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Cleric’s relatives prevented from holding presser at Lal Masjid
[DAWN] The capital administration on Thursday stopped relatives of deposed Lal Masjid...literally the Red Mosque, located in Islamabad and frequented by all sorts of high govt officials. The proprietors, Ghazi Abdul Rasheed and Maulana Abdul Aziz Ghazi, unleashed their Islamic storm troopers on the city, shutting down whorehouses and beating people up who weren't devout enough. The Musharraf govt put an end to the nonsense by besieging the place. Abdul Aziz Ghazi was nabbed while he was trying to escape dressed up like a girl. BBC reported that the corpse count at 173, but other claims, usually hysterical, say there were up to 1000 titzup. Among their number was Abdul Rashid Ghazi. Everyone then said tut-tut and what a nice guy he had been... holy man Maulana Abdul Aziz ...nutball holy man who runs the Lal Masjid in the heart of Pakistain's capital. After instigating a rebellion against the state in 2007, he was caught trying to sneak away dressed in a burka. He rejects democracy as un-Islamic, which it probably is... from holding a presser on the grounds that mosques should not be politicised. A presser on alleged enforced disappearances of Mr Aziz’s family members was scheduled for 3pm. When it was time for the presser, a large contingent of Islamabad police arrived at the mosque and closed off the main entrance. Mediapersons who had entered the mosque prior to the arrival of the police remained within the mosque’s courtyard for half an hour, while those outside attempted to persuade the police to let them in. "This is a mosque and not a political area," the police official posted at the spot said, adding: "Besides, there is no one inside the mosque for the briefing, as the maulana and his wife have not arrived." Mr Aziz’ nephew Haroon Rashid, meanwhile, criticised the police for taking charge of the mosque gates and said the move was a human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... violation. "Mosques are also the community centres of Moslems," he said. "Not allowing media persons to enter the mosque is a violation of freedom of movement and freedom of expression. Maulana’s sisters wanted the address the media ‐ what is the threat in that?" Posted by: Fred 2017-08-26 |
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