Darwaish
In another dramatic development last night, dozens of armed Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa students stormed into a Chinese Beauty Parlor (massage centere) and kidnapped 9 people including 6 women and 3 men. All people are apparently of Chinese nationality. The incident occurred late Friday night.
According to Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa students, a brothel was being run under the name of massage centre and they have held Chinese men and women hostage for ‘Islah’.
I was watching Geo News just a few minutes ago and Chinese Government has strongly condemned this incident and demanded an appropriate action. Daily Times reports:
Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa students raided a Chinese massage centre in Sector F-8/3 and took hostage five Chinese nationals, including three women and two men, on late Saturday night in Islamabad, Geo television reported. According to the channel, two vehicles full of armed seminary students raided the massage centre, abducted the staff and brought them to the mosque. Geo reported Jamia Hafsa administration as alleging that a brothel was being run under the garb the massage centre. The Lal Masjid clerics could not be contacted as they had switched off their mobile phones. Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) officials reached the seminary and were trying to secure the release of the abducted Chinese through dialogue, it reported. Earlier, the students had abducted an alleged brothel owner and released her after a couple of days. They had also abducted and later released two police personnel.
This is another very serious act after holding policemen hostage for several weeks. I am really worried about this new trend of kidnappings. This is becoming ‘I don’t like you so I am going to kidnap you, beat the hell out of you and fix you (Islah)’. I wonder what is next? If government tries to settle this matter by force, the results could be a bloody clash and loss of life. Surely, this time a serious action will be taken.
I agree with the argument that brothels exist everywhere in today’s Pakistan. But is this the right way to do Islah? If our security and law enforcing agencies do their job properly, such incidents can never happen. Just blaming students of Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa is no good. The failure and inability of State of Pakistan to act when most needed, is equally responsible for this embarrassing situation and making us all look like a nation of extremists (both ends), illiterate ignorants and a bunch of fools.
What is Government of Pakistan is going to do? Why can’t we have a permanent solution to this embarrassment? Tough question.
The ‘protesters’ at the Lal Masjid could be simply termed as dissidents and it is by no means fair of the military or the military regime to take such bloody action against them. If Pakistan were were a democratic country as bragged about by the government and the pro-democrats of the country, fascist action such as the present one could have been avoided. Unfortunately, I feel sorry to say that most of our people are ‘hypocrites’, especially in the governing sector, and it is expressly stated in the holy Quran that muslims are free to wage a Jihad against them Consequently, the attitude of the Hafsa mosque group is not totally unjustified as they are certainly up against the hypocrites…..the hypocrites who are afraid of enforcing any version of Islam in the country, who knowingly allow brothels to be run and are infact earning from them, those who indulge in narcotics, human smuggling, rape, murder, bribery, corruption,robbery and stealth of public money,who live beyond their means, indulge in nepotism, usurp national resources, intimidate people, bungle away Zakat funds,etc, and those that are fattening on the national exchequer. After all some has to voice its proptest against them. Why then blame people at the Hafsa Mosque?
I was surprised when i heard about such a funny story of “MULLAS” of lal masjid.What is this, actually mulla mean the leader of whole nation but ……? So I m in relly sad condition.
yar its rediculus…………let the pakistan fly high plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Looks like an action is going to be taken against Lal Masjid fanatics. One of the rangers has died as a result of firing from so called \\\’Talaba\\\’. I am watching live telelcast on Geo and situation looks bad.
Salamalikum,
Zagi, you have asked very good questions. Jazakallahu khairan for asking. I think Adnan Siddiqi has summed up the answers for you in his last post. Just to reiterate, here is a news item in Dawn:
“Ulema slam seminary’s coercive measures” (http://www.dawn.com/2007/06/29/top7.htm)
Also, you might want to read my earlier comments above on this post.
zagi, their intentions/views are right but not the way they are taking actions. Situation was infinite time worst at the time of Prophet(saw),specially the bloody Taif incident when pagans made our prophet(saw) wounded and even in presence of power of Allah,he chose not to destroy them. Look due to “violent” factor, their good deeds are not being appreciated.
This evening I read on TV that Film Directors Association has contacted Lal Masjid to stop the release of Indian Movie “Awara Pan”- Surely Lal Masjid people are getting popular day by day :-)
Thank you, for your views but brother my question is still there. Let me explain it again.
The views and actions of Lal Masjid Admin (Those may be sharper than you and me) are justified in Islam or not? Or at least one action or view is worthy enough to follow?
zagi
Please understand that my purpose is not to argue with you but to try to clarify a few things. I shall try to answer all your questions one by one. But most importantly, I shall answer the last part of your post.
‘Lets kidnap all prostitutes from all over Pakistan (although its against Islam)’
Exaggeration and over generalization. It’s one incident we are talking about. Their purpose ‘might be to tell ‘us’ that all is not right. It’s because of the Hafsa ‘brigade’ that we have discussed, and more importantly, realized on these pages a few things that may matter. Dont you think so?
‘Lets stand against the rules of the government where we living (although its against saying of my loving prophet Muhammad SAW)’
Which rules? That the poor will always suffer? That the rich will keep looting the poor? That incompetent morally corrupt richmen will always rule? Or the rule that Islam will never be allowed in this country. The thing is, even Allah doesnt change the destiny of a nation unless it doesnt think of it itself.
‘Lets have “Dundasâ€? in hands and smash all video shops … Lets enforce Islam with power not with tabligh (although against the verses of Quran)’
First of all, nobody in Islamabad smashed the video shops, if it happened, please quote the source. Please read the Quran with translation. See how serious it is about its injunctions. I dont know which verses you are talking about here, but there are many verses about Jihad. And there is a verse about stopping the evil and ordering the right thing. It can never be allowed for obscenity to spread openly.It is a social evil which eats into the fiber of the whole society.
‘Lets show the world that Islam is religion of hate, extremism and terrorism not the blessing religion of whole world (although its against the My loving prophet SAW “Rehmatul-Lil-Alameenâ€?).’
That totally went above me. Who did that? Last I knew there were around 100 Pakistanis killed in north waziristan. And do you mean that to show the world that we are the way how ‘they’ like us to be, we should let evil spread in our society? Right among our neighborhood?
And no, Allah may not be with us if we do the things (or if they are)the way you have mentioned.
My point, like someone else also said, is that please dont be influenced by terminology and news carried by media. It is highly tainted in only one color. Try to see the other side of the picture.
Do you think Hafsa people are mentally challenged? Allah as given them less mental capability than us? Do you think that their minds dont work because they cannot write in english on this blog? No. They are equal human beings, may be sharper than you and me. Then why are the doing so? Why are taliban still fighting? Are we not even ready to flip the picture and look at the other side in as much detail?
Now I come to the last part. I shall very shortly try to answer it.
What most of us know or try to practice today is only ‘half’ of Islam. Most of us might never have even heard of the other half, which is ’spiritual’ in nature. I am talking about Islamic Tsawwaf. It is about cleansing your heart through prescribed Zikr> When the hear (Qalb) starts to get clean, new things dawn upon you about Allah, His Prophet(s) and Islam. but it has more to do with practice than blogging.
Believe me, Islam in all its entirety is true, eternal peace.
It’s a long post and have to go. May be later.