"This is the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and we should know the answers to these questions about Islam, " said Mr. Sharif.

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That the forces of Islamic jihad should now be mounting what may be a final assault for domination of the nuclear-armed Islamic Republic of Pakistan should surprise no one.

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Among the representatives of more than two dozen countries attending were the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Zimbabwe and Iraq, state-run Islamic Republic News Agency said.

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Mawdudi spent his whole life trying to turn Pakistan into an Islamic republic ruled under shariah and he was horrified over the encroachment of Western values and culture into the Islamic world, so he called for a separate and distinct economic and financial system for Muslims to insulate them from the influences of Western wealth.

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