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May 23, 2006
Al-Qaeda Leader Funds Activities By Kidnapping Christian Children For Slavery
Topics: Understanding IslamGul Khan, former Pakistani ISI chief and wealthy militant who uses the base of Jamaat-ud Daawa near Lahore, is behind a cruel slavery trade in Christian boys aged six to 12:
A senior member of an Islamic organisation linked to Al-Qaeda is funding his activities through the kidnapping of Christian children who are sold into slavery in Pakistan.The Pakistani ISI has long been suspected of terrorist links, so learning that it's former chief, Gul Khan, is complicit in slavery to fund terrorist activity isn't suprising. Of interest is just how many other ISI current and former members are involved in terrorism.The Sunday Times has established that Gul Khan, a wealthy militant who uses the base of Jamaat-ud Daawa (JUD) near Lahore, is behind a cruel trade in boys aged six to 12.
They are abducted from remote Christian villages in the Punjab and fetch nearly £1,000 each from buyers who consign them to a life of misery in domestic servitude or in the sex trade.
Khan was exposed in a sting organised by American and Pakistani missionaries who decided to save 20 such boys and return them to their homes. Using a secret camera, they filmed him accepting $28,500 (£15,000) from a Pakistani missionary posing as a businessman who said he wanted to set up an operation in which the boys would beg for cash on the streets.
As for jihadi involvement in kidnapping and/or murdering children, they've proven to have shown little preference as to whether the victims are Christian, Muslim, Hindu, or whatever else. They're just as likely to kidnap or kill a non-jihadi Muslim as they are a Christian.
HT - Egyptian Sandmonkey
Posted by Richard at May 23, 2006 11:41 AM
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