What next after Karachi's carnage?

by Pervez Hoodbhoy

General Pervez Musharraf is now a desperate man. Dozens were left dead in the horrific carnage on May 12, initiated by his violent political allies in Karachi, the MQM, in an attempt to stem the popular protests against Musharraf's dismissal of the chief justice of Pakistan. But this may still not buy him enough strength. Protests will continue. His "million man rally" in Islamabad, held on the same day, blatantly used the state's full organizational machinery and was widely ridiculed. It was seen as a sign of his weakness rather than strength.

So what is Musharraf likely to do next?

Military generals and fanatical clerics have been symbiotically linked in Pakistan's politics for decades. They have often needed and helped the other attain their respective goals. And they may soon need each other again - this time to set Islamabad ablaze. An engineered bloodbath that leads to the army's intervention, and the declaration of a national emergency, could serve as excellent reason for postponing the October 2007 elections. Although Musharraf denies that he wants a postponement, a lengthy martial law may now be his only chance for a continuation of his dictatorial rule into its eighth year - and perhaps beyond.

This perverse strategy sounds almost unbelievable. A man who President George W. Bush describes as his "buddy" in the war against terror, and the celebrated author of an "enlightened moderate" version of Islam, Musharraf wears the two close assassination attempts on his life by religious extremists as a badge of honour. But his secret reliance upon the Taliban card - one that he has been accused of playing for years - increases as his authority and judgment weaken.

The signs of government engineered chaos are manifest. For many months now, here in the heart of Pakistan's capital, vigilante groups from a government funded mosque, the Lal Masjid, have roamed the streets and bazaars as they impose Islamic morality and terrorize citizens in full view of the police. Openly sympathetic to the Taliban and tribal militants fighting the Pakistan army, the two cleric brothers who head Lal Masjid, Maulana Abdul Aziz and Maulana Abdur Rashid Ghazi, have attracted a core of banned militant organizations around them. These include the Jaish-e-Muhammad, considered to be the pioneer of suicide bombings in the region.

The clerics openly defy the state. Since Jan 21, 2007, baton wielding burqa-clad students of the Jamia Hafsa, the women's Islamic university located next to Lal Masjid, have forcibly occupied a government building, the Children's Library. In one of their many forays outside the seminary, this burqa brigade swooped upon a house, which they claimed was a brothel, and kidnapped 3 women and a baby.

Students of Jamia Hafsa (Women’s University) in Islamabad demonstrate for Shariah law

Victory for the Burqa Brigade

The male students of Islamabad's many madrassas are even more active. They terrorize video shop owners, who they accuse of spreading pornography and vice. Newspapers have carried pictures of grand bonfires made with seized cassettes and CDs. Most video stores in Islamabad have now closed down. Their owners duly repented after a fresh campaign by militants on May 4 bombed a dozen music and video stores, barber shops and a girls school in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).

Enjoying video burnings in Islamabad

The Pakistani state has shown astonishing patience. It showed its displeasure in Karachi with bullets, while other challengers have been hit with air and artillery power. But the Lal Masjid clerics operate with impunity. No attempt has been made to cut off their electricity, gas, phone, or website - or even to shut down their illegal FM radio station. The chief negotiator appointed by Musharraf, Chaudhry Shujaat Husain, described the burqa brigade kidnappers as "our daughters", with whom negotiations would continue and against whom "no operation could be contemplated".

Soon after they went on the warpath, the clerics realized that the government wanted to play ball. Their initial demand - the rebuilding of 8 illegally constructed mosques that had been knocked down by Islamabad's civic administration - transformed into a demand for enforcing the Shariah in Pakistan. At a meeting held in the mosque on April 6, over 100 guest religious leaders from across the country pledged to die for the cause of Islam and Shariah. On April 12, (also reported in The News, Islamabad, April 24) in an FM broadcast from the Lal Masjid's illegal FM station, the clerics issued a threat: "There will be suicide blasts in the nook and cranny of the country. We have weapons, grenades and we are expert in manufacturing bombs. We are not afraid of death".

