Search Options
close
Search the following clips:
All Clips
Everyone's Clips
My Guides
Sign Up
Install
Learn More
Login
Salik: The Late Ms. Bhutto's Nobel Nominee
Gul Agha
follow
0
2-6-2008 6:17 PM
188 views
tags:
pakistan
,
christian
Add a Comment
Login
to Comment. Not a member yet?
Sign up
Related Clips
Taliban in Pakistan bomb Irish-run school
When Facts Fail, Attack Something Inconseq...
The Spies who love Obama
Taliban in Pakistan persecute Pushtun Artists
Afghanistan code red
Angry Pakistani tribesmen attack Taliban a...
Afghanistan Conflict Rapidly Worsening
More clips from
Gul Agha
Taliban in Pakistan persecute Pushtun Artists
Ration Milk, Meat to Combat Climate Change
Neanderthals were as Technologically Advan...
Today's Top Clips
Invisible to the naked eye - Fascinating images of life under the microscope.
The Cultural Evolution Of Religion
Understanding The Cycle Of Violence
Narcissistic People Most Likely To Emerge As Leaders
Can human consciousness survive without a brain?
Nuns, Congressional candidate, Declared to be Terrorist.
Why Tip?
"Incestuous relationship" of military, contractors, Congress
mystery of The Ugly Duchess
Justice Dept Firings WERE Political. No, really?
visit the
Top Clips page
View the Top Clips from
February 6, 2008
Embed This Clip In Your Site...
<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/fab46cf7-3ee6-49df-bf25-0e14f556a91f/CCA4340B-9E42-4C6B-96CC-8F35F127400F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-christian5feb05,1,7534792,full.story?ctrack=2&cset=true" href="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-christian5feb05,1,7534792,full.story?ctrack=2&cset=true" style="font-size: 11px;">www.latimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-christian5feb05,1,7534792,full.story?ctrack=2&cset=true"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.latimes.com/img/D7E84973-386D-4FFF-A65E-28AB433F3185" alt="Human rights worker" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-christian5feb05,1,7534792,full.story?ctrack=2&cset=true"><DIV> ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- Followed by a gaggle of children, Julius Salik walks a muddy dirt track in one of this city's squalid Christian slums, past open sewers and ramshackle homes with stick roofs.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-christian5feb05,1,7534792,full.story?ctrack=2&cset=true"><DIV> For years, Salik has waged an unorthodox human rights campaign of public protests he says is necessary to get the attention of a neglectful government.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-christian5feb05,1,7534792,full.story?ctrack=2&cset=true"><DIV> In 1996, then-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto nominated him for a Nobel Peace Prize. But now Bhutto has been assassinated. And Salik says Christians here are in more trouble than ever.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-christian5feb05,1,7534792,full.story?ctrack=2&cset=true">Musharraf has publicly urged Pakistanis to shun radical Islam and pursue "enlightened moderation."</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-christian5feb05,1,7534792,full.story?ctrack=2&cset=true"><DIV> But each year, Pakistani children are taught that Jews are tightfisted moneylenders and Christians vengeful conquerors -- all in textbooks approved by the administration.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-christian5feb05,1,7534792,full.story?ctrack=2&cset=true"> blasphemy laws, which carry a penalty of life imprisonment and even death</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-christian5feb05,1,7534792,full.story?ctrack=2&cset=true">Muslims use the law to take over the homes of Christians and rid neighborhoods of unwanted minorities</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/CCA4340B-9E42-4C6B-96CC-8F35F127400F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
Clipmarks
Home
New Clips
Top Clips
Dashboard
Popular Topics
News
Life
Science
Technology
Entertainment
Get Started
Sign Up
Install Clipping Tool
How Clipping Works
Clip-to-Blog™
ClipSearch
Tools and Resources
FAQ
ClipWeek
Top Clippers
Top Tags
Site Map
About Clipmarks
About Us
Contact
Blog
Copyright
Privacy
EULA
OK
