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مشاهدة النسخة كاملة : Women religious students raid Islamabad brothel



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03-28-2007, 04:18 PM
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Students raid Islamabad 'brothel'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6502305.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6502305.stm)

Dozens of young women from a religious school in
Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, have broken into an
alleged brothel and kidnapped the owner.

The women, from the nearby Jamia Hafsa madrassa, burst
in late on Tuesday, demanding the premises be shut
down.

The women say they have a right to end immoral
activity under Islamic law.

The BBC's Navdip Dhariwal in Islamabad says it is the
first time such bold Taleban-style activity seen
elsewhere in Pakistan has occurred in the city.

The Jamia Hafsa school has been at the centre of
controversy in recent months.

In January, armed students prevented the authorities
from demolishing an illegally constructed mosque and
occupied a nearby children's library.

They have also demanded that local video owners close
their stores.

'Not mistreated'

Correspondents say prostitution is widespread in
Pakistan, even though it is illegal.

The women who led Tuesday night's raid near the city
centre included teachers and students incensed, the
school says, by reports the house was being used for
immoral purposes.

They were later joined by male colleagues from the
men's section of the madrassa.

When the alleged brothel's owner refused to shut the
building, the raiding party forcibly shut it
themselves and took the woman, her daughter and
daughter-in-law back to the madrassa where they are
still being held.

Initially the police were reluctant to step in to
rescue the woman, but later registered a case and
arrested two female teachers of the school.

But students then kidnapped two policemen from a
nearby patrol. They too are being held in the madrassa
and were allowed to speak to reporters.

"They have not mistreated us, they have served us tea
and allowed us to keep our mobile phones," one of
them, constable Hamad Raza said, the AFP news agency
reports.

"We are told that negotiations are under way and we
hope the matter will be over soon," he said.

School officials also say that two other teachers have
been missing since early on Wednesday morning and that
they believe they were kidnapped by intelligence
agencies.

Their whereabouts is unclear.

School raided

The Jamia Hafsa has long been a problem for the
capital city administration and Pakistan's Pesident
General Musharraf.

It has often criticised his policies in the "war on
terror" and called for Islamic law to be enforced in
Pakistan.

The madrassa was among schools raided after the London
bombings of July 2005 over alleged links with the
bombers.

Madrassa officials deny any such links.

Our correspondent says it appears the administration
is reluctant or helpless to take action against the
school's teachers and students.

The incident comes amid concerns over the increasing
"Talebanisation" of parts of Pakistan.

In Pakistan's tribal areas and in North West Frontier
Province (NWFP), religious groups have sought to
impose strict Islamic law on local people.

Across the tribal areas and in parts of NWFP, video
and CD shops have been attacked and closed, barbers
are banned from shaving beards and non-religious music
and singing is prohibited.