Confronting the state — with the state's connivance

The Lal Masjid head cleric, a former student of my university in Islamabad, added the following chilling message for our women students in the same broadcast:

The government should abolish co-education. Quaid-e-Azam University has become a brothel. Its female professors and students roam in objectionable dresses. I think I will have to send my daughters of Jamia Hafsa to these immoral women. They will have to hide themselves in hijab otherwise they will be punished according to Islam. Our female students have not issued the threat of throwing acid on the uncovered faces of women. However, such a threat could be used for creating the fear of Islam among sinful women. There is no harm in it. There are far more horrible punishments in the hereafter for such women.

If the truth be told, QAU resembles a city of walking double-holed tents rather than the brothel of a sick mullah's imagination. The last few bare-faced women are finding it more difficult by the day to resist. But then, that is precisely the aim of the Islamists. On May 7, a female teacher in the QAU history department was physically assaulted in her office by a bearded, Taliban-looking man who screamed that he had instructions from Allah. President Musharraf - who is the chancellor of QAU and often chooses to be involved in rather petty university administrative affairs - has made no comment on the recent developments.

What next? As Islamabad heads the way of Pakistan's tribal towns, the next targets will be girls schools, internet cafes, bookshops and western clothing stores, followed by shops selling toilet paper, tampons, underwear, mannequins, and other un-Islamic goods.

In a sense, the inevitable is coming to pass. Until a few years ago, Islamabad was a quiet, orderly, modern city different from all others in Pakistan. Still earlier it was largely the abode of Pakistan's hyper-elite and foreign diplomats. But the rapid transformation of its demography brought with it hundreds of mosques with multi-barrelled audio-cannons mounted on minarets, as well as scores of madrassas illegally constructed in what used to be public parks and green areas. Now, tens of thousands of their students with little prayer caps dutifully chant the Quran all day. In the evenings they roam in packs through the city's streets and bazaars, gaping at store windows and lustfully ogling bare-faced women.

The stage for transforming Islamabad into a Taliban stronghold is being set. If at all it is to be prevented, resolute opposition from its citizens will be needed to prevent more Lal Masjids from creating their own shariah squads.

The responsibility for the current bout of religious terrorism in Islamabad falls squarely on General Musharraf's government, which has clearly chosen to secretly sanction it. It is a desperate stratagem but it will not work. Musharraf is already a lame duck. His three principal intelligence agencies are split among themselves on many issues, as is his political party. The Americans have finally wearied of his cleverness in fighting for their dollars while secretly supporting the Taliban. When he exits - which may be sooner rather than later - Musharraf will have left a legacy that will last for generations. All this for a little more taste of power.

The author teaches physics at Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. Pictures courtesy of Ishaque Choudhry.

Comments

[ahila]

Thank you for such an illuminating, well written, and brave article.

[maniza]

Pakistani Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Karachi Rioters on Sight
2007-05-14 04:38 (New York)

By Khalid Qayum and Farhan Sharif
May 14 (Bloomberg) -- Thousands of paramilitary soldiers
have been deployed in Pakistan's financial capital, Karachi, with
orders to shoot rioters on sight, as shops and businesses were
closed as part of a nationwide strike called by opposition
parties.
``Forces have been deployed at all the sensitive parts
of the city and any rioters will be dealt with in the strongest
possible way,'' Captain Fazal, a spokesman for the Pakistan
Rangers, who declined to give his second name said in a phone
interview today. As many as 12,000 paramilitary soldiers are
positioned across the city today, he said.
Riots in Karachi, which is home to the country's biggest
stock exchange, killed 40 people at the weekend as protesters
clashed with government supporters over President Pervez
Musharraf's removal of the country's top judge.
The riots were the worst since Musharraf took power almost
eight years ago. The March 9 removal of Chief Justice Iftikhar
Muhammad Chaudhry prompted two months of protests by lawyers that
have grown into nationwide rallies against Musharraf's continued
rule. The president, who seized power in a 1999 military coup and
remains army chief of staff, is seeking a second five-year term
this year.
Public transport wasn't running in Karachi today as a result
of the strike and some businesses were also closed in Pakistan's
second largest city, Lahore.
``There are reports of violence in different parts of the
city,'' said Karachi police spokesman Javed Shah, adding five
people had been injured.

