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Afghan cleric held for delivering ‘hate speech’

The Newspaper's Correspondent Published January 31, 2015
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NOWSHERA: The police arrested an Afghan prayer leader for delivering hate speech during Friday sermon at Pabbi.

Pabbi police arrested Afghan cleric, Maulvi Noorullah, after complaint by local people that he delivered a provocative speech during the Friday sermon.

Maulvi Noorullah is prayer leader at the Jamia Masjid Tahirzai No 1, Pabbi main bazaar.

Soon after receiving the information about hate speech, a police party led by SHO Pabbi Shad Ali Khan reached the mosque and arrested the cleric under MPO 16.

Meanwhile, a young boy (17) committed suicide after exchange of hot words with his family at Badrashi here on Friday.

A local resident said that Hashir Zaman from Chitral, who was presently residing in Badrashi, exchanged hot words with his parents at home, and later took a pistol and shot and injured himself.

Police said that people took him to district headquarter hospital, Nowshera, but he succumbed to injuries.

Published in Dawn January 31st, 2015

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Manzer
Jan 31, 2015 09:18am
The use of the word 'Meanwhile' in this news item is odd. The term implies some sort of connection while there is none.
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ali
Jan 31, 2015 09:26am
The government should realize now and do proper assessment of the situation, because these afghans proliferated into entire country and specially in KPK and took almost all the mosque as Pesh-e-Imam, so they could hold the mind of the public (example see all the past Eid holidays they were behind the mind of the KPK people, who discarded government declaration on every Eid holidays) . Moreover through this they can claim the kpk as part of the Afghanistan. If we remember after Afghan-USSR was we heard about Durant line. So wake up.
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Kranti
Jan 31, 2015 09:39am
If the same arrest happens in INDIA, all Pakistanis would have bashed INDIA like there is no safety for minority Muslims in INDIA......LOL
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Ahmad
Jan 31, 2015 09:43am
Good that police and army are working to eliminate hate mongers. Politicians are failed creed in this regard and can do nothing.
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Gul khan
Jan 31, 2015 10:22am
put a complete ban on loudspeakers.. thanks
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Rhea
Jan 31, 2015 10:33am
I hope that my eyes are not deceiving me. Some action at last.
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seriously
Jan 31, 2015 10:46am
What is a hate speech?? Help me
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Danish
Jan 31, 2015 11:22am
Send him back to Afghanistan.
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N.S
Jan 31, 2015 11:22am
Only educated, liberal person, Islamic Scholars and Muftis and not bigoted Mullah's should be allowed for Friday sermons, and to be the Imam of the mosques.
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N.S
Jan 31, 2015 11:35am
@seriously Go to any Indian news site any read the comments of the fellow Indians about Islam and Pakistanis's, and here you go... the xenophobia is called the "Hate Speech'. Can be against anything under the sun.
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Fi
Jan 31, 2015 11:58am
How come an Afghani is a local imam in a Pakistani mosque? Isn't there any rule who can be the imam, or is it free for all in the land of pure?
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N K Ali
Jan 31, 2015 12:06pm
Send him back to Afghanistan after a good and thorough beating. Also, catch his supporters and facilitators who kept him in Nowshera and try in the anti-terrorist court. Salams
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islamic
Jan 31, 2015 12:20pm
Wake up see the quality of these man have they given anything to our society in last few hundred years like school institutions health governance. If not why go to such man. And use your brain is their anything useful they have to offer to your children it dose not take long In this 21st century to judge a man. Mat be 5 or 10 minutes if not why see the face of such hate moongers. Any teaching any system should be making me and my family capable human beings if not just leave those man their are plenty of good Muslim scholars.
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Riaz
Jan 31, 2015 01:31pm
So these are the Afghan nationals being mistreated as claimed by the Afghan Taliban.
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