What is the definition of a mosque (masjid) – a place of sanity for worship (of Allah) for the followers of Islam. Then what about a mosque which once became a central rallying point of militancy in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad’s heart? Should that place be exempted for state to take action against hardline militants stockpiling heavy weapons and waging a wave of terror across the capital? Didn’t the women students of Lal Masjid’s sister concern, Jamia Hafsa, occupy a children library and refused to vacate? Have they not intimidated the public by resorting to beatings and kidnappings? Have the mosque students not only displayed but used sophisticated weaponry against the security forces? Have they not attacked the police and rangers? Have they not occupied the government buildings?
All the male and female students, teachers and staff were given the opportunity to lay arms and leave the mosque, and hundreds of students and their teachers peacefully left the premises. One of them was the head of Lal Masjid who was arrested leaving the mosque while disguising as a veiled woman. Obviously, those who left in the mosque were hardliners who didn’t take the surrender option and decided to fight the security forces. In this backdrop, I fail to understand Supreme Court’s interference in this matter and the appointment of a one-man commission to investigate this blot on the religious institutes of Pakistan. During the review of a petition filed by Lal Masjid head, the Chief Justice remarked that those killed in the mosque were innocent girls. If the top judge of Pakistan’s Supreme Court has already determined that those who refused to leave the premises and kept fighting were innocent, then why waste tax-payers’ money on further investigation by this one-man judicial commission?
The CJ’s remarks and direction to judicial commission set the rules for investigation whose results are anyone’s guess. This trend is very evident from the release of several known militants by the courts on lack of evidence, loopholes in laws and other such excuses. The courts have very clearly taken a position in this polarised society who is fighting for its survival against a militant version of religion.
MASOOD KHAN
Jubail, Saudi Arab
Lal Masjid case could have been a small police activity rather an Army war fare!
as Musharraf said, neighboring president called him upon humiliation of his citizens(Chinese running massage business in IBD),interestingly, this neighbors didn't call when Chinese engineers has been killed on numerous occasions.
Pak state law imprisoned 6 month for doing such humiliations does NOT wage a war.
some of the writers always act as malaria patient, who has lost all taste, but I don't understand the here not the taste entire basic sense has lost.
weapons in Msaajid?
what is going on streets of Karachi, where Roses from Hyderabad are mainly consumed in various graveyards of Karachi.
Here Tax Payers are happy !!!
As Allama Said
" Khuda Nai Aaj Tak Uss Qaum Ke haalat Nahin Badli"
then how it is possible for MK to go for change being an integral to that Qaum.
Khalid Nadeem-Jubail
Khalid Nadeem in Jubail has decided to pontificate on some thing he is totally ignorant of and therefore has no right to outrightly reject or try to modify what actually happened.This has been our problem mostly.Mr.Masood Khan has correctly analysed the whole affair.Any attempt to change history will be dangerous.Any one who defends terrorists is our enemy.We have seen this and still not learnt our lessons.
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