OBL Essay And Poetry Contest - Pakistan's Largest University

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OBL essay and poetry contest - Pakistan's largest university Jul 02, 2011
Not surprising news when a majority of Pakistani's grieved OBL's death. But just in case you're confused what they miss most of OBL, the opening paragraph should make that clear enough:

Lahore: Two months after the covert U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, posters emblazoned with images of the burning World Trade Center towers appeared at the country's largest university advertising a literary contest to glorify the former Al Qaeda chief.

The poem and essay competition at the prestigious Punjab University shows the footholds of hard-line Islamists on college campuses and growing efforts to raise their profile and influence even in the relatively cosmopolitan atmosphere of Pakistan's culture capital, Lahore.


http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/conte ... ama-116240

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Re: OBL Essay And Poetry Contest - Pakistan's Largest Univer Jul 03, 2011
What ! No pie chart this time ?
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Re: OBL essay and poetry contest - Pakistan's largest univer Jul 03, 2011
Hmm - maybe the young-one has a point. Posters are apparently a proof of what the 'majority' of people of that country believe. :roll:

Hmm - I guess the same should apply to placards being carried by some of eh's fellow Christian citizens... no?:

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(Yes, this is indeed a whataboutery argument - but one for ridiculous effect only.) :mrgreen:
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I'd say it smacks of desperation to compare a university condoning terrorism against non-Muslims with posters of the 9/11 attacks - and the social equilibrium in favor of the attacks since we all know Pakistanis riot at the slightest offense - to some people with protesters out on a sidewalk somewhere.
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