Posted on 05/11/2011 5:53:22 PM PDT by milestogo
Pakistani Parliamentarians were left stunned when a lawmaker led a prayer for slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden [ Images ] in the National Assembly despite being told by Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi not to do so.
Maulvi Asmatullah, an independent candidate from Zbob in Balochistan province, stood up in the lower house of Parliament yesterday and said lawmakers should pray for bin
Laden, who was killed by United States commandos in a unilateral raid on his hideout in Abbottabad on May 2.
Two lawmakers from the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province -- former federal minister Attaur Rehman, the younger brother of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman; and Laiq Muhammad Khan -- as well as Minister of State for Health Shahjehan Yousaf of the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid and Pakistan people's Party Parliamentarian Sher Muhammad Baloch participated in the 'fateha' prayer that lasted about a minute.
Deputy Speaker Kundi, who was administering the proceedings, could not convince the lawmakers to stick to the rules of business. "What you are doing? I did not give you permission," Kundi said.
Before offering the prayer for bin laden, Asmatullah said, "The Americans claim they allowed the last rites for Osama bin Laden to be performed according to Islamic values. So it is proper for us to pray for bin Laden also."
Pakistan still wonders why we’re not buying the idea that they didn’t know UBL was there...
One day we’ll have to destroy their nukes.
But it won’t happen with Hussein in office.
He might. He’ll just have ‘em dropped into the Indian Ocean in the middle of the night and refuse to show us the photos.
It doesn’t matter to them whether we believe them or not — they know that they will continue to receive the monthly stipend that they have had for years.
As far as they’re concerned we can screw ourselves as long as Uncle Sucker’s check is in the mail.
I think Mr. Tom A. Hawk should of led the prayer meeting.
JOE BARTON is a member of the Pakistan Caucus. He is the species of RINO which supports Islam and destroys America by supporting terrorism.
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