Pakistan: Media Reports on Pakistani Islamists Conceal Their Anti-Freedom Ideology By Jeffrey Imm

In the media coverage of Pakistan President Musharraf's declaration of emergency and martial law, Islamists objecting to his emergency declaration are being portrayed as defenders of Pakistani freedom, when in fact they represent Islamist anti-freedom ideologies. While there are certainly other genuinely pro-freedom individuals who object to Musharraf's emergency declaration, media sources are combining reports of anti-freedom Islamists' criticism along with other democratic opponents of Pakistan President Musharraf, and in the process, lending undue credibility to Islamist Pakistanis.

This is starkly reflected in the media reporting on such figures as Qazi Hussain Ahmed and Hamid Gul. Both of these individuals are Islamists within Pakistan, who seek to undermine any remaining pluralism and freedom in Pakistan and replace it with an anti-freedom Islamist ideology. What media reports fail to point out is that such "repressed" Pakistani Islamists as Qazi Hussain Ahmed and Hamid Gul and their supporters are likely to want to see someone like Osama Bin Laden lead Pakistan.

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