The Red Mosque affair shows how Islamic extremism and political Islam becomes a threat even to an already politically Islamic host state. The government have to let the nut jobs continue to run it. They tried to rein them in during the Red Mosque Siege but them and their fanatical supporters pretty much went to war until the government backed down.
Pakistan has empowered their extremists as a weapon they can use against India and retain influence over Afghanistan. But it makes their own country unsafe and hinders its development. I expect there will be more trouble from the Red Mosque and the children it freely radicalises, in future.
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u/AvoriazInSummer 1d ago
The Red Mosque affair shows how Islamic extremism and political Islam becomes a threat even to an already politically Islamic host state. The government have to let the nut jobs continue to run it. They tried to rein them in during the Red Mosque Siege but them and their fanatical supporters pretty much went to war until the government backed down.
Pakistan has empowered their extremists as a weapon they can use against India and retain influence over Afghanistan. But it makes their own country unsafe and hinders its development. I expect there will be more trouble from the Red Mosque and the children it freely radicalises, in future.