Attentat auf Religionsminister
Weitgehend unbeachtet blieb im Westen der Anschlag auf den pakistanischen Minister für Religiöse Angelegenheiten Hamid Saeed Kazmi am 2.9. Während er durch einen Schuss in sein Bein nicht in Lebensgefahr geriet, wurde sein Chauffeur getötet.
Nach Ansicht der “Dawn”-Kommentatorin Huma Yusuf ist dies ein gezielter Angriff, auf die Versuche der Regierung, durch Einbindung von Sufis den Taliban die religiöse Legitimation zu entziehen:
–––The fact is, when the minister of religious affairs is targeted, it is not simply a terrorist attack – it is a bold ideological statement. It is an announcement, on the part of Pakistan-based militants, that Islam and Islamic beliefs, when they coexist in harmony with government writ, are not welcome in the Land of the Pure. As such, the attack is a warning to all religious leaders as well as religious political parties to toe the Taliban’s radical line in their beliefs and practices.
It is not a coincidence that Minister Kazmi has been shot at days after US President Barack Obama reached out to religious parties – including former Taliban supporters such as the JUIF – in Pakistan, asking for a fresh start. What better way, after all, to ensure that influential religious figures do not join the national (and internatinal) consensus against the Taliban than by trying to assassinate one of their own?