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Saudi ambassador visits Lal Masjid
Lal Masjid prayer leader Maulana Abdul Aziz told Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan Ali Awad Al Asseri on Wednesday that Sharias enforcement and co-e ducation systems abolition in Pakistan were the clerics main demands. The envoy told them that the demands could not be met overnight.Asseri visited Lal Masjid on Wednesday and stayed there for almost one and a half hours. However, he did not respond to media questions. Lal Masjid deputy prayer leader Abdul Rashid Ghazi told reporters that Asseri visited the mosque on the clerics request. He criticised the government for not allowing the Imam-e-Kaaba to visit the mosque. Stopping the Imam-e-Kaaba from meeting us is deplorable, said Ghazi. He added that the Saudi ambassador listened to our demands and said they could not be fulfilled overnight. Ghazi said that Aziz asked the ambassador if the government could pass ordinances overnight, why could not it take concrete steps for the enforcement of Sharia. He said that Maulana Aziz had cited the recently amended PEMRA Ordinance to support his claim. Ghazi said that all problems would be resolved if the government implemented an Islamic system in the country, Online reported. Ghazi said that Aziz had assured the envoy that madrassa students would evacuate the childrens library and the clerics would hand over the control of Jamia Hafsa and Jamia Fareedia to the government if the government implemented Sharia in the country. Posted by: Fred 2007-06-07 |
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