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SAHIWAL - The religious parties took out a protest rally against the possible release of Remand Davis. The rally started from Jamia Uloom-e-Sharia and ended at Sadar Chowk, passing through the main bazaar. The participants of the rally were holding banners inscribed with a slogan 'Remand Davis should be hanged'. They said the government was adopting a weak policy on the issue, but people would not allow the government to release the killer of the innocent Pakistanis.
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LAHORE - The motives of the religious parties have been exposed by their reaction over the attack on Markazi Jamaat-i-Ahle Sunnat Chief Organizer Maulana Abid Jalali.
Hardliner Brelvi Maulana Jalali remained unhurt in firing by unidentified people in the wee hours of last Saturday in Gujranwala. When contacted, Maulana Abid Jalali told Pakistan Today that the attack could be a conspiracy of his own school of thought.
"I am exposing the teachings of Karam Shah, so his

MURIDKE - The faithful celebrated Eid Milad-un-Nabi with religious reverence and fervour to lead their lives in the light of the principles laid down by Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). The day dawned with special prayers for development, safety and peace in the country and for unity and brotherhood among the Muslims.
It was a public holiday and special security arrangements were made to maintain law and order across tehsil Muridke. All important buildings, residential plazas,

LAHORE - The Eid Miladun Nabi was celebrated in the provincial metropolis on Wednesday with religious fervour. Mosques, bazaars, shopping malls, markets, houses and all major government and private buildings were fully decorated for the occasion. The day began with special prayers for development and progress of the country.
A large number of Milad processions and rallies were taken out from various parts of the city. Naat and recitation competitions were also organised on the

KARACHI - MQM Altaf Hussain has called for religious harmony and following of the teachings of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in letter and spirit. He said that the MQM is taking practical steps to promote religious harmony and create an atmosphere of tolerance in the country.
Provincial Auqaf and Religious Affairs Minister Abdul Haseeb met noted religious scholars Tanvirul Haq Thanvi and Shah Turabul Haq Thanvi and conveyed the MQM chief's message to them Both the scholars appreciated

LAHORE - Religious processions during Muharram and Rabiul Awal cause sectarian tensions owing to which they should be banned, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Sajid Mir said on Friday during his Friday prayer sermon.
He said that processions have no ideological base in Islam and people, who participate in them, could be soft target for terrorists. Sajid said that in such hostile atmosphere, religious leaders should avoid using their workers to show their superiority

JAKARTA - Disturbing video emerged on Monday of a bloody religious mob attack in Indonesia that killed three members of a minority Muslim sect, showing extremists beating and stoning their victims to death. The incident, involving more than 1,000 Muslims who stormed a house in West Java on Sunday to stop the minority Ahmadiyah Islamic sect from holding worship, has been condemned by the government and rights activists.
Footage of the attack -- which came at the start of

LAHORE - Religious parties including the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and the outlawed Jamaatud Dawa organised two different rallies on Saturday in connection with the Kashmir Day. The JI's rally started from the Nasir Bagh and culminated at the Punjab Assembly. Various leaders addressed the rally and reiterated their solidarity with the Kashmiris.
Speakers asked the Punjab Police to use an iron hand while dealing with Raymond Davis saying that if police investigate freely, they could

LAHORE - Citizens of Lahore, mostly the youth, gathered at the Liberty Chowk and later walked to the Kalma Chowk, rallying for 'peace and against religious extremism' on Sunday. This rally, titled 'rally to restore sanity and conscience', was organised over Facebook and the participants of this walk said that they did not want Pakistan to be 'hijacked by irrational hate mongers'.
People from all walks of life protested against intolerance and disharmony in the society and

LAHORE - A walk promoting peace against religious extremism will be held today by the civil society. The walk will begin from the Liberty Chowk and will end at the Kalma Chowk, during which balloons and banners will be held up, speaking out against the 'religious fascism.'
Diep Syeda, a social activist, told Pakistan Today that the walk will be against the religious fascism that is slowly bent upon destroying the society. "We will walk against this fascism and the murders that

HAFIZABAD - Chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) and his companions was observed with religious fervour amid foolproof security in Hafizabad and Pindi Bhattian. All entry points to the main venue of Majalis in Fawara Chowk were sealed by erecting barbed wires, trailers and walkthrough gates. All entrants were thoroughly checked by metal detectors.
Hundreds of police cops, including lady cops were deputed to take vigilant eye over the suspects. DHQ Hospital authorities also set up

LAHORE - Religious leaders on Tuesday condemned bomb blasts targeting mourning processions on Imam Hussain's (RA) Chehlum in Lahore and Karachi but interpreted the incidents in their own way. Some did not mention the mourning procession or Urs of Data Ganj Bakhsh.
Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) leader Fazal Karim said the "explosion on occasion of Urs of Data Ganj Bakhsh was government failure." Fazal said that the explosion took place near the Data Darbar ignoring the fact that the

KARACHI - A large number of people from all walks of life including trade unionists, politicians, journalists, nationalists and doctors attended a condolence reference in remembrance of late Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer at the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) House on Tuesday.
The reference was arranged by Citizens for Democracy - a joint network of several non-governmental organisations, professional bodies, independent journalists, trade unions, rights organisations, civil

LAHORE - Various religious parties on Friday held protests against statement of Pope Benedict XVI in which he called for repeal of blasphemy laws. Resolutions against the pontiff and federal government were also passed on the occasion. Clerics, in their Friday prayer sermons, termed the statements as unwise and instigating. The Tahafuz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat Mahaz (TNRM) and the Sunni Ittehad Council arranged a rally outside the Lahore Press Club. Protesters blocked the road and chanted

KARACHI - The chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Altaf Hussain, has called for liberal forces and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to form an alliance against the increasing religious extremism and terrorism in the name of Islam.
Hussain was addressing a delegation of different NGOs working for human rights at the MQM headquarters, Nine Zero, over the telephone on Thursday.
The MQM chief said that according to the current conditions of the country, every

ISLAMABAD - The ignorance of religious parties' heads is evident from the fact that they have been demanding the abolition of that 'special committee on the blasphemy law' which does not even exist.
Clerics and heads of religious parties are continuously pushing the government to disband the committee "formed on President Asif Zardari's directions and is tasked to propose amendments in the existing blasphemy law under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs

VATICAN CITY - Sexual and civic education in schools in Europe is an "attack" on religious freedom, Pope Benedict XVI said on Monday in a traditional annual address to foreign diplomats to the Vatican.
"I cannot remain silent about another attack on the religious freedom of families in certain European countries which mandate obligatory participation in courses of sexual or civic education," the pope told the ambassadors.
He said such courses "convey a neutral concept of the