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Past experience has shown that the Islamists gain space when civilian authority weakens.

~Asma Jahangir

Topics: Authority Civilian Experience Gain Past Shown Space Weakens

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The Army is into every business in this country. Except hairdressing.

~Asma Jahangir

Topics: Army Business Country Every Except

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I am certainly not a martyr kind of a person. I love my life. But if one has to, then there is nothing more nobler a cause that I can think of.

~Asma Jahangir

Topics: Am Cause Certainly Kind Life Love Martyr More My Life Nothing Person Then Think I Am I Love I Can

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I cannot bear to live where there is so much injustice and I cannot do something about it. What kind of a torturous life is that?

~Asma Jahangir

Topics: About Bear Cannot Injustice Kind Life Live Much Something Where

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Yes, I am very unhappy, extremely anguished at human rights violations against Kashmiris in India or against Rohingyas in Burma or, for that matter, Christians in Orissa; but obviously, I am going to be more concerned of violations taking place in my own house because I am closer to the people who I live with. I have more passion for them.

~Asma Jahangir

Topics: Against Am Anguished Because Burma Christians Closer Concerned Extremely Going House Human Human Rights India Live Matter More My Own Obviously Own Passion People Place Rights Taking Them Unhappy Very Violations Who Yes I Am

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There have always been difficult situations for activists in Pakistan. In the 1960s, people fought for linguistic and ethnic rights in relation to the Bangladesh movement and the struggle of the people in the western Balochistan province.

~Asma Jahangir

Topics: Activists Always Bangladesh Been Difficult Ethnic Fought Linguistic Movement Pakistan People Province Relation Rights Situations Struggle Western 1960S

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Organized groups claiming roots in religious ideologies have unleashed an all-pervasive fear of mob violence in many parts of the country.

~Asma Jahangir

Topics: Claiming Country Fear Groups Ideologies Many Mob Organized Parts Religious Roots Unleashed Violence

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There was a time that human rights was not even an issue in this country. Then prisoners' rights became an issue.

~Asma Jahangir

Topics: Became Country Even Human Human Rights Issue Prisoners Rights Then Time

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Women's rights was thought of as a Western concept. Now people do talk about women's rights - political parties talk about it, even religious parties talk about it.

~Asma Jahangir

Topics: About Concept Even Now Parties People Political Political Parties Religious Rights Talk Thought Western Women

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If state protects the rights of people, they start respecting the state.

~Asma Jahangir

Topics: People Protects Respecting Rights Start State

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Biography

Nationality: Pakistani

Type: Activist

Born: January 27th, 1952

Died: February 11th, 2018

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