Court Official Killed

Gunmen killed a Supreme Court official at his home in the
capital, Islamabad, hours before judges were due to start hearing
a case on whether the suspension of Chaudhry was legal. It was
not immediately clear whether the killing was related to the case.
The violence is ``a serious challenge to the writ of the
government,'' said Khalid Mahmud, a research analyst at the
Institute of Regional Studies in Islamabad. ``If not controlled
effectively, Musharraf will be seen as losing grip on things and
people may start calling for a change.''
The Karachi Stock Exchange 100 Index was down 0.3 percent at
12,325.22 at 1:30 p.m. local time, after falling as much as 2.3
percent earlier.
``The market reacted in line with expectations after the
killings,'' said Tanvir Abid, head of sales at IGI Finex Ltd., in
Karachi.
Gun battles broke out on May 12 in Karachi as Chaudhry
prepared to address supporters and the pro-government Mutahidda
Qaumi Movement organized a counter rally backing his removal.
Dozens of cars, buses, motorcycles and stores were set on fire as
activists clashed in the street.

Misuse of Authority

Musharraf told a rally in the capital on May 12 that lawyers
should stop protesting and let the Supreme Court decide whether
Chaudhry's removal was lawful. The government hasn't announced
the charges against him except that he was removed for allegedly
misusing his authority.
The Supreme Court adjourned its hearing today, after a judge,
Falak Sher, declined to be part of the 14-member panel of
justices. Instead, 13 justices will hear the case tomorrow.
Preliminary investigations indicate Syed Hamid Raza, an
assistant registrar at the Supreme Court, was killed early today
during a robbery at his home, said Muhammad Hafeez, an official
at Islamabad police station.
The federal government and the government of southern Sindh
province are ``directly responsible for the killings'' at the
weekend, Liaqat Baloch, a spokesman for Mutahidda Majlis-e-Amal,
an alliance of six Islamic parties that opposes Musharraf's
support for the U.S.-led war on terrorism, said in a phone
interview yesterday. ``We have called upon people to close their
shops and businesses as a mark of protest.''

Civilian Rule

Musharraf was endorsed as president in an April 2002
referendum, a vote he later acknowledged was marred by
irregularities. Before returning the country to civilian rule
through parliamentary elections in October 2002, he changed the
constitution to give himself the power to dismiss the government
and Parliament. He retained the presidency through a
parliamentary vote of confidence in 2004.
The opposition parties, which control one third of the 342-
member Parliament, are opposing Musharraf seeking a second term
and want him to quit as the country's army chief.
Chaudhry was scheduled to hear a case to determine whether
Musharraf could legally run for election for a second term,
Pakistan's Dawn daily newspaper said March 12.
Musharraf's support may decline prior to general elections,
scheduled to be held by January next year, if people don't get
assurance of security, said Mahmud of the Institute of Regional
Studies. ``Security is a sensitive issue and it can be exploited
to hurt Musharraf's credibility,'' he added.
Unless security is improved, ``Musharraf's control over
power could run into trouble,'' said Mohammed Sohail, director of
research at Karachi-based JS Global Capital Ltd.

Law and Order

If law and order does not improve, Musharraf ``may have to
look for other options including imposing a state of emergency or
seeking an alliance with moderate groups like the Pakistan
Peoples Party to dilute the opposition's protests,'' said Sohail
by telephone from Karachi yesterday.
Musharraf and Benazir Bhutto, who heads the PPP, have denied
reports that they have agreed to a political deal under which she
will support the president's election bid in return for
corruption charges being dropped.
Bhutto, who was the prime minister from 1988 to 1990 and
from 1994 to 1996, has lived in self-imposed exile in Dubai and
London since 1998. The PPP has 60 seats in Parliament.

