“Some people think that the women should be confined to their houses and put veils on and all that and they should not move out — absolutely wrong.”
— Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf, speaking to the BBC about the merits of a moderate understanding of Islam.
General Musharraf has been busily chattering away over the past few days, condemning the current approach of the war on terror and admitting that the trail of Osama bin Laden, the leader and figurehead of al-Qaeda, has disappeared into the ether.
—Mimi Hanaoka
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