Pakistan’s Red Mosque revolt
What is the relationship between mosque and military in Pakistan?
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| Pakistani police outside Jamia Hafsa seminary [AFP] |
A six-month stand-off between Pakistani authorities and students at Islamabad’s Red Mosque has erupted into a shootout which killed at least nine people.
On Wednesday, those in the besieged mosque remained defiant despite calls for them to surrender.
In Pakistan – governed by generals for more than half of its sixty-year history – just what is the relationship between mosque and the military?
Inside Story investigates.
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