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Afghanistan/South Asia
Cleric held for praising bomber
2005-08-01
LAHORE: A cleric who led a mass prayer ceremony for one of the London suicide bombers at his ancestral village in the Punjab has been arrested as part of President Pervez Musharraf's anti-terrorism clampdown, The Washington Times reported on Sunday.

"Maulvi Abdul Rehman, 30, was held after he organised a ritual service in honour of Shehzad Tanweer, the 22-year-old Briton whose parents emigrated from Pakistan. Tanweer killed himself and six passengers in the July 7 mass transit bombing in London," it reported. "The ceremony, held at the Samoondran mosque in the Tanweer family's home village of Kottan in southern Punjab, saw members of the crowd of 100 hailing Tanweer as a 'hero of Islam'," The Washington Times added. "Information gleaned from Maulvi Rehman led to the detention of Maulana Abdul Aziz Faridi, the leader of a local seminary called Jamia Masjid Ahle-Sunnah Wal-Jammat.
Posted by:Fred

#6  Revolving door arrests?
Posted by: gromgoru   2005-08-01 10:51  

#5  this is the one who got caught. what about the thousands who do it and don't?

and what about the millions of muslims who are secretly proud of this?
Posted by: PlanetDan   2005-08-01 09:35  

#4  Introducing an extremely expensive visa system for Pak entry to the UK or simply limiting the numbers able to travel would do much to shut the asshats up. They shouldn't forget that the UK is one of the geese laying Pakland's golden eggs.
Posted by: Howard UK   2005-08-01 04:14  

#3  Once upon a time in Western Civilization, someone could be found equally culpable as a criminal if they were found to act with a "common purpose" with said criminal. We should be jailing Muslims who defend terrorists, even if they haven't actually perpetrated terror. Why waste freedom-of-conscience on those aggressive globalist vermin? And don't accuse me of incriminating thoughts.
Posted by: Vlad the Muslim Impaler   2005-08-01 01:49  

#2  Maulvi Abdul Rehman : But I only said Shehzad Tanweer was a snappy dresser and that I liked his backpack.... What's all the fuss?
Posted by: BigEd   2005-08-01 01:47  

#1  Did Pakistan maybe get an ultimatum from the UK?
Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever)   2005-08-01 01:34  

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