Comments on: The Mosque and the Ballot http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/the_mosque_and_the_ballot.html what is the vertiginous chapati saying to me? Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:15:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: samra http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/the_mosque_and_the_ballot.html#comment-34506 samra Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:57:34 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/the_mosque_and_the_ballot.html#comment-34506 im not in favour of lalmasjid students its like terrorism that they wear black burqas (ninja turtle) not in favour????????????????? im not in favour of lalmasjid students its like terrorism that they wear black burqas (ninja turtle)
not in favour?????????????????

]]> By: Athar http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/the_mosque_and_the_ballot.html#comment-29513 Athar Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:20:14 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/the_mosque_and_the_ballot.html#comment-29513 On one hand, there are children taken hostage. On the other hand, there are children dying of thirst and hunger. I don't think there's any easy way out of this. Found this 2 part video about the Mosque...check it out. Part1 http://www.vidpk.com/view_video.php?viewkey=46cb5436a10798e657d9 Part2 http://www.vidpk.com/view_video.php?viewkey=28e489b44e954ec0b9bc On one hand, there are children taken hostage. On the other hand, there are children dying of thirst and hunger. I don’t think there’s any easy way out of this. Found this 2 part video about the Mosque…check it out.

Part1
http://www.vidpk.com/view_video.php?viewkey=46cb5436a10798e657d9

Part2
http://www.vidpk.com/view_video.php?viewkey=28e489b44e954ec0b9bc

]]> By: Loyola http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/the_mosque_and_the_ballot.html#comment-29209 Loyola Sun, 08 Jul 2007 19:11:12 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/the_mosque_and_the_ballot.html#comment-29209 I wouldn't worry about an Islamic Govt coming to power in Pakistan. It seems that India, China and especially the United States have a vested interest in preventing a Pakistani Theocracy. If worse comes to worse, British Airways can give Benazir a first class ticket to Islamabad. I wouldn’t worry about an Islamic Govt coming to power in Pakistan. It seems that India, China and especially the United States have a vested interest in preventing a Pakistani Theocracy. If worse comes to worse, British Airways can give Benazir a first class ticket to Islamabad.

]]> By: sepoy http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/the_mosque_and_the_ballot.html#comment-29160 sepoy Sun, 08 Jul 2007 14:10:35 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/the_mosque_and_the_ballot.html#comment-29160 "In fact there is a very popular conspiracy theory that the lal masjid affair has been cooked up or is being manipulated by Musharraf in order to shore up support." I hinted at that and I hope this post can show that conspiracies notwithstanding the issues between Lal Masjid and the State are deep and contentious. I also linked to reports from Pakistani media with direct support for Musharraf. Ultimately, I hope you are right that this dictatorial regime remains in trouble. “In fact there is a very popular conspiracy theory that the lal masjid affair has been cooked up or is being manipulated by Musharraf in order to shore up support.”
I hinted at that and I hope this post can show that conspiracies notwithstanding the issues between Lal Masjid and the State are deep and contentious.

I also linked to reports from Pakistani media with direct support for Musharraf.

Ultimately, I hope you are right that this dictatorial regime remains in trouble.

]]> By: misanthrope http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/the_mosque_and_the_ballot.html#comment-29121 misanthrope Sun, 08 Jul 2007 10:23:36 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/homistan/the_mosque_and_the_ballot.html#comment-29121 I think you are confusing two different things in your analysis. Firstly, though there is widespread support for a crackdown on the lal masjid radicals in the Pakistani news media and blogosphere, there is still a very healthy dose of distrust of and opposition to Musharraf. Lal Masjid may have pushed the CJ issue and APC meeting off the frontpages, but they have certainly not been forgotten. Secondly, you seem to be equating the debate within American media/officialdom over whether to support or not support Musharraf with the Pakistani media's reporting of this debate. The Pakistani media follows this debate carefully because rightly or wrongly they believe American policy is an important determining factor in what happens domestically in Pakistan. Within Pakistan there is a pretty unanimous consensus within the media that the military must withdraw from politics. In fact there is a very popular conspiracy theory that the lal masjid affair has been cooked up or is being manipulated by Musharraf in order to shore up support. The editorials in New York and Washington may well change their tone towards Musharraf, but in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, they remain hostile. Ultimately the latter is what counts. The Musharraf regime is still very much in trouble. I think you are confusing two different things in your analysis. Firstly, though there is widespread support for a crackdown on the lal masjid radicals in the Pakistani news media and blogosphere, there is still a very healthy dose of distrust of and opposition to Musharraf. Lal Masjid may have pushed the CJ issue and APC meeting off the frontpages, but they have certainly not been forgotten.

Secondly, you seem to be equating the debate within American media/officialdom over whether to support or not support Musharraf with the Pakistani media’s reporting of this debate. The Pakistani media follows this debate carefully because rightly or wrongly they believe American policy is an important determining factor in what happens domestically in Pakistan. Within Pakistan there is a pretty unanimous consensus within the media that the military must withdraw from politics. In fact there is a very popular conspiracy theory that the lal masjid affair has been cooked up or is being manipulated by Musharraf in order to shore up support.

The editorials in New York and Washington may well change their tone towards Musharraf, but in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, they remain hostile. Ultimately the latter is what counts. The Musharraf regime is still very much in trouble.

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