 Before the chief minister of Sindh departed for Umrah or pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, he responded to US presidential hopeful Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo's recent remarks that the US could "take out" Islamic holy sites if Muslim fundamentalist terrorists attacked the country with nuclear weapons. "If the heathens commit a mistake by attacking Mecca and Madina," said CM Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, "it will be their last blunder". He argued that while a Muslim's faith could be weak, Almighty Allah was never feeble and would continue to help Muslims and protect their places of worship. Rahim's statement came just as he left for the pilgrimage amid rumours of the likely imposition of a state of emergency in Pakistan. |