Terrorists for Democracy

As it stands right now Jihadists enjoy wide support throughout the Middle East. The last thing we should be doing is enabling these Jihadists to gain power through any means including democratic elections. The consequences of this have already been felt in Gaza where Hamas, a terrorist organization, was voted into power. The next place could be Pakistan. Before any peaceful democracies can be instituted in the Middle East, the support for such terrorist entities must be liquidated first.

JHANG, Pakistan (Reuters) - The leader of a banned Pakistani militant group is standing in next week's general election and says he will fight for the reinstatement of his group if he wins a seat in parliament.

Mohammad Ahmed Ludhianvi, head of the outlawed Millat-e-Islamia Pakistan, has a good chance of winning a seat on Monday in the town of Jhang in a poor farming district in Punjab province that has been a group stronghold for years.

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"This is our seat and we'll win it. No one can snatch this seat from us," the bearded cleric told Reuters in an interview at a supporter's house in Jhang as his heavily armed guards looked on.

Millat-e-Islamia, or Nation of Islam, was formed in 2002 by members of the notorious Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, a Sunni Muslim organization that was for years involved in tit-for-tat killings with militants from the minority Shi'ite Muslim sect.

President Pervez Musharraf banned the Sipah-e-Sahaba and several other militant groups in January 2002 after joining the U.S.-led campaign against terrorism following the September 11 attacks on the United States.

The U.S. also put the Sipah-e-Sahaba on its watch list of terrorist groups.