Jamia Hafsa, a religious school for women connected to the notorious Lal Masjid, has renamed its library in honour of slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
The seminary is run by controversial hardline cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz, the imam of the city’s Lal Masjid, once infamous as a hideout for hardliners with alleged militant links.
The mosque was the scene of a week-long military siege against radicals during former military ruler Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf’s regime in 2007 which left more than 100 people dead and unleashed a wave of Islamist attacks across Pakistan.
Now the Jamia Hafsa seminary connected to it has named its small library, stocking Islamic texts, in honour of bin Laden, who masterminded the 9/11 attacks in the United States.
“It is true that we have named the library after Osama bin Laden,” a source told a foreign wire agency, speaking on condition of anonymity.
“He might be a terrorist for others but we do not consider him as a terrorist. For us he was a hero of Islam.”
A small printed sign stuck over the library door gives bin Laden’s name and refers to him as a “martyr.”
The Lal Masjid raid was one of the triggers for the Pakistani Taliban’s bloody insurgency, which has claimed more than 6,800 lives in the past seven years.
Looking at the history of religion what else would they have done?
Every one has his ideal. So is with Lal Masjid's Imam.
Muslims are a waste of space and should be done away with.
I see no much difference between this statement and those by terrorists.
You just replace the word 'humans' by 'Muslims' not realizing that Muslims are also human beings.
by pakistani standard the terrorists are martyrs , such as those taking innocent peoples lives and decapitating their heads and kicking them around !
I am impressed by PT
Why don't they use a photo of OBL from the period 2002 to 2011…oops, there aren't any.
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