Profile: Red mosque It is generally believed that the mosque administration has powerful friends within Pakistan's security apparatus, which is preventing the government from taking decisive action.

Police fired tear gas, trying to disperse hundreds of religious students who occupied Islamabad's Red Mosque on Friday and demanded the return of its pro-Taliban cleric, two weeks after a bloody ...

The controversial Lal Masjid or Red Mosque in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, is no stranger to violent confrontation. More than 100 people were killed in fighting there in July 2007 after Pakistani ...

Some students daubed the walls of the mosque with red paint [AFP] Published On 27 Jul 2007 27 Jul 2007. The protesters say they want the mosque’s senior leader, now in detention, ...

July 27, 2007 -- Police at Islamabad's Red Mosque today fired tear gas in an attempt to disperse hundreds of hard-line Islamist students who occupied the compound, demanding the return of its pro ...