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India-Pakistan

Murder, arson cases against mullahs

2007-07-05

Police on Wednesday registered multiple cases of murder, attempted murder, arson, ransacking and disruption of government business against Lal Masjid chief cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz and his deputy and brother Abdul Rashid Ghazi. The FIR was registered under Sections 302 and 324 of the PPC and ATA 6/7 at Aabpara police station, on the grounds that the clerics were responsible for Tuesdays clashes between militant students and security forces in which at least 16 people were killed. This was the seventh FIR registered against the brothers in the last six months, during which they have repeatedly defied the governments writ in the capital with anti-vice vigilante actions.

They had previously been booked for kidnapping an alleged brothel owner, kidnapping police officials, and kidnapping several Chinese nationals they accused of prostitution. Four of the previous cases were also registered at Aabpara police station and one each at Margalla and Kohsar police stations.The government has announced amnesty for all Lal Masjid students who surrender, except those wanted in other cases and the two cleric brothers.

Posted by:Fred

#2 If London allows these two schmucks into the country after what has been going on, they ought have their collective heads examined by a shrink.

Posted by: JohnQC 2007-07-05 09:55

#1 This could get interesting. I expect mobilization of the seething masses demanding the release of Aziz and and apology (& some money to repair the mosque and their injured feelings.)
Will the government give in yet again? Or stand firm this time? (I inserted a snarky reference to a certain male performance pharmaceutical here the first time but my comment got filtered.)
We know, and the government must, what will happen if they give in - further loss of credibility and escalation of Islamist demands. What happens if they don't? Manageable street violence? All out civil war? Somewhere in between (my guess)? This confrontation has hit awfully close to 'home' for the government - if they don't fight back now, they should be booking tickets to London.

Posted by: Glenmore 2007-07-05 07:31

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