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India-Pakistan
President orders check on growth of capital madrassas
2003-07-15
ISLAMABAD: The President’s Secretariat has told the Prime Minister’s Secretariat to stop the unnecessary growth of mosques and madrassas in Islamabad, fearing religious extremism in the federal capital.
"Keep it in the hinterlands, where it belongs..."
Sources told Daily Times on Monday that the President’s Secretariat had written to the PM’s principal secretary, after law-enforcement agencies reported that some mosques were being turned into madrassas in the capital. According to the report, over 300 mosques in Islamabad had increased the threat of religious extremism “being a potent and motivated force” which needed to be countered. It added that Islamabad was more prone to religious extremism than other parts of Pakistan.
Hey! There's noplace more prone to religious extremism than Karachi! Unless it's Peshawar... Or Quetta... Or Multan... Or Lahore...
“At present, a silent competition is in progress between Deobandis and Brelvis to increase the number of mosques. Their managements, instead of producing broad-minded and educated Muslims, are nurturing a rigid young breed who work as a tool for subversive elements to harm Pakistan,” the report said.
Noticed that, did you?
According to the statistics, there are 90 Auqaf-run mosques in Islamabad: two belong to Ahle Hadith, 39 to Brelvis, 46 to Deobandis and three to Shias. There are 161 others for which the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has provided land. In addition, there are at least 40 ‘unauthorised’ mosques built by some members of the public, which are: Ahle Hadith (four), Brelvi (16), Deobandi (17), Shia (one) and disputed sects (two).
That'll tighten the old turbans. Qazi and Fazl will probably have 100,000 unwashed bodies in the streets by tomorrow afternoon...
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#5  The MMA consists of:
2 Deobandi parties
1 Wahabi party
1 Brevhli party
1 Shia party
and 1 non-sectarian Islamist party
Posted by: Paul Moloney   2003-7-15 7:11:20 PM  

#4  well i know the hardcore fundies in pakland are the deobandis, but ISTR that there is even a Shiite group in MMA.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2003-7-15 2:57:17 PM  

#3  No. That's the Deobandis/Wahabbis.

Scorecards! Getcher scorecards! Y'can't tell the players without a scorecard!
Posted by: Fred   2003-7-15 1:47:24 PM  

#2  do the brelvis have any connection to the MMA?
Posted by: liberalhawk   2003-7-15 11:40:08 AM  

#1  The Brelvi have historically been moderate Muslims, worshipping local saints and doing other things that the Deobandi-Wahabis consider to be Kufr.
But in the past decade or so (at least in Pakistan), the Brevlis have become increasingly intolerant in order to compete with the Deobandis who have been busy taking converts away from them. So although the Brevli groups are not likely to attack Americans or Indians, it is possible that they will begin fighting back against the Deobandis-Wahabis, which could lead to much worse bloodshed than the current Deobandi-Shia conflict.
I read a report in the Friday Times that claimed that leaders of the Lashkar-e-Taiba had given permission for Brehvli girls to be taken as slaves, and that some of the leaders themselves had undertaken this practice, because they don't consider them to be 'real' Muslims, and thus the prohibition on enslaving Muslims can be avoided.
Posted by: Paul Moloney   2003-7-15 5:38:14 AM  

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