Islamic students seeking to impose tough religious social rules briefly kidnapped three more policemen Monday, officials said, intensifying a standoff that has troops out in force on the streets of Pakistan's capital.
Students seized the policemen during a scuffle in northern Islamabad early Monday evening and took them to a nearby seminary affiliated with the city's fundamentalist Red Mosque, said Zafar Iqbal, a senior police official.
Fundamentalist, you say? Funny, because over here in the states, a certain "Fundy" reverend named Jerry Falwell died, and I didn't exactly mourn. It's hard to feel sorry for a guy who supported segregation and blamed homosexuals for 9/11. It seems all these religious radicals causing problems these days are the "fundamentalists." I'm a proud Catholic, because my Christian sect can actually, what's that word, oh yeah, ADAPT to changing times.
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