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.
Failure of the government in imparting justice to people has given rise to the present situation. I bet there is NO law or justice in Pakistan. Myriads of laws and statutes are for the weaker folks ,,,,,, laws are just like spider webs which catch small insects but not hyenas and wolves! Generally, there is No feeling of security in our country. ‘Necessity’ rules our lives and our life styles. Boom in corruption and corrupt practices at all levels has given rise to lack of honor among people. In these circumstances are quite sufficient enough to make one desperate and take law into his own hands. The girls at lal mosque have done it and why shouldnt they do it? As Muslims we shouldnt be afraid of Islamic Laws: On the one hand they ensure security,welfare, peace and justice to the people while on the other they deal with strict punishments for those who violate the law or try to commit or spread debauchery or other crimes in the society. This is the reason there are incidences of least crime in places where Islamic laws or controls are enforced. Why not enforce them in Pakistan as well?
Asslamoalikum dears
I read views from different peoples on this topic which is related to “Lal Masjid, Jamia Hafsa and Massage center of Chinees people”.
Here I want to quote essence of Hadith Sharif, where Holy Prophet has highlighted three degrees of our IMAN….
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When you see some evil try to finish that by
Your hand…if you can not do so then
by your mouth if you can not do so then
perceive this an evil and something bad in your heart (its last level of one’s Iman).”
If a person does not have last level of IMAN, he/she will favour all ROSHAN KHIYALI, ETIDAL PASANDI and off course all evils.
I think action taken by students of Jamia Hafsa and Jamia Faridia is right according to Hadith of Hazrat Muhammad(SAW).
If chinees are living here they have to follow Islamic laws and pakistani laws. In Massage center Sexual satisfasction was perovided on the name of Health care.
I advice you that if you people have ambiguity about action taken by people in Lal Masjid you should visit Lal Masjid and meet with Allama Abdul Rashid Ghazi and Moulana Abdul Aziz and then you should give your comments. Only reading newspaper and consulting media is not enough. And also study Islam and then decide whether Islam allows those activies which were done in Massage Center since a long period of time.
lal masjid is acting as afort of islam. all muslims should appereciate administrators of lal masjid and should help them
Peacenik
This is specially for you and those around you.
The first thing a human being should ask him/her self is why he/she is here, where he/she came from and where will he/she end up. My belief is that in the heart of one’s heart, one knows what one ought to do. That we find it too hard to do is totally another story.
There’s a big gap between ‘information’ and ‘action’. You’re living on an island and hurricane is coming, you have the information. Of course you will through yourself into action, collect your valuables and try to evacuate in time. The extent of one’s actions depends upon one’s belief in the information.
Will continue later bec Ups is out.
The purpose of my posts was to make people look inside them and ask themselves ‘who we are?’
As an independent observer can starkly see, there’s nothing but confusion here.
Please understand that my intention is not to justify in letter and spirit what Lal Masjid is doing, but to point out that we dont even know what makes us a nation.
Lal Masjid is just a symptom of a chronic illness that is consuming our nation.
When we speak of intolerance, we must look inside us and see how intolerant (and unworthy) we are of the true faith bestowed upon mankind.