Topic: Lal Masjid

Getty Images | 2009-07-10 17:01:26
Pakistani Muslims Mark Second Anniversary Of Red Mosque Siege
AFP Global Edition | 2009-07-09 15:00:20

Islamabad's radical Red Mosque is getting a refit, two years after a deadly siege by government troops and as fears grow of an extremist resurgence against Pakistan's anti-Islamist crackdown. Government forces surrounded the mosque on July 3, 2007, following a clash between police and Al-Qaeda-linked militants, who had been using it as a base for an Islamic ...

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ZUMA Press Inc | 2009-04-17 20:07:38
Red Mosque cleric Abdul Aziz
AFP Global Edition | 2009-04-17 14:16:08

The most radical mosque in Islamabad reverberated Friday with calls for jihad as a cleric released on bail asked thousands of people to make sacrifices to turn Pakistan into an Islamic order. Maulana Abdul Aziz, captured two years ago during a siege on the radical Red Mosque, was freed from house detention Thursday after the Supreme Court granted bail on ...

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