Islamabad police registered a first information report (FIR) against acentral leader of the proscribed Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) for incitingthe attendees of a rally in the capital by using sectarian and anti-Shiaremarks, it emerged on Saturday.
The remarks were made during the Azmat-i-Sahaba march, which was organisedby the Muttahida Sunni Council at Islamabad’s Express Chowk on Thursday.The march was attended by 1,900-2,000 participants, according to the FIR,which was registered on the complaint of Islamabad city magistrate GhulamMurtaza Chandio.
According to the FIR registered at Kohsar police station, a copy of whichis available with *Dawn*, ASWJ leader Masoodur Rehman Usmani has beenbooked under Section 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts intended tooutrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion orreligious beliefs) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
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The FIR stated that by using inappropriate language, Usmani had fannedsectarianism among the public and had incited them.
