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| Masses may judge me, not self-made courts: Nilofar |
| 2007-04-10 |
| Federal Tourism Minister Nilofar Bakhtiar on Monday said she did not believe in decrees issued by self-made courts and only the people could judge her actions. She was referring to the ‘fatwa’ issued against her by the Lal Masjid qazi court demanding she be sacked for hugging her French male paragliding coach. Talking to reporters at a poster competition in the Islamabad Traffic Police office, she said Islam did not allow slander or casting blame on anyone without full knowledge of the facts. She said the self-appointed Lal Masjid qazi court had not bothered to verify the facts. The minister said that human rights organisations and others including Sherry Rehman had already spoken on her behalf. She explained that she had been paragliding for the humanitarian cause of fundraising for children affected by the October 2005 earthquake. “What I did was right and patriotic. I fear no one but God.” |
| Posted by:Fred |