Rock against religious fanaticism

How a smashed guitar brought an epiphany for a Pakistani student with rock'n'roll dreamsOne day in 1982, a Pakistani medical student named Salman Ahmad (right) was playing guitar at a student talent show in a Lahore hotel when a young religious fanatic dashed on stage. He snatched Ahmad's Gibson Les Paul from round his neck and smashed it, because he thought rock music was an affront to Islam. It was, Ahmad says, a profound moment in his life. "For me to feel like I wanted to smash my guitar, it...

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