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| India-Pakistan |
| Protest day observed against Madrassa ordinance |
| 2002-06-22 |
| A countrywide protest day was observed by religious parties against recently approved Madrassa ordinance by federal government. The protest day call was given by Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal. Religious scholars during the Jummah prayers strongly denounced the government policies regarding religious institutions. They warned government to work under the limitations given to it by Supreme Court and refrain from meddling with religious affairs. They were of the view that President Musharraf had no authority to interfere in the religious matters vowing that Ulema of the country would not tolerate any change in religious institutions on the behest of United States. Malik Azim, Secretary Information of MMA said military regime should learn a lesson from the today's protest and withdraw its controversial ordinance. Yes, let that be a lesson to them. Actually cutting Pak madrassahs off from Saudi money would be a killing blow, at least until the maulanas learned how to funnel the money to themselves before dumping it into training jihadis. Even then, it'll put a dent in things as more and more of the money sticks to holy fingers. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |