Lal Masjid Update. “Lal Masjid operation called off,” from NDTV, :
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 (Islamabad) In Pakistan, Islamabad’s streets continue to remain tense even though an armed operation by security forces against radical clerics at the city’s Lal Masjid has been called off for now.
On Monday, three more policemen were abducted and held hostage briefly at the Jamia Faridia, another madrassa for boys, about 8 km away from the Lal Masjid.
But they were released three hours later according to the authorities….
An angry President Musharraf reacted to the mosque’s threats on Monday, challenging the mosque’s calls for a jihad against the government, by saying only the government can call for a jihad.