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Islamic activists torch Television sets in Mardan

MARDAN- The little-known Islami Jirga publicly burnt eleven television sets by describing them as a source of obscenity.

Over 2000 curious onlookers had gathered in the Bagh sports ground following public announcements about the burning of television sets. It was a mixed group of people and not all of them supported what was put on display for them. The television sets were brought in a pick-up covered with yellow curtains. The Islami Jirga activists piled up the sets, each inscribed with an Urdu slogan, before showing them the torch amid chants of Allah-o-Akbar.

Some of the slogans said the television was a devil’s box, source of obscenity, a threat to faith, a danger for pious women. One of the slogans written on a television set vowed to foil the Jewish conspiracy against Islam. Before burning the sets, an Islami Jirga activist, Mohammad Salim, described television as a source of obscenity and felt it was misleading the youth, particularly girls. He lashed out at the cable television and termed it as a threat to the culture, traditions and morals of the Muslims.
Source: The News
Date:10/31/2000