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| Kashmiri cleric on hunger strike over liquor shop |
| 2007-04-20 |
| A prominent Muslim cleric in Indian-held Kashmir has gone on a hunger strike to force authorities to close down the only liquor shop in the south of the state, officials said on Thursday. Qazi Ahmed Yasir, the head cleric in Anantnag district, has vowed not to eat until authorities shut the recently opened shop in neighbouring Khanabal area. “He has been joined by some half-a-dozen aides,” a police officer said. Muslims closed down liquor shops, beauty parlours and cinemas in Kashmir in 1990. Only one liquor shop is operational in Srinagar, but in a high security zone. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Drink up everyone. Drink up! But I'd doubt he has the conviction to follow through. allan is like that. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2007-04-20 16:52 |
| #3 Everybody! Raise your glasses to Qazi! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-04-20 11:12 |
| #2 Send a bottle of bourbon with the cleric's name on it in a plain brown box to his neighbor and see if the cleric lasts through the night. |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-04-20 01:07 |
| #1 I hope he starves to death. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-20 00:40 |