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Qazi Hussain Ahmad

Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Pakistani scholar and politician (d. 2013)
Qazi Hussain Ahmad (Urdu: قاضی حسین احمد; born 12 January 1938 – 5 January 2013) was an Islamic scholar, democracy activist, and former Emir of Jamaat-e-Islami, the socially conservative Islamist political party in Pakistan.He opposed the United States' participation in the war against the Taliban in neighbouring Afghanistan.

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    Austria

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  • 23Sep

    Munich Agreement

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  • 30Sep

    Munich Agreement

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    The War of the Worlds (radio drama)

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