Detail Ready for Sacrifice; Pakistan's Tumultuous Politics   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 406 no. 8819 (Jan. 2013), page 25-26. Topik: Politics; Religion & Politics; Political Parties Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel Just before setting off for their "long march" to Islamabad, on January 13th, supporters of Tahir ul Qadri, a populist cleric who has burst onto Pakistan's political scene, cut the throat of a bull that lay trussed in the back of a lorry. A quartet of bleating goats was similarly dispatched. The idea, said a man outside Mr Qadri's house in Lahore, was to bring good fortune to his movement. For Mr Qadri, those sacrifices seemed at first to pay off handsomely. His claims to have drawn millions to the streets were way off the mark: perhaps 50,000 flag-wavers actually made it to Islamabad, in colourful buses, lorries and cars. But even that was a heady achievement. This is something of a puzzle. A moderate Sufi cleric who rejects the label of "mullah", Mr Qadri has lived in Canada since 2006, from where he leads an impressive educational and religious body with tens of thousands of members. But he is also a failed ex-politician who served briefly as an MP loyal to a previous military dictator, Pervez Musharraf, and whose always tiny party is now defunct. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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