asserts he hates the Indian Premier League and Star Plus television — but his profile page says he is “interested in women,” and is looking for dating and a relationship. So, too, is fellow Jamaat follower Rizwan Ahmad, who claims to have studied at the Delhi Public School before going on to complete higher education at the SKANS School of Accountancy in Lahore.

Jaish chief Azhar's more improbable Facebook friends include Rotterdam-based Gautam Ramaswamy, whose profile also demonstrates an eclectic interest in Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the philosophy of Adi Sankara and the music of the heavy metal band Slayer.

The Hindu : Front Page : Lashkar-e-Taiba flourishes on Facebook



What the hell

"Osama is shown riding away on a horse from a burning White House."

"There is also a low-resolution image of an individual who appears to be Jamaat chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed seated next to Osama."

"In another, much of northern, northeastern and central India are referred to as Pakistan. Nepal, Bangladesh and south India are marked “disputed territories.”"



A charity organization shows osama bin laden on a horse from a burning white house.

A charity organization shows Nepal and Bangladesh as a disputed territories. So now they are eying Nepal and Bangladesh to invade and terrorise???????
 
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dont go by the name, it is not a religious newspaper , its pro communist. Also please dont think all papers published in India are propaganda newspapers.
Unlike Pakistan, common man in India has no interest whatsoever in whats happening in that part.

pal i dont go for name. Hinduism is name of a religion and I respect Hinduism. so never think any man with sane mind will try to make fun of any religion followed by millions.
i am laughing at the level of reports published in the paper

PS

Pakistan have hiindu minority and we even have hindu/sikh officers in our Army and other forces how can we make fun of religon followed by our own minority?
 
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dont go by the name, it is not a religious newspaper , its pro communist. Also please dont think all papers published in India are propaganda newspapers.
Unlike Pakistan, common man in India has no interest whatsoever in whats happening in that part.

actually you are wrong the common indian is way to concerned about what is happening based on its media be it print or electronic! all news is about pakistan there leaders go to US and first thing they talk about is pakistan! seems like india really cares about what happens in pakistan!

anyhow as for LeT using facebook come on please be realistic! stop trying to scare yourself & paint a doomsday scenario!
 
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