Wacko religious leader threatens Pakistan

NY Times:

A hard-line cleric said Friday that he was setting up a religious court here in the country’s capital, and threatened suicide attacks if the government did not enact Islamic law and close down brothels and video stores within a month.

The announcement was made during Friday Prayer by Maulana Mohammad Abdul Aziz, the head cleric of the Lal Mosque who is known for his extremist and anti-American views. Mr. Aziz and his allies have stirred a national debate with their drive to impose Taliban-style rule in the capital, prompting protests by human rights advocates and political parties.

Mr. Aziz’s remarks were the latest in a series of challenges by hard-line clerics to the authority of the president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who is considered an ally of the United States and who has vowed to put Pakistan on the path to what he has called “enlightened moderation.”

“Pakistan was created for an Islamic system,” Mr. Aziz said. “But the government, instead of implementing an Islamic system, is threatening us with a police operation,” he said, referring to the government’s warnings of a raid if the clerics took the law into their own hands.

“Rulers, listen! Our last option will be suicide attacks,” Mr. Aziz said.

Some critics of the government say it has buckled under pressure from the clerics, emboldening them. Others charge that the government has allowed the clerics a free hand in order to divert attention from the constitutional crisis that has roiled Pakistan since last month, when General Musharraf removed the country’s chief justice, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, who had taken on cases threatening the president’s authority.

Pakistan officials, who deny such speculation, say they are monitoring the cleric situation closely.

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Take a close look at the above picture. That is what the enemy wants all the women in the world to look like. The enemy is also willing to turn these women into human bombs with explosives attached to their bodies below the hideous garb. You can bet that the so call leader of this madrasa is not going to blow himself up in a video store, but he is certainly willing to send brainwashed girls out to do it. This picture and his statements are signs of a deeply sick culture.

Gateway Pundit has more on the madrasa madman and his followers with several photos.