--With reporting by Haris Zamir in Karachi. Editors: Johnson (nam)

To contact the reporters on this story:
Farhan Sharif in Karachi, Pakistan on +92-21-5301078 or
[email protected];
Khalid Qayum in Islamabad at +92-51-210-7634 or
[email protected];

[saad]

all the students are shaheed and soldiers are halak

[Amir Ali Tayyab]

Misery of Pakistan and Solutions

I was busy in weeping like a coward over the current massacre of children, women and men inside a Muslim holy shrine called mosque by the hands of Muslim Ruler's army of commandos (unfortunately Muslims again), their guns, mortars, gunship helicopters, etc until someone raised the attached question and I could not help myself answering it as follows;

There will be no drop scene of any of the concurrent tragedies (including Talibanization, Lal Masjid, Balochistan, etc.) until or unless world's superpower changes its focus away from Afghanistan, Iraq or Israel. It is simply the fall-out of the post-911 anti-Muslim strategy of the west. The Aziz Brothers are just puppets in the hands of the larger Pakistani Intelligentsia controlled by Washington. Today, Pakistan is slowly but surely heading towards situation just like back in 1971. Now, this Lal Masjid incident has simply garnered huge public support due to merciless murderous action by Pakistani Government which is definitely NOT representative of the aspirations or desires of the People of Pakistan. There is no truth in Pakistani SSG being strong as their coward leader Mr.Musharraf was about to die with fear of the might of US military back in September 2001. There is no rule of law in Pakistan as everything seems to be swayed by the bullet instead of human intelligence or dignity. The ABC (Army-Business-Clergy) troika is a myth. There is a huge selfish movement going on right now in Pakistan ending up in anarchy in near future.

The international community's failing of addressing problems of the THIRD WORLD is very much evident today from issues like Lal Masjid and many others not only in Muslim world but in poorer parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America. I agree 100% with your point of view that military tyrannies like Musharraf are the ONLY option left for west to keep on supporting to keep large population of the world in a miserable condition such as today.

We can keep on exchanging blames on each other, west, ammunition, extremism, etc. But one thing we forget and love to forget i.e. OURSELVES. What role are we playing on individual level? We as businessmen are too much focussed on paying salaries, bills, rentals, etc., instead of talking serious stuff just like you raised. We keep on keeping our eyes closed and think that we are NOT part of this world which is utterly wrong and non-sense way of leading one's life.

About remedies, here are a few for starter from my own point of view;

1. Education FOR ALL
2. Health FOR ALL
3. Jobs FOR ALL
4. Housing FOR ALL
5. Islamic brotherhood (not selfish lifestyle)

Now, don't give me the usual crap of you or me being unable to pursue these goals. We are wasting a huge lot of our own time and money in pursuit of those goals which will bring INDIVIDUAL success, not SOCIAL success. We have to play our part and we have to STOP blaming our environment, international affairs and many other things around for NOT doing any good to humanity. Let me reiterate here in a Muslim/Pakistani style (full of tears), ALLAH KI KASAM, we will NOT be successful until or unless we start reading, understanding and practissing Quran/Sunnah.

Let us keep on raising such marvelous questions as you posted in the same spirit and let our conscience NOT die 'cause death and destruction does NOT belong to life!!!

Amir Ali Tayyab
Qurango.com

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4:66 Yet if We were to ordain for them, [85] "Lay down your lives," or, "Forsake your homelands," only a very few of them would do it [86] - although, if they did what they are admonished to do, it would indeed be for their own good and apt to strengthen them greatly [in faith],
وَلَوْ أَنَّا كَتَبْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَنِ اقْتُلُواْ أَنفُسَكُمْ أَوِ اخْرُجُواْ مِن دِيَارِكُم مَّا فَعَلُوهُ إِلاَّ قَلِيلٌ مِّنْهُمْ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ فَعَلُواْ مَا يُوعَظُونَ بِهِ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُمْ وَأَشَدَّ تَثْبِيتًا (4:66)

An-Nisa (The Women)

4:67 whereupon We should indeed grant them, out of Our grace, a mighty reward,
وَإِذاً لَّآتَيْنَاهُم مِّن لَّدُنَّـا أَجْراً عَظِيمًا (4:67)

An-Nisa (The Women)

