Against both Islamists and empire
The following (abridged) article by Farooq Tariq from the Labour Party Pakistan was first published on the International Viewpoint website on 28 October 2009. The conditions he describes — daily suicide bombings by supporters and allies of the Taliban in Pakistan — have worsened. On 1 January a bomb killed 75 people at a volleyball game in North-West Frontier Province. You can read it in its original form on the LPP website here . What do to about religious fundamentalism? Once again Pakistan has become the focus of world attention. Every day there is news of the latest suicide attack or...