What happened in Lal Masjid?

The Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) Operation was carried out by Pakistani armed forces against clerics and students of Lal Masjid, Islamabad, Pakistan in July of 2007. The operation divided opinions among Pakistanis at home and abroad.

Very few people outside or inside of Pakistan received accurate information on the Operation as their primary source of knowledge was the Pakistani or International media. Therefore several of the opinions lack hard factual basis, are contradictory to one another or simply going against eye-witness accounts.

Mufti Rafi Usmani, the Grand Mufti of Pakistan, gave a speech soon after the operation.

Original Urdu lecture by Mufti Rafi Usmani