4:68 and indeed guide them onto a straight way.
وَلَهَدَيْنَاهُمْ صِرَاطًا مُّسْتَقِيمًا (4:68)

An-Nisa (The Women)

4:69 For, all who pay heed unto God and the Apostle shall be among those upon whom God has bestowed His blessings: the prophets, and those who never deviated from the truth, and those who [with their lives] bore witness to the truth, and the righteous ones: and how goodly a company are these!
وَمَن يُطِعِ اللّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ فَأُوْلَـئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاء وَالصَّالِحِينَ وَحَسُنَ أُولَـئِكَ رَفِيقًا (4:69)

An-Nisa (The Women)

4:70 Such is the bounty of God - and none has the knowledge which God has.
ذَلِكَ الْفَضْلُ مِنَ اللّهِ وَكَفَى بِاللّهِ عَلِيمًا (4:70)

An-Nisa (The Women)

4:71 O YOU who have attained to faith! Be fully prepared against danger, whether you go to war in small groups or all together. [87]
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ خُذُواْ حِذْرَكُمْ فَانفِرُواْ ثُبَاتٍ أَوِ انفِرُواْ جَمِيعًا (4:71)

An-Nisa (The Women)

4:72 And, behold, there are indeed among you such as would lag behind, and then, if calamity befalls you, say, "God has bestowed His favour upon me in that I did not accompany them."
وَإِنَّ مِنكُمْ لَمَن لَّيُبَطِّئَنَّ فَإِنْ أَصَابَتْكُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالَ قَدْ أَنْعَمَ اللّهُ عَلَيَّ إِذْ لَمْ أَكُن مَّعَهُمْ شَهِيدًا (4:72)

An-Nisa (The Women)

4:73 But if good fortune comes to you from God, such a person [88] is sure to say - just as if there had never been any question of love between you and him - : "Oh, would that I had been with them, and thus had a [share in their] mighty triumph !"
وَلَئِنْ أَصَابَكُمْ فَضْلٌ مِّنَ الله لَيَقُولَنَّ كَأَن لَّمْ تَكُن بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُ مَوَدَّةٌ يَا لَيتَنِي كُنتُ مَعَهُمْ فَأَفُوزَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا (4:73)

An-Nisa (The Women)

4:74 Hence, let them fight in God's cause - all who are willing to barter the life of this world for the life to come: for unto him who fights in God's cause, whether he be slain or be victorious, We shall in time grant a mighty reward.
فَلْيُقَاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللّهِ الَّذِينَ يَشْرُونَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا بِالآخِرَةِ وَمَن يُقَاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللّهِ فَيُقْتَلْ أَو يَغْلِبْ فَسَوْفَ نُؤْتِيهِ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا (4:74)

An-Nisa (The Women)

4:75 And how could you refuse to fight [89] in the cause of God and of the utterly helpless men and women and children who are crying, "O our Sustainer! Lead us forth [to freedom] out of this land whose people are oppressors, and raise for us, out of Thy grace, a protector, and raise for us, out of Thy grace, one who will bring us succour!"
وَمَا لَكُمْ لاَ تُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللّهِ وَالْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاء وَالْوِلْدَانِ الَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا أَخْرِجْنَا مِنْ هَـذِهِ الْقَرْيَةِ الظَّالِمِ أَهْلُهَا وَاجْعَل لَّنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّا وَاجْعَل لَّنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ نَصِيرًا (4:75)

An-Nisa (The Women)

4:76 Those who have attained to faith fight in the cause of God, whereas those who are bent on denying the truth fight in the cause of the powers of evil. Fight, then, against those friends of Satan: verily, Satan's guile is weak indeed! [90]
الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللّهِ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ يُقَاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ الطَّاغُوتِ فَقَاتِلُواْ أَوْلِيَاء الشَّيْطَانِ إِنَّ كَيْدَ الشَّيْطَانِ كَانَ ضَعِيفًا (4:76)

An-Nisa (The Women)

