SubhanAllah! :o

I feel this is very irresponsible journalism on the part of anyone who chooses to report such things. The Pakistani government keeps getting criticized over more speculation than fact.

Let’s look at the accusation that the government planted all those weapons in Lal Masjid. Then how the heck was the army staved off for so many months and how did so many army soldiers get killed in the standoff? Evidently, Lal Masjid had already been packing.

And the government’s explanation is that a suicide bomber did this…and you know what? That story makes much more sense! Why would the government even raise speculation that chemical weaponry was used during this scuffle if they were going to be doubted and incriminated for “crimes against humanity” by their mistrusting enemies?

Sure you could likely counter that the government led the tour and was able to create the cover-up story of a suicide bomber before they were accused, but endicting the government of foulplay is speculation without proof. What proof is there that all these conspiracy stories are true? They have the testimony of one unnamed student saying that the govt ammo was burning people? Shouldn’t they have the same observations across the board? Wouldn’t there be plenty more rooms with those traces of phosphorus? Wouldn’t the pattern of debris on the wall make a more sporadic pattern instead of a clear pattern that indicates explosion?

Let’s maintain the Islamic approach of “innocent until proven guilty.” It’s especially important in this circumstance because if we continue demonizing and criminalizing each other, we ruin our chances of reconciliation–each side is angry and only seeking to become angrier. We are shooting ourselves in the foot by letting these sorts of stories get out of proportion because this story is a humiliating example of how Muslims really can’t get their act together, and we shouldn’t keep working to expose them! Instead, we need to act responsibly with our voices, definitely not to criticise and not always to make excuses either, but to call people to mutual understanding and respecting of each others views, thereby uniting once again on common ground instead of widening our gap by exposing and concentrating on our differences.

I call MuslimMatters to please be more responsible with their journalism.

Jazakum Allahu khaira

The above, by the way, happened around April 17th…a good 3 months before the government stormed Lal Masjid.

Proof:
http://iftikharajmal.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/%d9%85%d8%b0%d8%a7%da%a9%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%aa-%db%8c%d8%a7-%d9%85%d8%b0%d8%a7%d9%82-%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%aa/

The post is aptly titled “Mazakraat ya mazaq raat?”, which roughly translates to “Dialogue or Jokes?”.

There are a lot more articles in Urdu and interview clips in Urdu that if one reads and listens to with an open mind, the reality becomes clear.

May Allah guide and help us all, WAllahul Musta’an – and Allah is the source of all help.

ibn Masood…look, mate, there’s no need to think well of Musharraf’s administration. He pays plenty of people to do that for him.

What about the dispossessed? Those without voices? They need our advocacy more than anyone else.

@ibnmasood: If people inside Lal Masjid had so much ammunition why they never used it? cause if it would have been used, army causalities would have been 3-4 times more.

I do not commend Ghazi on his stance. His approach was not right but the way he and others in Lal Masjid were disposed off, is unimaginable. I don’t believe a government can massacre its own like this.

You are saying this is propaganda and public hype. What about the handling of dead by the government? There is visual proof and eye witness account available in media that government just dumped debris of Lal Masjid in a water drain. That debris contained decomposed body parts as well as torn pages of Quran (http://www.chowrangi.com/is-this-islamic-republic-of-pakistan.html) What do you say about this?

I mean, Islamically, Abdul Rashid Ghazi had no right to oppose the leader of his nation in such a rebellious way–Islam teaches us to have patience when we fall under the leadership of tyrants in order to prevent anarchy

The Shaykh had every right to demand the application of Shariah and to oppose the government.

Theres a consensus among all scholars that the difference between Dar Ul Kufr and Dar ul Islam is the Shariah .

Musharaf has changed Pakistand from a land of Islam to a land of Kufr and you thing the Ulamaa should remain silent.

Not only this but Musharaf stabbed the Taliban in the back and kills them under orders from Washington.

And beside this his stabbing the Taliban in the back and killing them where ever he finds them under orders from Washington?

As the Alim Ibn Al Qayyim Rahimullah said,

Anyone having some knowledge about the revelation of Allah, the guidance of the Prophet, sallallahu alayhe wa sallam, and the life of the companions would conclude that those who are pointed at today as the most pious people are in fact the least pious.

Indeed, what kind of piety is there in a person who witnesses Allah’s sanctities being violated, his religion abandoned, the Sunnah of His Messenger shunned, and yet remains still with a cold heart and a shut mouth’ Such a person is like a dumb Shaitan! In the same way the one who talks falsehood is a speaking Shaitan.

Assalamu Alaikum,

There’s a good documentary

about white phorsphorus and how it was used in siege on Fallujah.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8905191678365185391&q=duration%3Along+genre%3ADOCUMENTARY&total=31408&start=700&num=100&so=0&type=search&plindex=35

AOA,
Lalmasjid waloan per ye misra fit ata hai ….

“HUM NAY IS UMMAT K KAL PAR QURBAN APNA AAJ KIA………!!!!!!