The cleric brothers had threatened to declare jihad against the federal government after a heavy contingent of Rangers was deployed at Aabpara Community Centre on Thursday evening. “Deputy Commissioner Chaudhry Muhammad Ali and Assistant Commissioner Farasat Ali Khan have assured me over the phone that the government is not planning any action against us,” Ghazi told Daily Times.
Lal Masjid mullah threatens more abductions
Lal Masjid students on Thursday threatened more abductions if ‘illegal’ and ‘un-Islamic’ activities continued in Islamabad, Dawn News reported. The channel said Lal Masjid clerics threatened to kidnap Pakistanis and foreigners shrugging off the presence of rangers and police contingents outside the mosque. The channel reported Ghazi Abdur Rasheed of Lal Masjid as denying that the madrassa administration had declared suicide attacks legal. “Only in case of attack, we will defend ourselves, and suicide attacks can be the last option in self-defence,” he added. Rasheed said the weapons the madrassa students had were licensed, but refused to disclose the number of weapons, the channel said. He said the Lal Masjid administration did not support the MMA ideology, as the party had brought no change in NWFP. “We do not want a Taliban-style government, but we are against the present system and want an Islamic welfare system in Pakistan,” the channel quoted him as saying.