Sunday, January 6, 2013

Voice of America: Pakistani Religious Scholar Dies

Voice of America
Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries
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 ...

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