Pak Red Mosque cleric calls anti-Taliban fight 'un-Islamic'

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The hardline cleric of Pakistan’s infamous Red Mosque here on Friday stoked fresh controversy by calling the military offensive against Taliban militants in the North Waziristan region  “un-Islamic”. Abdul Aziz, who survived a 2007 military operation against militants hiding in the mosque when he was caught trying to escape wearing  a burqa, said he can prove that the military operation was against  the teachings of Islam.     

Daily Pioneer
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