Was Benazir Bhutto's assasination politically motivated, or religiously motivated?

Question

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Answer 1

Political.

By the way - for the geographically challenged - Pakistan is not in the middle east!

Answer 2

According To Updated News From Pakistani Spokesman, The Government Said Al - Qaida And The Taliban Were Responsible For Her Death, Claiming It Intercepted An Al - Qaida Leader's Message Of Congratulation For The Assassination. Now The Workers Of Pakistan Peoples Party Say That If Pakistan Government Claim To Tape The Conversation, Why Are They Still Unable To Trap Those Criminals Who In The Past Murdered Many People And Also Attempted To Murder ( Late ) Miss Benazir Bhutto, In October When She Returned Back To Pakistan. May Be, Those Are The Talibans Who ( On Pressure ) Like To Show Their Power To The World That They Still Are Powerful And Can Perform Any Terror Attack, On Any One, Any Where And Any Time. Well ! Pakistan Is Still A Weak Country, Where Politics Survive On Power And Human Killings ..... And Religion, Rather Then Showing The True Path Of Life Of Living, Is Another Way To Bound Pakistani People. And Alas ! ( Leaving The Ordinary Pakistani Citizen ) World Renowned, Pakistani Personalities Are Not Safe From Them Too. World Is Moving Further, Governments Work For The Goodwill Of Their People And Nation, But Pakistan Is Still Revolving Around Politics, Religion, Which Mode Of Education To Adopt ..... Etc. Etc. ( Late ) Benzair Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif And Altaf Hussain Are The Three Major Personalities Of Pakistani Politics ..... Benazir Lost Her Life In Her Own Homeland ( Like Her Father Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto ), Nawaz Sharif Also Faced Many Killing Attempts, And Altaf Hussain Also Is Out Of Country. Most Pakistani Dislike Mister Musharraf ( As People Say That Musharraf Time Will Be Remembered As The Most Blood Shedding Time In History Of Pakistan, And That He Was Unable To Control Very Basic Problems Of Pakistani People Like Price Controlling, Judiciary Issues, Media Conflict Etc ) ...... Hoping For The Good And Lets See What Will Happen Next !

Answer 3

Depends on who actually killed her. It could be both if it was the Muslim extremists....or it could be more political because of wanting to get power by any of the groups. And being a woman sure didn't help her.....she was "thumbing her nose" at all those men out on the streets...in that culture. It doesn't mean she wasn't right....just that too much was against her...and she was foolish to think she could control everything. It didn't work the first time...what made her think it would work now?

It was sad, because I really believe she was an idealist...and loved democracy...and her country. She may become a martyr which might end up to help her country...who knows?

Answer 4

A combination of both, the majority being political as President Musharraf's military regime had her arrested twice since her filmed interview with Wolf Blitzer in Sept 07.
My question is why would Musharraf do this knowing the finger would be pointed at him...and it would rock the world ....and why did she fly in the face of all reason and put herself out there for assassination? There are no Supermen in politics!
For an educated, intelligent and beautiful woman... whose father was hung and 2 brothers assassinated...why do this? Sounds like a suicide mission to me. What's the difference between what she did and a suicide bomber? None...both are martyrs for their cause. For President Musharraf, he can't play on both sides of the fence in politics and this assassination isn't going to help his cause in a world that does not trust him anyway. We are living in dangerous times and they are about to get worse I fear. Stay tuned as the next election is important and we need someone savvy about foreign affair

Presently there are only two candidates well versed in that area. McCain on the Republican side and Biden on the Democratic side. Listen and choose wisely and by all means vote.

Answer 5

A politically motivated action in the guise of a religious one. What better way to further your political agenda than through the call of religious belief and condemning those who don't believe as you do as sinners/infidels/hellbound. No one likes being told they are not faithful enough. Some weak-minded individuals are influenced by corrupt and immoral leaders hiding behind a religion to convince people to do things their religion doesn't condone, but, in fact, condemns.

Some people are going to be VERY surprised in their afterlife.

Answer 6

Politically motivated due to the fact that she was politically very powerful.. Could get votes from all the provinces while the other candidates were only able to get votes from one or two provinces.. (I used to live in Pakistan when she was the Prime Minister)..

Answer 7

I've been following that story for months now and believe it was politically motivated. I think it's an absolutely tragedy it happened.

Answer 8

I think it was politically motivated because in religious terms she wasn't an important person, but she was in political terms.

Answer 9

both it was also for power of whatever terrorist cell assasinated her..it struck fear in the pakastanis hearts imagine if something like that happened in USA...we would be at war but pakistan isnt strong enough to stand on there feet and fight

Answer 10

Both