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September 14, 2011

CS Monitor: Pakistan's Islamic preachers: Gateway to radicalization?

by Owais Tohid
The Christian Science Monitor

KARACHI, PAKISTAN -- Hawkers park their carts next to the latest-model cars of business tycoons as thousands of men rush into the Madni Mosque in Karachi city.

Inside, the atmosphere is electrifying: prayers, redemption, and celebrity sightings, as commoners get transformed into global Islamic preachers – all in the name of “Muslim victories.”

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