Question

Per a 1979 book, migrants from this modern country clung to a “myth of return” that caused closed communities. After an attack led primarily by men with parents from this country, a politician said “whatever you do, however many you kill, you will fail.” A 2022 New York Times podcast details an alleged plot led primarily by teachers with ancestry in this country to take over three public schools in “Operation Trojan Horse.” (10[1])In 2001, (10[1]-5[1])men with ancestry in this country rioted in Oldham and Bradford, where migrants worked (10[1])in textile mills after fleeing dam-induced flooding. Three men with ancestry in this (10[1])country plotted with Germaine Lindsay (-5[1])to attack a Tavistock Square bus and three subway (10[1])trains in the 7/7 bombings. (-5[2])In 2016, a politician whose parents migrated from this country (10[1]-5[1])succeeded (10[1])Boris Johnson (10[3]-5[1])as (10[2])mayor (-5[2])of (-5[2])London. (10[2])For 10 points, from what country did Sadiq Khan’s parents migrate? (10[3]) (10[7])■END■

ANSWER: Pakistan [or Islamic Republic of Pakistan; or Islāmī Jumhūriyah Pākistān]
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William GrogerColumbia BJohns Hopkins A136-5
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