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| Lal Masjid mullah 'ready for talks' |
| 2007-04-14 |
| A mullah, whose mosque is locked in a standoff with the government over its attempts to impose Islamic justice, said on Friday he did not want bloodshed and was ready for negotiations. The Lal Masjid in Islamabad and its attached male and female religious schools have challenged the government and launched Taliban-style morality patrols against music and video shops. “Our purpose is to put pressure on the government for the imposition of the Islamic system in the country, we don’t want bloodshed, but want a peaceful revolution,” Aziz said in a sermon at Friday prayers. “Our doors are open for negotiations, but we will not abandon our stand to impose the Islamic system in the entire country,” he said. Aziz said Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain had come to the mosque for talks and added that his attitude was “positive”. |
| Posted by:Fred |