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Thursday, July 26, 2007

More detailed exposition of Lal masjid incident by Mufti Rafi Usmani on Red Mosque/Lal Masjid

More on Lal Masjid/Red Mosque by Mufti Rafi Usmani in Urdu (43 minutes):

http://www.deeneislam.com/ur/horiz/sotiyat/misc/Jamia%20Hafsa%20ke%20khun%20e%20na%20haq%20kis%20ke%20gardan%20par%20hai.mp3%20_.wma

He says:
  • The actions of the Lal Masjid people were wrong.
  • However their actions in all cases were a result of complaints of local residents--- who were frustrated at the lack of action or even willingness to hear the residents' complaints by the authorities.
  • For example he talks about the alleged brothel owner whom the lal masjid people ( wrongfully) kidnapped. Apparently a local girl ( who complained to the people at lal masjid)had been forced to go to this brothel and had been raped and photographed and blackmailed thereafter and threatened that the photographs would be made public if she tells anyone about the rape. She had been then forced to come back and preform at the brothel repeatedly.
  • Despite all that, he says 2 wrongs don't make it right and the lal masjid people should have used legitimate means to voice their concerns.
  • He thinks that there is a contradiction in the government's actions as a result of lawlessness in Islamabad which was not as bad as the May 12 incidents in Karachi and wonders why nothing was done about the curplits of May 12 who killed 40 people.
  • He then mentions his talks with the government ministers which leads to a resolution between Abdul Rashid Ghazi and the government only to be overturned at the last minute by the president resulting in the deaths of at least a 102 people.
Listen to the full speech if you want more details.

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