Muhammad Hafiz Saeed, LeT founder and leader, 1999

Date
1999
Name of Author
Muhammad Hafiz Saeed
Body

“…jihad is not about Kashmir only…about fifteen years ago, people might have found it ridiculous if someone told them about the disintegration of the USSR. Today, I announce the break-up of India, Insha-Allah. We will not rest until the whole [of] India is dissolved into Pakistan.”Ashley J. Tellis, “The Menace That Is Lashkar-e-Taiba,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 3, March 2012, http://carnegieendowment.org/files/LeT_menace.pdf.

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