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| India-Pakistan |
| Extremism concerns minorities |
| 2007-04-20 |
| The All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA) has condemned the attempts of the students of Jamia Hafsa and the Lal Masjid administration to impose “Talibanisation” in Islamabad. Talking to reporters, APMA Chairman Shahbaz Bhatti said the Supreme Court should take suo moto notice of the activities of the Jamia Hafsa students and the Lal Masjid administration, which he said were aimed at spreading anarchy and setting up a parallel system within the state. He said that in the present situation the minorities were worried about their future, adding that the setting up of a Qazi court in Lal Masjid had created a sense of insecurity among the citizens of Pakistan. He feared that the self-imposed Sharia by the extremists would be used against women and the minorities in Pakistan. Bhatti said that growing extremism in Pakistan showed that the government had failed to fulfil its claim that it would make Pakistan an enlightened moderate state. |
| Posted by:Fred |