Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Lal Masjid mosque attempts to prevent Chinese corruption in Islamabad
Lal Masjid mosque attempts to prevent Chinese corruption in Islamabad in the only way it seems able. Students linked to the Lal Masjid took seven Chinese hostages last month from what they called a massage parlor and brothel in the vicinity. Police negotiated their release a day later. That prompted China to call on Pakistan to strengthen measures to protect the security of Chinese people working in the South Asian nation.
The students raided shops in the nearby Aabpara market on grounds they were selling obscene films and wanted the owners to close their businesses.
``We have told the local administration that bars, sex and massage centers were operating in Islamabad and if the police didn't take action to stop these businesses, we would be justified to take action,'' Ghazi, the deputy cleric at the Red Mosque, had said June 28.
Clerics set up the Islamic court at the Red Mosque on April 6 and issued a decree calling for former Tourism Minister Nilofar Bahktiar to be punished for wearing an ``objectionable'' dress. Aziz threatened suicide attacks if police tried to shut the court or raid the premises and demanded the government close businesses selling videos and CDs and alleged brothels. About 50 female students from a seminary adjacent to the mosque were injured because of tear gas fired by police, eyewitnesses said.
Apparently President Pervez Musharraf has stressed that Pakistan must follow a path of moderation to defeat extremism in the country.
IMO: If Musharraf means moderation he should close the brothels, stop the porno CDs from being sold etc. but presumably him and his army and Saudi pals are pocketing big money for them. Again we are seeing corruption, and corruption apparently due to the Chinese and Wahabi criminals and the corrupt Pakistan police. From this little escapade I can certainly see why the Taliban seem to have been pushed to unreasonable extremes. There must be a lot of room for reconciliation if the corruption in Islamabad can be stopped. The matter reminds me a little of the UK suffragettes of the 1920s whose outlook cannot have been so different in many ways. Those women had been deprived of all their rights, even voting rights, and the measures needed were in many ways sometimes almost as extreme. BUT murder and violence are best avoided if possible, and doing so can often allow a longer and more successful battle against injustice and corruption. The name of Mahatma Gandhi is not perhaps the obvious or best name that comes to mind, but limited application of his methods had proved successful in the area. Anyway, best wishes to the Lal Masjid mosque from a (non-Muslim) admirer.
The students raided shops in the nearby Aabpara market on grounds they were selling obscene films and wanted the owners to close their businesses.
``We have told the local administration that bars, sex and massage centers were operating in Islamabad and if the police didn't take action to stop these businesses, we would be justified to take action,'' Ghazi, the deputy cleric at the Red Mosque, had said June 28.
Clerics set up the Islamic court at the Red Mosque on April 6 and issued a decree calling for former Tourism Minister Nilofar Bahktiar to be punished for wearing an ``objectionable'' dress. Aziz threatened suicide attacks if police tried to shut the court or raid the premises and demanded the government close businesses selling videos and CDs and alleged brothels. About 50 female students from a seminary adjacent to the mosque were injured because of tear gas fired by police, eyewitnesses said.
Apparently President Pervez Musharraf has stressed that Pakistan must follow a path of moderation to defeat extremism in the country.
IMO: If Musharraf means moderation he should close the brothels, stop the porno CDs from being sold etc. but presumably him and his army and Saudi pals are pocketing big money for them. Again we are seeing corruption, and corruption apparently due to the Chinese and Wahabi criminals and the corrupt Pakistan police. From this little escapade I can certainly see why the Taliban seem to have been pushed to unreasonable extremes. There must be a lot of room for reconciliation if the corruption in Islamabad can be stopped. The matter reminds me a little of the UK suffragettes of the 1920s whose outlook cannot have been so different in many ways. Those women had been deprived of all their rights, even voting rights, and the measures needed were in many ways sometimes almost as extreme. BUT murder and violence are best avoided if possible, and doing so can often allow a longer and more successful battle against injustice and corruption. The name of Mahatma Gandhi is not perhaps the obvious or best name that comes to mind, but limited application of his methods had proved successful in the area. Anyway, best wishes to the Lal Masjid mosque from a (non-Muslim) admirer.
# posted by uv : 5:49 AM
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