Voice of America: Pakistani Religious Scholar Dies

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Pakistani Religious Scholar Dies Jan 6th 2013, 12:32 Prominent Pakistani religious scholar Qazi Hussain Ahmed has died at the age of 74. He was the chief of Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan's leading religious group, for 22 years before stepping down in 2009. In November, Ahmed escaped unhurt from an assassination attempt when a suicide bomber detonated explosives near him. He was a strong critic of the U.S.-NATO participation in the civil war in neighboring Afghanistan. Ahmed died Sunday morning in Islamabad. He had suffered from heart ... Media files: 21E3F2F1-1710-49B7-9E0F-B6068FBC63CE_cx0_cy10_cw0_w800_r1.jpg?nocache=1 (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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