Confronting a culture of extremism in Pakistan

Confronting a culture of extremism in Pakistan An Army soldier and rescue workers survey the damages, after a suicide blast at a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan, January 30. Photo: OSV News/Fayaz Aziz, Reuters.

Columban missionary Fr Liam O’Callaghan describes an indifference to religious extremism in some sections of Pakistani society, writes Jason Osborne January 30 this year saw another deadly blast in Pakistan, this time at a mosque located inside a high-security compound that includes police headquarters and a counterterrorism department. The attack’s final toll saw 101 dead and hundreds more wounded.…

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