Pakistani Cleric Demands End to Conventional Courts by April 23

[Coventina]

Source: Bloomberg

April 20 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistani pro-Taliban cleric Sufi Muhammad demanded the government abolish conventional justice in the northwestern Malakand area by April 23, replacing it with Islamic courts, or face a new round of protests.

“All the courts including the Supreme Court are not Islamic,” Rizwanullah Farooq, Muhammad’s son, said by telephone today, speaking on behalf of his father. “We don’t want these judges and we do not recognize them as they are preachers of unholy laws.”

President Asif Ali Zardari approved the so-called Nizam-i- Adal, or Justice System, last week to introduce Islamic law in Malakand. Under this regulation, conventional courts were to be replaced by a Shariah system of justice from April 14, the day the law was approved.

(snip)

Muhammad, whose militant group Tehrik-e-Nifaaz Shariat Muhammadi led the campaign for the imposition of Shariah law in the area, told a gathering of his supporters yesterday that there’s no room for democracy or elections in Islam.



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[DavidDvorkin]

1. Which will then be followed by another demand

And so on, until the country is under theocratic control.

[ohio2007]

2. Do what he says and he will leave you alone for awhile......

[east texas lib]

3. Ah, good old-fashioned zealotry...

Ya just gotta love it.( If you want to keep living.)

[ohio2007]

4. The Pak supreme court will decide when it is 'constitutional' to put itself out of buisness

They do have that power lol
and are not 'afraid' to use it when submitting to the will of the people

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/parallel-govt-wont-be-tolerated-hoti--bi

[IndianaGreen]

5. It's about time these religious zealots be put in their proper place

Their demands will continue until Pakistan becomes another Taleban Afghanistan.

[friendly_iconoclast]

6. What's left of central government authority in Pakistan can't do it

Right now, the 'government' of Pakistan is like a combination of South Vietnam, circa 1974,
Romanov Russia, circa 1916, and C P Cavafy's "Waiting For The Barbarians".

[ohio2007]

7. Boys’ school blown up in Bajaur ( by 'unidentified' men)

Can't be Mr Tali man. He only blows up girls schools,right?

Boys’ school blown up in Bajaur

KHAR: Unidentified men blew up a boys’ primary school in the Zirgiray area of Nawagai tehsil in Bajaur Agency on Monday. The number of schools damaged in this way has reached 38, but it was the first such incident after the peace deal in Bajaur.




Meanwhile, the head of the Mamoond tribal jirga, Malik Abdul Aziz, and his driver sustained injuries in a remote-controlled bomb blast on Monday, local sources said. The injured tribal elder was shifted to Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) in Peshawar for treatment. Sources told Daily Times that the attack was made near Barkhlozai Morr in Asman Patti area when he was travelling home from agency headquarter Khar. He had survived a remote-controlled bomb attack a year ago. hasbanullah khan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\04\21\story_21-4-2009_pg7_33

[ohio2007]

8. It's April 23rd in Pakistan's Swat valley........

Lucky the Taliban have banned music and women being seen alone in public


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3660502&mesg_id=3663871

cuz the fat lady is warming up