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Hundreds protest raids on mosques
Hundreds of people staged a demonstration outside Lal Masjid after the Friday congregation, protesting police raids on mosques and seminaries. Protesters held up placards condemning the government and the highhandedness shown by law officials. They shouted slogans that the government would do anything to appease the western world. Muthahidda Majlise-e-Amal MNAs Shujaul Mulk, Shah Abdul Aziz and Fayyazul Rehman said unseen hands were trying to create a rift between the government and religious parties. They said that the gulf between the two sides would only widen if the onslaught on seminaries was not halted. They demanded that the fake cases registered against religious leaders, Ghazi Abdul Rasheed and Abdul Aziz, be withdrawn immediately. The spouses of the accused told reporters that the decree of irtadad (apostasy) would be issued against the government if it did not halt the raids and withdraw the charges against the religious leaders. They demanded that cases be registered against the officers who conducted the raid at a female hostel.Posted by: Fred 2004-08-28 |
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