4:77 ART THOU NOT aware of those who have been told, "Curb your hands, [91] and be constant in prayer, and render the purifying dues"? But as soon as fighting [in God's cause] is ordained for them, lo, some of them stand in awe of men as one should stand in awe of God - or in even greater awe - and say, "O our Sustainer! Why hast Thou ordained fighting for us? If only Thou hadst granted us a delay for a little while!" Say: "Brief is the enjoyment of this world, whereas the life to come is the best for all who are conscious of God - since none of you shall be wronged by as much as a hair's breadth.
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ قِيلَ لَهُمْ كُفُّواْ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَقِيمُواْ الصَّلاَةَ وَآتُواْ الزَّكَاةَ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقِتَالُ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ يَخْشَوْنَ النَّاسَ كَخَشْيَةِ اللّهِ أَوْ أَشَدَّ خَشْيَةً وَقَالُواْ رَبَّنَا لِمَ كَتَبْتَ عَلَيْنَا الْقِتَالَ لَوْلا أَخَّرْتَنَا إِلَى أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ قُلْ مَتَاعُ الدَّنْيَا قَلِيلٌ وَالآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِّمَنِ اتَّقَى وَلاَ تُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلاً (4:77)

Al-Nour (The Light)

24:26 [In the nature of things,] corrupt women are for corrupt men, and corrupt men, for corrupt women - just as good women are for good men, and good men, for good women. [Since God is aware that] these are innocent of all that evil tongues may impute to them, [31] forgiveness of sins shall be theirs, and a most excellent sustenance! [32]
الْخَبِيثَاتُ لِلْخَبِيثِينَ وَالْخَبِيثُونَ لِلْخَبِيثَاتِ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ لِلطَّيِّبِينَ وَالطَّيِّبُونَ لِلطَّيِّبَاتِ أُوْلَئِكَ مُبَرَّؤُونَ مِمَّا يَقُولُونَ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ (24:26)

Al-Fath (The Victory)

48:27 Indeed, God has shown the truth in His Apostle’s true vision: [38] most certainly shall you enter the Inviolable House of Worship, if God so wills, in full security, with your heads shaved or your hair cut short, without any fear: [39] for He has [always] known that which you yourselves could not know. [40] And He has ordained [for you], besides this, a victory soon to come. [41]
لَقَدْ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ رَسُولَهُ الرُّؤْيَا بِالْحَقِّ لَتَدْخُلُنَّ الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ إِن شَاء اللَّهُ آمِنِينَ مُحَلِّقِينَ رُؤُوسَكُمْ وَمُقَصِّرِينَ لَا تَخَافُونَ فَعَلِمَ مَا لَمْ تَعْلَمُوا فَجَعَلَ مِن دُونِ ذَلِكَ فَتْحًا قَرِيبًا GOOD LUCK. DAWN ANWAR ALI SHAIKH.

[Beenish]

I am very much disappointed after reading such an article by an educated muslim.You can't wash the brains of true muslims by floating such articles on the net.All this might be true but the writer seems to oppose the fact that the cause for a seperate nation was to get a laborotary where muslims can practice their religion not for the purpose of having a piece of land where so called muslims can establish places of sin as night clubs,video shops promoting pornography,massage centers where on the name of massage every thing else is happening.If the government and rulers has forgot the cause of creation of Pakistan it does'nt mean every Pakistani is blind or asleep.It might be that the way of ghazi brethren was wrong but the thing they were promoting was perfectly right and at this time Pakistan needs this kind of appproach.Musharraf has given blood bath to lal masjid, in which context its legal?which law says that a president has rigts to kill more than 4000 innocent people?Head,whether of house,institution or state is answerable to its people.Does he has any valid reason for killing people accept that they just brought a corrupt women(which has been proved)and after telling her about the complains of people living near by and advising her to stop what she was doing they left her,they did'nt kill or even physically harmed any innocent person.We have to be aware of what is happening around us rather than just making a view point without knowing the facts.I am a student of software engineering and don't claim that I am very pious or virtous but this is what I felt after anlysis .

[Mgaidys]

Well my opinion is this:
I don't like this article it's not truth

[Katty]

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