| Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) President Qazi Hussain Ahmad said on Friday that he would offer the next Friday prayers at Lal Masjid, which has been sealed off since July 11 after the operation against militants holed up in the mosque and the adjacent Jamia Hafsa. Qazi told a protest rally at Karachi Company that the armed forces would never leave the mosque if his party could not “free” it now. He said that President Pervez Musharraf was a friend of the US and terrorists. MMA and Wafaqul Madaris Al-Arabia (WMA) arranged the rally. Participants shouted slogans against the operation. Qazi said the Lal Masjid killings would change society. |