Pakistan-based Deobandi, Ahle-Hadith and Jamiat e-Islami extremist networks and clerics are increasingly active in radicalizing Muslim communities abroad, including the United States.

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These include Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ), seen in Pakistan as the political face of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), a militant group which has been blamed for killing hundreds of Hazaras in Quetta and other Shia Muslims in other parts of the country.

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