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UN-designated terrorist Hafiz Saeed's son vows to continue jihad in India, hails Asim Munir

UN-designated terrorist Hafiz Saeed's son vows to continue jihad in India, hails Asim Munir

File photo of Hafiz Saeed. Photograph: (ANI)

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Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Hafiz Talha Saeed said he was among those who had taken an oath to wage jihad, and pledged that this campaign would go on for as long as they had the strength to continue it.

Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Hafiz Talha Saeed has once again ramped up his anti-India remarks, bringing up jihad, the “legacy" of Muslim rule in the Indian subcontinent. He also pointed to Delhi and heaped praise on Pakistan Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir.


In a recent speech, the banned LeT leader claimed that Pakistan’s military leadership was bringing back the ideas of “faith, piety and jihad" and presented Pakistan as having a historic and religious role that stretches beyond its current borders. Saeed said he was among those who had taken an oath to wage jihad, and pledged that this campaign would go on for as long as they had the strength to continue it.

“We are those who took the pledge of jihad at the hands of the Noble Prophet Muhammad," Saeed said. “As long as we are alive and have strength within us, we will continue this jihad and keep offering these sacrifices," he added.

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Saeed on India's history

Saeed then turned to India's history, seemingly trying to frame the current political rivalry between India and Pakistan as part of a much bigger historical narrative. “Here, in this subcontinent, Muslims ruled for 500 years," he claimed.

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He then went on to directly attack the Indian leadership based in Delhi and asked, “On what basis do the anti-Pakistan rulers sitting in Delhi speak today?" adding, “Have they forgotten history who Delhi belonged to, and to whom all these regions of India belonged?"

Saeed maintained that his remarks were based on what he called historical facts. “I am not saying anything contrary to history, or anything wrong, or anything against the facts," he said.

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