Islamabad’s Red Mosque Cordoned off after Threat from Its Former Prayer Leader
Record photograph of Crimson Mosque in Islamabad. (Reuters)
Aziz, the deposed cleric of the Crimson Mosque, had threatened to take over the mosque after reportedly considered one of his shut aides, Maulana Idress, mysteriously disappeared from out of doors a seminary in Islamabad remaining week.
- PTI Islamabad
- Final Up to date: July 19, 2020, nine:05 PM IST
Pakistan police have cordoned off the Crimson Mosque within the middle of the nationwide capital after contemporary tensions with its former prayer chief and arguable cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz who threatened to take over the state-owned mosque, police stated on Sunday.
Aziz, the deposed cleric of the Crimson Mosque, had threatened to take over the mosque after reportedly considered one of his shut aides, Maulana Idress, mysteriously disappeared from out of doors a seminary in Islamabad remaining week.
“We took measures on Friday to stop his (Aziz) transfer (to take over the mosque) after our intelligence reported that Aziz may just check out to go back to the mosque,” a police legitimate stated on anonymity.
The Maulana vacated the mosque about two months in the past after an settlement with the federal government. Previous, he had returned to the mosque and stayed there for weeks.
It appears, Idrees disappeared from out of doors Jamia Fareedia on July 15. He was once tasked through Aziz to supervise some development paintings on the seminary.
Aziz was once the manager cleric of the Crimson Mosque, higher referred to as the Lal Masjid, till 2007 when he was once arrested as he attempted to flee all over the army operation towards the miscreants retaining up within the mosque.
He was once jailed and later launched however was once now not reinstated because the prayer chief of the mosque, which is owned through the federal government.
Aziz made a number of makes an attempt to retake the mosque however with none good fortune. However he persevered to create controversies.
In 2014, he named a library after slain former al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Encumbered, drawing world complaint.
