Pakistan Islamists retake mosque, paint walls red
While bombs go off in the neighborhood, -just to make sure that everyone knows that Islam is a ‘Religion of Peace’-, there is not even one shred of evidence that the bomb blast has anything to do with the red mosque.
* It must be the Joozzz again…
Update: 4 dead, at least 20 severely wounded
Change that: 14 dead, 40 severly wounded, many policemen among the victims
ISLAMABAD (AFP) – Islamists occupied Pakistan’s Red Mosque and began repainting its walls in their original colour after it reopened following this month’s bloody army raid, an AFP reporter and police said.
Source: AFP via Al Jazeera
Islamabad – Islamists turned mid-day prayers into an angry protest demonstration Friday in the Lal Masjid mosque – the scene of a deadly assault earlier in the month when government troops stormed the compound to battle against armed militants inside.
The mosque was reopened to the public three weeks after violent clashes erupted there between security forces and Islamic militants beginning on July 3, which climaxed with the July 10-11 commando assault that left scores of people dead.
A few bearded men stood up in the mosque’s main hall Friday as soon as a cleric began to make the call to prayer at around 12:35 pm.
Soon most of the people began chanting slogans of jihad and refused to offer the prayers led by a government-appointed cleric to replace Lal Masjid’s chief administrator, Maulana Abdul Aziz, who is currently in the custody of police.
The cleric, Mohammad Ashfaq, was led out of the mosque safely.
The protesters and other worshippers were allowed entry into the mosque after being frisked by police, who had cordoned off all access points leading to the Lal Masjid.
Security was on high alert in Islamabad with intelligence reports of possible suicide bombings by militants.
* But suicide bombings are forbidden in Islam, so there is nothing to worry about, right?
Pakistan has witnessed a surge in attacks on security forces since the mosque siege, with extremists calling to avenge the deaths of ‘innocent sisters, brothers and sons.’
The government said some 75 militants were killed in the raid, in which the security forces also suffered about a dozen casualties. But the full extent of the casualties has not been able to be confirmed by independent sources.
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You know it’s Friday when a story like this pops up-one might as well call the day between Thursday and Saturday Rageday. I especially love the fact that these people shift from praying to preying with such ease.
It’s gotten to the point that if a Friday comes without protests and rage from the peaceful ones THAT would be newsworthy.
ISLAMSFORLOSERS said “You know it’s Friday when …”
Maybe if the peaceful ones don’t start calling for the Pope’s head again – “Behead Those Who Insult Islam” etc – it will be newsworthy, but I expect the seething & raging to start anytime now:
http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20070727-083902-2941r
Pope’s secretary speaks of Islamic threat for Europe
July 27, 2007
BERLIN — Pope Benedict XVI’s personal secretary has warned against the spread of Islam in the West in an interview with a German newspaper published Friday.
“We cannot deny the attempts to spread Islam in the West. And we should not be too understanding and let this blind us to the threat to Europe’s identity,” Georg Gaenswein told the weekly magazine of the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. “The Catholic Church sees it clearly and is not afraid to say so,” he added. [...]
Well said, Georg! (you Islamophobe)
We should not forget the threat of Islam to the World. Mohammed was a terrorist and his followers are now doing the same in Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, India. On the other hand, Muslims are cheaters, they don’t care about anything except Allah. They behead everyone, even their brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers. For this they will get 72 virgins and will have honey, milk and water with apples.
Thanks for brain poisoned Muslims.