Pakistan Army unwilling to close mosques fearing backlash from fundamentalist clerics

ZeeNews ^ | 03/28/2020 | Manish Shukla

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Amid the rising cases of the coronavirus COVD-19 worldwide, the Pakistani Army is unwilling to close the mosques across the country fearing backlash from the fundamentalist clerics. The fact remains that the fundamentalist clerics are crucial for Pakistan's proxy wars in Afghanistan and India, especially Jammu and Kashmir.

Amid the rising cases of the coronavirus COVD-19 worldwide, the Pakistani Army is unwilling to close the mosques across the country fearing backlash from the fundamentalist clerics. The fact remains that the fundamentalist clerics are crucial for Pakistan's proxy wars in Afghanistan and India, especially Jammu and Kashmir.

The Imran Khan-led government is unable to take any step as fundamentalist clerics have the support of the Pakistan Army. The current scenario gives rise to a major concern as the mosques nationwide remain open for Friday Namaz as well as daily prayers. Pakistan has already crossed 1,200 confirmed cases including 10 deaths due to COVID-19.

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Last week, Gaza reported two confirmed cases of coronavirus. When Palestinian authorities investigated the matter, it was found that both men had recently returned from Pakistan where they attended a mass religious gathering that ended on March 12. They were among the 250,000 people that gathered in the outskirts of Lahore to participate in the 'Tableeghi Ijtema' an Islamic event organized by the Tablighi Jamaat.

[metmom]

That’s fine with me.

It can spread there for all I care.

[eyeamok]

Shouldn’t we be sending infected people in there intentionally as a matter of Policy?

[Libloather]

Lock ‘em up.

[ScottinVA]

No problem.. don’t close the mosques.. in fact encourage the muzzies to congregate there and stay there.

[for-q-clinton]

This is good news.

[chris37]

Leave them open 24/7.

In fact, let the homeless sleep there too.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

NO! That scenario, in reverse, is all too possible and very scary. You can bet that terrorist sponsors everywhere are evaluating the possibility of using two-legged bioweapons on us. That would be a war crime & should be dealt with in the most severe ways possible. By most severe, I mean most severe.

[RetiredScientist]

The problem will resolve itself. In the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, leaders in Rochester NY implemented policies very similar to what our 2020 state government implemented. Syracuse, Albany, and Buffalo did not and had a larger peak of infection. The mayor of Philadelphia refused to take precautions and close a big parade. They had close to double the per capita mortality rate to Rochester. You can read the details here.

[jimfree]

They will be overwhelmed and then more quickly develop herd immunity.

[Grampa Dave]

Stand back and let the Imans do what they do best!

[gibsonguy]

Ok now we have a test case for doing nothing.

[Mariner]

In Pakistan and India there will be tragic suffering.
And throughout the world, more than one government will fall to this virus.

[ExSES]

Bizarre to hear that Pakistan (like France, etc., etc) has "No-Go Zones" as well!

[fso301]

Hope they lick the doorknobs.

[Grampa Dave]

Ok now we have a test case for doing nothing.

A no risk and zero cost test case for doing nothing!

We have something similar going on in Iran.

[SendShaqtoIraq]

Lock em in so they can’t leave. :)

[Vlad The Inhaler]

They seem to be under the mistaken idea that this is a bad thing.....

[jdsteel]

Imam spit in water bottles for everyone!

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