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.
Kruman, what you and other simpletons like you dont understand is that we are living in a vicious cycle, in which the negative outputs of a corrupt process reinforce that process.
For instance, if we take the judicial system into account, it is nearly impossible to mend, because a just system will threaten the vested interests of those in power. So why will the ‘legislature’ make such laws, and why would the ‘establishment’ enforce them?
Why would rulers educate this nation in the real sense, if they thrive on peoples’ ignorance? Do you think in Pakistan,under the current system, there will ever be a day when a regular constable stops and books a minister for drunk driving? You are indeed very simple, and you arguments simplistic.
Nothing will happen as long as we dont change this system, and if you think this system can be changed while living inside this system, you are dead wrong. And only time will prove it.
Owais, you’ve echoes my feelings exactly. What needs to be done is to strengthen the judiciary. Police also needs a major revamp.
Taking law into one’s hand will only lead to anarchy.
The News carried an item informing its readers today that the two people out of the nine kidnapped by the Lal Masjid administration belonged to MMA. Matiullah Khan and Raqiaz Khan hailed from Bannu.One of them was visiting the massage parlour/accupuncture center for his knee pains !!
A new twist indeed !!
When the moderates of this world are lumped together by the self proclaimed protectors of the militants as impressed and influenced by the western media and anti Islam, then by that argument alone, one can lump together the Maulvees too. Hence should they not look unto themselves first and analyze what is wrong with thier own kith and kin before going out into the world to, so to say, correct the errant ?
One more thing regarding the BeaconHouse school system children involved in this fiasco. Why are they being involved in this hoax, is it not thier time to concentrate on thier studies alone? These are the beacon of hope for this country, our future and for them to set aside thier priority number one , thier studies, and go around with chicks with sticks is abominable indeed !!
It is wrong to enforce vigilantism by a private entity.
Certainly but when law enforcement agencies fail to cope with their responsibilities then society face such elements. This is not something new and it has happened in other parts of world.
Mush is following path of Zia. Zia used Jihad/Russia Factor to blackmail USA while Mush is using “Religious Fundamentalist/Alqaeda” factor. I find no difference between lefts and rights at all.
laws have to come from legislature, interpeted by judiciary and enforced by law enforcement. When ‘danda wielding’ guys (and gals) try to enforce their own interpretation of law and religion which a majority of people doesn’t agree with anyways and challenge govt’s writ, that is wrong. That is the whole reason behind this post. It is wrong to enforce vigilantism by a private entity.