PESHAWAR: The wife of Qari Subhanullah the head of Madrassa Iqra Rozatul Atfal, on Thursday challenged, at the Peshawar High Court (PHC), her husband’s arrest by intelligence agencies and local police officials for his alleged links with the Al Qaeda.
Ayesha of Gulbahar, who filed a habeas corpus petition through Advocate Khurshid Ahmad Shahan under Article 199 of the Constitution, said that her husband, Qari Subhanullah, 40, was a religious scholar and ran a madrassa in Gulbahar area of the city.
She said that intelligence agencies personnel, local Crime Investigation Department (CID) officials and army commandos raided her house at midnight on January 14, 2007 and arrested her husband. “During the raid, agencies officials told us that Subhanullah was wanted for his alleged links with the Al-Qaeda and Taliban,” she added.
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ATLAS OF WORLD RELIGIONS - Islam
The Islamic World
About 1.3 billion people consider themselves followers of Islam, the world's second largest - and fastest-growing - religion after Christianity. In recent years, it has gained influence chiefly in Africa and the central Asian countries that were formerly part of the Soviet Union.
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