Muhammad Hafiz Saeed, LeT founder and leader, 1998

Date
1998
Name of Author
Muhammad Hafiz Saeed
Body

“…many Muslim organizations are preaching and working on the missionary level inside and outside Pakistan . . . but they have given up the path of jihad altogether. The need for jihad has always existed and the present conditions demand it more than ever.”Ashley J. Tellis, “The Menace That Is Lashkar-e-Taiba,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 8, March 2012, http://carnegieendowment.org/files/LeT_menace.pdf.

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