TAUNS:
A drug addict was beaten up and paraded on a donkey by an imam and others for attempting to steal a water pump from the mosque on Saturday afternoon.
According to police officials, Qasba Sokar resident Waheed was caught trying to steal a water pump from the Sabzi Mandi mosque and was tortured and paraded in the streets by dozens of people. Eyewitnesses told police officials that Waheed was a drug addict and had wandered into the mosque while prayers were still in progress.
“He initially managed to swipe someone’s wallet while they were praying and later tried to steal the water pump. When he was caught the imam said that his head should be shaved and his face was blackened,” said resident Haider Jameel. “Dozens of people then beat him with shoes inside the mosque gates and put him on a donkey. He was paraded in the streets for over two hours,” he said.
“The man deserved exactly what happened to him, he stole from people while they were praying,” said Sabzi Mandi mosque imam Maulvi Rasheed Sabir.
Police officials filed a case against 30 people for beating up Waheed and arrested three men. “Waheed was badly bruised and cut when we found him but he barely knew what had happened to him,” said inspector Wajahat. “He is currently in the hospital being treated for his injuries,” police officials said. Police said that they would question Wajahat when he was released from the hospital.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 18th, 2011.
Vigilante justice…aka…taking justice in your own hands. Very common in Pakistan. Don’t blame the Imam.
This is what happen when people lost faith in justice !
No comment by a secular to say rubbish about the imam of the mosque???is it express tribune???i m amazed..
Such hypocrisy is beyond me. Praying for peace, love and the wellbeing of others one second and beating the life out of a petty criminal the other. If forgiveness is so important in Islam then why was intolerance practiced so openly in this situation? Instead of helping a lost drug addict, mend his soul and try to reform him, they humiliated him and paraded him around the streets. Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic. This nation is lost. The country has been destroyed by politicians and our religion by these Mullahs.
@Reds:
Justice is more important in Islam than forgiveness … Hasty the justice, quicker the reward …
Similar brutality I experienced long ago attending a assembly of peace loving Muslims in Raiwind. The masks of their holiness and peacefulness suddenly vanished as they beat a allegedly pick-pocket with such savagery that he fainted.
Aah , Express tribune. Your name will be in history for the extreme secular ideological propaganda in Pakistan. You must be making a lot of money ( $$$$) i am sure.
At least they didn’t lynch him or burn his dead body. This is not that big a punishment and he somewhat deserved it.
What’s the status of the donkey??
hahhahahahahha REDONKEYLOUS.
This is why the sub continent is rightly called the third world. There is no respect for privacy or fun.
@Imran:
are u crazy forgiveness is much preferred by Allah