Nine people, including two police, were killed, and dozens injured, in fighting earlier today outside an Islamabad mosque between armed protestors and security forces. There is a standoff at Lal Masjid , or Red Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan. Hard-line clerics have kidnapped alleged prostitutes and police in their efforts to impose a Taliban-style version of Islamic law in the capital.
Nine people, including two police, were killed, and dozens injured, in fighting earlier today outside an Islamabad mosque between armed protesters and security forces. There is a standoff at Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) in Islamabad, Pakistan. Hard-line clerics have kidnapped alleged prostitutes and police in their efforts to impose a Taliban-style version of Islamic law in the capital.
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