Ha-ha! Some firebrand cleric you are! You wear a burqa! What a wuss!
Posted on 07/04/2007 2:51:35 PM PDT by Baladas
THE leader of a radical Pakistani mosque was arrested while trying to flee in a woman's burqa as security forces stepped up pressure on a few hundred hardcore followers still holed up inside.
Firebrand cleric Abdul Aziz's capture sparked an exodus from Islamabad's Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, with 1,200 male and female students surrendering to the authorities a day after clashes there left 16 people dead.
The government of embattled President Pervez Musharraf hailed the capture of the firebrand preacher as a major success, after months of criticism that it was failing to tackle extremism.
"After all the things he has said and all the oaths he took from his students that they should embrace martyrdom with him, look at this man,'' deputy information minister Tariq Azeem said.
Aziz was caught after a group of 20 burqa-clad women from the mosque started screaming as they were taken to a nearby school for security checks after giving themselves up, saying the procedure was un-Islamic.
"Our men spotted his (Aziz's) unusual demeanour. The rest of the girls looked like girls but he was taller and had a pot belly,'' a security official said on condition of anonymity.
Paramilitary officer Manzoor Ahmad, who saw the incident, said a policeman spotted one member of the crowd staying silent.
"The officer pounced on the lady, and as he grabbed her, the burqa came off and his beard fell out. He asked the man who he was and he said 'I am Maulana (senior cleric) Abdul Aziz,'' the soldier said.
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I’m guessing that they used IR imaging to spot him.
What are the odds of really finding a man under full-body covering (I mean unless he were ‘excited’ about something)?
He should be forced to wear a burqa the rest of his life. Just as long as it doesn’t interfere with ending his life soon.
Not much chance of this muzzie being a suicide bomber, he’s so concerned with saving his hide, he’d wear womens’ clothing. I’ll bet he’d put underwear on his head if needed.
It seems that authorities are finally catching on to this Burka Bullshut. Its too easy for men to hide in them. Outlaw Burka’s.
Don't they cut off body parts when they catch you? Owwwiiieeee.
Liquid nails and long staples should keep it in place for a little while.
Why is it that the ones that preach martyrdom the hardest are the first one to put on women’s clothing and run for their lives when the heat is on?
Thanks for posting this article, but the source lacked a picture of this cleric. Ridicule is the only weapon I have against this lunacy, and posting him everywhere on the web with his transvestism on display would be one method of ridicule.
The last sentence of the full article said the group the transvestite Islamic cleric belonged to fatwa’ed a female for paragliding. It is time to laugh at these folks, though not forgetting that military action may be necessary on a scale larger than presently “correct.”
So let me get this straight:
Publically dressing completely as a woman for a muslim is OK, but wearing panties on their head is an insult?
This proves they are a bunch of cowards... hiding underneath women’s skirts.. I mean burkas.
Guess this dude and John Edwards have a lot in common!
Another reason to ban the burqua.
A huge billboard showing 72 burka clad virgins should do the trick.
Hiding as a woman has got to be one of the most humiliating desperation moves by these "fierce warriors"; aren't they called "firebrands"?
Is my memory failing? or didn't mohamutt pull the same stunt early in his career?.
Clearly, the women were trying to create a diversion so that the brave warrior could escape.
I hope that they are being assigned the same jail time as the murder chief...
Allah and his band of manly men.
A bunch of bearded, room temp turds.
ML/NJ
Shades of the coward Jefferson Davis, who fled wearing a woman’s cloak.
Ha-ha! Some firebrand cleric you are! You wear a burqa! What a wuss!
Why, in this day and age of phone-cameras, are there no pictures of this delightful event?
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