Two thousand Pakistani women vow to raise up children for the interior spiritual struggle. 'Women at Pakistan's Red Mosque vow babies for jihad,' by Zeeshan Haider for Reuters, July 9 (thanks to all who sent this in):

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - About 2,000 Islamist women gathered at the radical Red Mosque in the Pakistani capital on Wednesday and vowed to raise their children for holy war, days after a suicide bomber killed 18 people after a similar rally.

Chanting slogans of 'jihad is our way', burqa-clad women, some with babies, listened to fiery speeches from the daughter of the mosque's jailed cleric on the eve of the anniversary of a commando raid on the complex in which more than 100 people died. ...