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…aka “jaisi karni vaise bharni“.
The BBC reports that ”Radical Islamist students have shot dead a Pakistani soldier in clashes outside a rebellious mosque in the capital, Islamabad…”
From the report:
“…Armed students and clerics at the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) have openly defied the authorities for months in their campaign for Islamic Sharia law.
…BBC’s Syed Shoaib Hasan …says regular police and paramilitary units ringing the mosque compound have now been replaced by what appear to be special forces. Ambulances and journalists have been told to move further away.
Dozens of students - mostly armed with sticks and petrol bombs, but some with guns and wearing masks - are patrolling around the mosque.
…The Lal Masjid and its seminaries have been at the centre of a number of confrontations with the authorities. They include the kidnapping of police and people the mosque says are involved in immoral activities.
Critics have attacked the government for failing to enforce its authority in the capital.
Correspondents say the authorities seem unwilling or unable to act. President Musharraf has said security forces cannot raid the mosque for fear of reprisal suicide attacks.”
I had worried about this kind of thing a few months ago. See The “Talibanisation” of Pakistan…“
UPDATE: The death toll is now reported at 12 people
UPDATE # 2: The Chinese connection to Lal Masjid: (courtesy Acorn)
“By all accounts, the zealous promoters of virtue from Islamabad’s Lal Masjid went too far when they abducted nine Chinese nationals for running a brothel under the familiar guise of a massage parlour. For several reasons: China is an ‘all weather’ friend that Pakistan just cannot afford to annoy. But also because Islamabad’s powerful—including Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, leader of Pakistan’s ruling party—used to patronise that establishment to relax their weary muscles.
…Ultimately, Abdul Rashid Ghazi, Lal Masjid’s leader, announced that he had released the hostages in the interests of Pakistan-China friendship, on the government’s word that Islamabad’s massage parlours would be closed down.”
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In a separate newstory, the BBC also reported that a UK failed car bombing terror suspect was caught in Australia “carrying a one-way ticket to India” :-(
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* From the Bible
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- British Youth Protest Government Policies
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As ye sow, so shall ye reap*
…aka “jaisi karni vaise bharni“.
The BBC reports that ”Radical Islamist students have shot dead a Pakistani soldier in clashes outside a rebellious mosque in the capital, Islamabad…”
From the report:
“…Armed students and clerics at the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) have openly defied the authorities for months in their campaign for Islamic Sharia law.
…BBC’s Syed Shoaib Hasan …says regular police and paramilitary units ringing the mosque compound have now been replaced by what appear to be special forces. Ambulances and journalists have been told to move further away.
Dozens of students - mostly armed with sticks and petrol bombs, but some with guns and wearing masks - are patrolling around the mosque.
…The Lal Masjid and its seminaries have been at the centre of a number of confrontations with the authorities. They include the kidnapping of police and people the mosque says are involved in immoral activities.
Critics have attacked the government for failing to enforce its authority in the capital.
Correspondents say the authorities seem unwilling or unable to act. President Musharraf has said security forces cannot raid the mosque for fear of reprisal suicide attacks.”
I had worried about this kind of thing a few months ago. See The “Talibanisation” of Pakistan…“
UPDATE: The death toll is now reported at 12 people
UPDATE # 2: The Chinese connection to Lal Masjid: (courtesy Acorn)
“By all accounts, the zealous promoters of virtue from Islamabad’s Lal Masjid went too far when they abducted nine Chinese nationals for running a brothel under the familiar guise of a massage parlour. For several reasons: China is an ‘all weather’ friend that Pakistan just cannot afford to annoy. But also because Islamabad’s powerful—including Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, leader of Pakistan’s ruling party—used to patronise that establishment to relax their weary muscles.
…Ultimately, Abdul Rashid Ghazi, Lal Masjid’s leader, announced that he had released the hostages in the interests of Pakistan-China friendship, on the government’s word that Islamabad’s massage parlours would be closed down.”
.
In a separate newstory, the BBC also reported that a UK failed car bombing terror suspect was caught in Australia “carrying a one-way ticket to India” :-(
.
* From the Bible
- Pakistan...big Bomb = Raid Madrassah. Probably Right.
Suicide Bombing Kills 50 in Pakistani City Associated Press SHERPAO, Pakistan, 22 December 2007 — Pakistani police raided an Islamic school and arrested seven students yesterday, hours after...
- You Tell'em Baby : "the Fresh Faces Of The Mujahideen After Martyrdom, The Aroma From Their Flesh And Blood, Are Living Miracles"
Good, let's make more. Apparently we all agree it's a good thing.Asia Times: A fight to the death on Pakistan's border By Syed Saleem Shahzad BAJAUR, Pakistan - Since July 3, when Pakistani troops laid siege...
- Women's Role In Islamic Supremacism
The siege of the Red Mosque in Islamabad has revealed a new aspect of Islamic supremacism: the involvement of women (and girls, something which worried me also months ago) in the bullying of non-Muslims or of people whose behaviour is deemed...
- British Youth Protest Government Policies
I think they are protesting the goverenment's policies. Sixteen firefighters took almost two hours to put out the fire at the Al-Birr mosque in the town of Basingstoke, south-east England, which was reported to them about 3.30am (12.30am AEST) today....
- Watch Out India For Saudi Kings Bearing Gifts
Let me give you some advice, India. Don't do it. It is poison. Do not take this money, do not allow Saudi Arabia to set up 'education' for Muslims. This money always comes with deadly strings attached. Control over imams, control over published...