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Publication: Daily Excelsior
Date: July 22, 2000
KARACHI, July 21: Thousands
of Pakistanis called for holy war against India here today as extremist
leader Maulana Masood Azhar dramatically ended months of silence after
his release from an Indian jail.
"Ten thousand have joined
us and are ready to give their lives in the name of Islam," said Azhar
in a speech at a mosque in this southern port city.
Police were deployed
around the mosque as Azhar whipped thousands of people attending today's
prayers into a fury against India.
They (India) cannot stop
the Jihad (holy war). Tomorrow I may be killed but the struggle will
continue," said Azhar, who was released from by India late last year as
part of a deal with hijackers of an Indian Airlines plane. (AFP)
