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Deadly Shootout at Islamabad’s ‘Red Mosque’

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Posted on Jul 3, 2007

A clash between Pakistani police and students associated with the Lal Masjid ("Red Mosque") in Islamabad resulted in nine deaths Tuesday, and 140 were reported wounded, according to the BBC.


BBC:

Armed students at the mosque and religious schools linked to it have defied the authorities for months in a campaign for Islamic Sharia law.

The mosque and the two madrassas (religious schools) attached to it - one for men, the other for women - have been at the centre of a number of high-profile incidents.

These include the kidnapping of police and people the mosque’s leaders say are involved in immoral activities such as prostitution.

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By lilmamzer, July 6, 2007 at 11:59 am #

Brought to you by The Religion Of Peace©

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By James, July 5, 2007 at 11:55 pm #
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I wonder why Aziz and, moreover, his entrenched gang of thugs, seem unmoved by their Prophet Muhammad’s injunction in the Quran that “cursed are those men that wear women’s clothing and those women that wear men’s clothing”. If they truly adhere to their insipid religiosity, surely they are duty-bound to stone Aziz to death, or some such.

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By nefertiti, July 4, 2007 at 8:49 am #

shame on the Mushraf Thugs , they have been given a few orders , to serve the war on terror , but i think he has gone over board , shutting off the opposition , arresting people , and shooting at students . musharaf is getting desperate , the tribal areas hate him , arresting Chowdury was his worst mistake . and now he turns on the defenseless students because america does not approve of madrassas . why spend on nuclear power,? spend on modern schools wit proper curriculum and computers etc....

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2733261.ece

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By Frank, July 4, 2007 at 4:00 am #

Better Dead than Red (mosque) I always say.

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