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Lashkar leader urges workers to continue `jehad'
By B. Muralidhar Reddy
ISLAMABAD, JAN. 6. Amid the continuing crackdown by the Musharraf Government on the `jehadis,' the detained former Lashkar-e-Taiba chief, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, has advised his outfit's leaders and workers not to lose heart over his detention and continue the work of Dawa (the parent outfit of Lashkar) and pursue `jehad' (holy war) with renewed vigour and dedication.
Counselling them against violence and sabotage in reaction, he asked them to be sincere in their `tahajud' (early morning prayers) and supplications to seek divine help ``in the present hard times.''
Prof. Saeed urged the workers to obey the new leadership of the party, promote mutual brotherhood and love. He and his colleagues had never aspired for political power or worldly comforts. They had always desired `Allah's pleasure.'
Reports from different parts of the country said police continued to detain workers of the `jehadi' outfits and book them under Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance. The detention of the Jamaat-e-Islami chief, Quazi Hussain Ahmed, a few weeks ago, has been extended by a month. He was detained at the height of protests, staged against Pakistan's support to the U.S. campaign against terrorism.
``Detentions and hardships are an essential part of the path of `jehad' and these should not deter us from our goal'' he said in a message posted on www.markazdawa.org - the organisation website. His detention should not hamper the work of the Jamaat, he said.
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