| More worshipping God with clubs and bottles and the occasional grenade... |
KARACHI: Activists of the Tehrik Ahle Hadith and the Sunni Tehrik fought over the construction of a mosque in Orangi Townâs Hanifabad area on Wednesday.
"I'm more pious than you are!"
"Are not!"
"Take that!"
"Heretic!"
"Apostate!"
"Infidel!"
"Wanker!" |
Activists of the Tehrik Ahle Hadith began construction of a mosque on an open space in Sector 10 of Orangi Town, and named it Masjid Rahmatulil Aalameen. Sunni Tehrik activists opposed the construction and asked them to stop it.
| "They got enough mosques! Make 'em stop it!" |
According to the police, Ahle Hadith activists continued with the construction of the mosque and after arguments began a brawl between activists of the two groups. They used sticks and exchanged blows during the free-for-all.
"Challenge my piety, will yez? Take that!"
"And that!"
"Look out! He's got a gun!" |
The police arrived at the spot and separated the fighting youths.
| "Knock it off, youse guyz, before somebody gets hurt. Worse, I mean." |
According to the Sunni Tehrik leadership, the Ahle Hadith had already built five mosques in the area and the latest one was being constructed without the permission of the KBCA and the city government. The president of the Tahaffuz-e-Haqooq-e-Ahle Hadith Council, Allama Abdullah Ghazi, claimed the authorities had given Sunni Tehrik a free hand.
| "Youse guyz always take their side! It ain't fair!" |
âSuch an approach may lead to serious conflicts in the future,â he said. The two groups clashed last month in New Karachi for the possession of a mosque. During an exchange of fire, two persons, including a little boy, were killed and the DIG (Operations), Tariq Jamil, also suffered an injury to his left ankle. |