Saturday, 20 July 2013
Innovative Islamabad mosque defies sectarian divides
ISLAMABAD: In a country where sectarian violence is spiking, Zahid Iqbal is playing an innovative role in trying to bring peace to Pakistan's competing Islamic sects by simply not taking sides.His mosque in the capital Islamabad markets itself as "sect free" and is open to everyone. Despite pressure, Iqbal has refused to follow convention and define the mosque as Sunni, Fiqah-e-Jafria or any of the other subgroups that divide Islam, sometimes violently."We don't belong with any sect of Islam,"
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