Ringtone download 'un-Islamic', militants enforce ban

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Posted by Liju Philip | Posted in funny, islamic, militancy, pakis, pakistan, ringtone, taliban, un-islamic, WTF | Posted on 01-11-2007

More fun…. ;)

Pro-Taliban militants have forced shopkeepers in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province to ban the “un-Islamic practice” of downloading and storing ring-tones in cellular phones, with a Rs 10,000 fine for violators.

Two months ago, unknown militants issued threatening letters to shop owners in the market in Inayat Kalay, warning them to shut down their “un-Islamic businesses” or face bomb attacks.

Militants bombed a cellular phone market a few days ago in Inayat Kalay, around seven kilometres from Khar. The market housed 30 shops dealing in cellular phones.

Rest of the article here.

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How the mighty have fallen

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Posted by Liju Philip | Posted in India, pakis, pakistan, Politics, USA, World | Posted on 25-09-2007

Now, Henry Kissinger doesn’t mind licking India’s boot.

Ironically, Henry Kissinger had once said “The Indians are bastards.” That was shortly before India went to war with Pakistan in 1971. “So if you ask me what about the things I said in 1971,” Kissinger said at the dinner, “I now say, I am a convert,” to applause.

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Who will be the Twenty20 World Champion?

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Posted by Liju Philip | Posted in cricket, India, pakis, pakistan, Sports, twenty 20, World | Posted on 24-09-2007

Will Dhoni and his boys do what a collective dream team of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid could never deliver in a lifetime?

Will Dhoni be the next captain after the ‘magnificient’ Kapil Dev to ever win any form of a World Cup Cricket tournament for India? Or will the situation go to the head and India flatter to deceive, as always? Will the millions of audience worldwide be treated to a mind blowing, pulsating, edge of the seat thriller? Well, lets leave that to time.

india and pakistan

Rival captains Shoaib Malik of Pakistan and Mahendra Singh Dhoni of India pose with the ICC World Twenty20 trophy. In the background is a statue of Nelson Mandela.

Its exactly at times like these that i miss being back at home in India with hot cups of steaming tea, pakoras (the greatest cricket maniac ever, my mom) and a cracker match on the telly. Meanwhile, India takes on Pakistan today for what is being billed as the ‘mother of all battles‘ to decide the winner of the Twenty-20 World Cup at Johannesburg, South Africa.

May God bless all the weak hearted cricket maniacs.

Above picture courtesy: Cricinfo

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