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Last Updated: Monday, 16 April 2007, 00:37 GMT 01:37 UK

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Karachi protest at Sharia mosque

The rally was organised by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement


Karachi protest
Tens of thousands of people have protested in the Pakistani city of Karachi against a radical mosque and its religious schools in Islamabad.
The chief cleric of the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque), Abdul Aziz, had announced a Taleban-style Islamic court would be set up to curb "vulgar" activities.

He also gave the government a month to close video shops and brothels.

The protest organisers, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), branded the mosque "religious terrorists".

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The MQM is largely supportive of the policies of President Pervez Musharraf.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6558501.stm