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Date & Time Dsk Vers Slug Status Dur'n St
Jan 26 16:22 C* PARTITION: Tape 88 -:OK 2:20 R*
By; *** Mod; 255 Lang;
Tape 88
Side A
Recordings made at Muridke, 26 Jan 2000, the headquarters of
Lashkar-e-Toiba and its parent organisation, Markaz ... . In
farmland about 35km north-west of Lahore, near the GT Road and
the main rail link. An Islamic University, hostel, mosque and
other facilities, in a compound of c200 acres. Arabic the main
medium of instruction. The studies are not military, and have a
strong emphasis on the theological and how to preach, tho also
horse riding. But many of the young men wear camouflage combat
jackets, which are also on sale in the area. About 700 of L-e-T
have died in Kashmir, including at least 40 students from here
on vacation. About 3,500 live in area, including wives and
children. Shop in university selling cassettes of jihadi songs
etc. Annual convocation attracts crowds of 600,000.
Lecturer telling students how to preach
10 > actuality (poor quality)
44 > much clearer
Distinctive azaan over loudspeakers
90> distorting
96> much better actuality
[then gap]
154> quieter actuality, with long gaps [no use]
Talking outside the mosque - to a young bearded man, Umar [Urdu]
220 > [trans] 'not gone yet, but very soon I will ...
forces against Islam are united to wipe off Ms from
face of this earth ... the Hindus they are raping the
M girls, and all sorts of illegal ways are used to.
put cruelties to Muslims'
[punctuated a couple of times by raucous shouts of
inshallah from those around]
Talking outside the mosque - to an elderly, bearded teacher of
English
295> Abdul Majid, I'm an Ebglish teacher here ...
Q: lot of boys go to fight in K and die
305> 'yes, but we train them that this is a great cause,
noble cause, and this is the cause of Allah ...
Q: what do you want to achieve
325> 'we want to undo India, because if India is undone, if
India is broken, there will be no aggression'
335> 'India has always seen Muslims with hate in their eyes'
340> at partition time, was in Sindh
Q: which is the main cause, Islam or Pakistan
348> 'first of all Islam is everything, then Pakistan is |
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