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Students protest prolonged closure of Lal Masjid
ISLAMABAD, Sept 29: During a protest demonstration outside the Lal Masjid on Friday,
Jamia Faridia and Jamia Hafsa students demanded that the district administration
open the mosque for prayers.
Scores of students of these seminaries
gathered outside the Lal Masjid. They said the government and the district
administration would be responsible for any untoward incident if they were not
allowed to offer 'Jumatul Wida' in the Lal Masjid.
The students said they
had been tolerating unjustified actions of the district administration for the
last nine months. They demanded the government construct the Jamia Hafsa and
open Jamia Faridia. They said operation against the Lal Masjid had badly
affected the studies of these seminaries' students.
The students warned
the district administration that they would not allow the authorities to keep
the mosque closed. They also asked the government to withdraw all the cases
against Maulana Abdul Aziz and their classmates.
Some students of Jamia
Hafsa tried to enter the Lal Masjid but the police stopped them. Jamia Faridia
students raised slogans against the security officials and the government. The
students offered Friday prayer on the Municipal Road, which was cordoned off by
Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Police and the Punjab Police to prevent the
students from proceeding towards the mosque. After Friday prayer they dispersed
peacefully.
The district administration had deployed a heavy contingent
of police to prevent the students from entering the mosque and to avoid any
untoward situation.
The Traffic Police blocked the Municipal Road, where
the students were protesting and later offered Friday prayer, and diverted the
traffic towards Justice Sir Abdur Rasheed and Embassy Road. Daily Times
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| Education News | | Updated: 25 May, 2012 |
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