LAHORE, Pakistan — An inflammatory pamphlet being distributed in Pakistan by Islamic fundamentalists calls on Muslims to kill Westerners and Christians wherever they may be found.
The pamphlet, which is printed in Urdu and Arabic, was distributed Jan. 9 in Bulochistan and North West Frontier Province, as well as in some other major Pakistani cities. Pictured on the pamphlet is a monogram of Mecca surrounded by swords. Government authorities have reportedly collected a number of the pamphlets and have started an investigation.
According to International Christian Concern (ICC), a Washington, D.C.-based Christian rights group, the main purpose of the pamphlet is to encourage armed jihad among Pakistani Muslims. The pamphlet states that “non believers have made the lives of Muslims miserable, leaving them with no option except jihad.”
The piece also expresses extreme anti-Western sentiment, saying, “It is the supreme duty of the Muslims to trace out Americans, Israelis, Russians, Indians and Westerners, whether they are army men or not, and kill them, whether they are in the city, air, sea or desert.”
Muslims are also instructed not to work with Christians or make a contract with them because they are the enemies of Islam.
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