excerpt: "They said that Jehad against America and non-Muslims had been begun. They were ready to sacrifice their lives in way of Islam, JUI leaders vowed. They asked the people to inlist their names for Jehad with their respective Ulemas of mosques."
10/9/2001
F.P. Report
MARDAN: Angry mob comprising the workers and students of
different religious political parties on Monday set ablaze number of
NGOs offices, vehicles and a house in different localities of tehsil
Takhtbhai while two unidentified persons were injured by police firing
besides looting valuables of an NGO office in same area.
In Mardan city police resorted lati charge and fired tear gas on student
protestors at different places, in which seven students injured.
Students burnt tyres by blocking Mardan Swabi Road.
Many students of Islami Jamiat Tulaba were arrested and shifted to unknown
places.
Protestors pelted stones on police which resulted injury of a SHO.
The Ulema of Mosques called the people on loudspeakers of Mosques in
villages and streets in Takhtbhai tehsil, after morning prayers, to come out
from houses to protest against attacks on Afghanistan.
Large number of JUI workers, religious students of Madrasas, college and
school came out from houses early morning.
The protestors attacked on sugar cane cooperative society in Takhtbhai and
set ablaze to ash.
The residents of village Ganjai (Takhtbhai) torched to fire the house of
chairman women and children Ms Zakia Rehman.
The house was completely ashed.
However, Ms Zakia Rehman succeeded to rescue her very difficulty similarly,
two branch offices of Alfalah NGO located at Nahar Par and Nasir Kalay were
also ablaze by another group of angry mob.
The office of NGO community centre owned by a councilor Munir at village
Mazdoor Abad and another office of an NGO at Nawa Kali were torched
ablaze.
Three vehicles owned by Din Muhammad Patwari and two jeeps of Jehanzaib
Salik parked in Salik welfare trust were also ablaze.
Meanwhile, a big procession under edges of JUI was also taken out from
Khwaja Gunj Bazar.
The procession after marching through various bazar-chanting slogans against
President Bush and General Pervaz Musharraf turned into big public meeting
at kuchery chock.
The speakers including Mualana Shuja ul Mulm, Hamiz Akhtar Ali and Mulana
Qaisaruddin came very hard against America and General Pervaz Musharraf.
They said that Jehad against America and non-Muslims had been begun.
They were ready to sacrifice their lives in way of Islam, JUI leaders vowed.
They asked the people to inlist their names for Jehad with their respective
Ulemas of mosques.
They, warned district administration of Mardan not to block their ways other
wise they would launch movement against administration.
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Original: Protesters set NGOs offices ablaze