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This is ignorance, intolerance, myopia and bigotry at its best. I present to you, the Granchildren of Ayman al Zawahiri:-
Why do you need to die for the "protection of Sunnah" ? What the hell kind of Islam are they preaching? Will they stop barbers from shaving as well just like the TTP? If they believe that organized shaving is disrespectful to Sunnah, then barbers shave hundreds of beards everyday in their shops. Therefore, just like the TTP stop all barbers from shaving beards.
Report from Teeth Maestro
An event was to be held on the 30th of March 2010 at Hall 6 of Expo Center Karachi, to break India’s world record of most people shaving at the same time. The event was being sponsored by Gillette, a reputed shaving company, the event was advertised well & over 2000 people showed up at the venue on their own free will, voluntarily, to be part of the smooth shavng spree.
The Organizing committee started receiving threats a couple of days leading to the event by Maulana Fazl ur Rehman & his cronies who called upon them to shutdown or face the consequences. The Maulana is said to have threatened to send a truck load of Madaressah boys to take care of the world record attempt. The organizers contacted Rangers for security and support who declined to help because they could only be deployed at the request of governmental approval, in turn the organizers resorted to coordinating their security cordon with the local police station who promised support
The Bomb disposal squad checked and cleared the premises before noon. Entrance to the Expo center for the participants volunteers was on high protocol clearance and each person was carefully frisked and walked through metal detectors. After which each volunteer was registered at the reception desk and provided with a shaving kit
The police on the other hand cautioned each person to go at his own risk as there was a threat of bomb. Despite all the negativity there were over 2000 men and boys gathered up until the 2pm start time. Most of the protesters were gathering outside the premises at the main metal immediately after the afternoon prayers & started chanting slogans & religious rhetorical to dissuade people from going in.
Seeing their efforts to going in vain as most people walked past them into the expo center, they then sent around 200 of their own guys to mingle with the ‘normal’ crowd. The lunch was serve to all the participants, After devouring the free lunch, the two hundred or so antagonists started moving towards washrooms, looking at the sudden mass movement going in one direction the volunteers tried to redirect the crowd and requested them to be seated.
Suddenly slogan chanting started with sounds of ‘Allah ho Akbar’ resonating through the halls combined with a shower of 500ml water bottles being thrown at the people present, these bottles which were provided for lunch and were now being used as weapons packed quite a lethal punch hitting participants on their faces & seriously injuring quite a few – total panic.
After creating total chaos these gangs of pseudo mullahs started moving out but a few brave volunteers choose to stop them and in turn asked for police assistance. The police in turn reportedly asked a bribe of 5 million rupees which clearly turned out to be a deal breaker and not provided.
The arsonists turned even more violent after seeing their exit being blocked and started breaking the window panes and wielded those pieces of broken glass as weapons, in response the brave volunteers backed off letting the enraged crowd out of the premises
Still to this point, after the hoodlums tried to terrorize & in their attempt to crash the event the participants (2000 plus youth ) were still wanting to go ahead with their attempt at the world record, returned but to their dismay the Hall Lights were turned off by the Expo Center authorities which was indeed the final straw & everybody started moving out. Seeing this the volunteers in their last ditch attempt went ahead of the crowd trying to plead them back in. But by then the Expo Center authorities had literally packed up and refused to allow the event to proceed as they had received enough threats to now not permit the event at all
The Islamic Soldiers then came in with there own cameras, surveyed & recorded their victorious mess and called it a day. The police were later found to be scavenging the lunch boxes when sponsors & organizers came to take their unused stuff.
It was a sad representation on the preachings of Islam, peace and tolerance were superseded by hooliganism, anger and violence
The thing to be noted here that Major news channels (AAJ, Express & Dawn news) mobiles were standing outside for coverage & no one dared show this incident apart from a short 10-second clip by Dawn TV. While The News crew were seen sitting inside having refreshments catered to by the event organizers
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Competition promo:
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Meanwhile, Hindustan Times claims that JuD was also involved in the protest in an attempt to show that it is still active (although I do not doubt this claim, still cheap tactics)
Islamabad, March 31 -- The banned Jamaat-ut Dawah (JuD) organisation, along with other religious parties in Karachi, have prevented the holding of a promotion event organised by a leading multinational company for its shaving razors by ransacking the venue. The competition, organised by Gillette Pakistan, was supposed to create a local record of number of people shaving at the same time.
Just as the event was about to get underway, JuD activists forcibly entered the Expo Centre and disrupted the proceedings. They then staged a protest outside the Expo Centre and shouted slogans against the company.
"Anything contradictory to the principles of Islam would not be accepted in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan," Qari Muhammad Usman told men who started converging at the centre. "It is blasphemous and the criminals should be punished."
He also called on people to boycott the MNC and its products. The event was a follow up to a competition held in Mumbai in which 1,700 people had participated, organisers said.
Saad Khan on Huffington Post reports
In a despicable event, the citizens of Karachi were stopped from holding a shave-a-thon to break the world record of mass shaving. Gillette Pakistan had organized a "Shave it and Break it" event at Karachi Expo Center on March 30 to break the Indian record of mass shavings. As expected, local media did not pay any attention and there was no promotion of the event. Nevertheless, Karachi Metblogs did write about the event to generate some publicity.
Some prizes were also on offer including cash vouchers and iPods besides free lunch for the participants and, of course, free razors.
The event, however, ended up being embroiled in controversy when Islamic extremists blasted the website with hate messages and threats to anyone attending the event. "We will stop anyone attending this event and will not hesitate from using force," one commenter wrote on the blog. Another one termed all the people planning to attend the event as 'infidels'. Organizers of the events also received threats from the All Pakistan Federation of Madressahs and other organizations.
The threats materialized when dozens of Islamic activists gathered at the venue and started shouting slogans. Many succeeded in breaking into the venue, thanks to wafer-thin security, and disrupted the proceedings.
Organizers had no other option but to cancel the event. Pakistani media, which has always played a major role in political upheavals and inciting mass protests, remained silent and did not even report the furor caused by this event. An Indian news outlet did report the event and blamed Jamaat-ud-Dawah for the disruption and cancellation of the event. In actuality, other Islamist organizations also participated in the protest at the venue including Jamaat-e-Islami and madressah students, some were wielding sticks and other 'weapons'.
Gillette Pakistan refused to comment on the cancellation and did not return my calls. Shaving is considered as repugnant to Islamic teachings though millions of men in Pakistan and other countries of the Muslim World regularly indulge in this 'abomination.'
Why do you need to die for the "protection of Sunnah" ? What the hell kind of Islam are they preaching? Will they stop barbers from shaving as well just like the TTP? If they believe that organized shaving is disrespectful to Sunnah, then barbers shave hundreds of beards everyday in their shops. Therefore, just like the TTP stop all barbers from shaving beards.
Report from Teeth Maestro
An event was to be held on the 30th of March 2010 at Hall 6 of Expo Center Karachi, to break India’s world record of most people shaving at the same time. The event was being sponsored by Gillette, a reputed shaving company, the event was advertised well & over 2000 people showed up at the venue on their own free will, voluntarily, to be part of the smooth shavng spree.
The Organizing committee started receiving threats a couple of days leading to the event by Maulana Fazl ur Rehman & his cronies who called upon them to shutdown or face the consequences. The Maulana is said to have threatened to send a truck load of Madaressah boys to take care of the world record attempt. The organizers contacted Rangers for security and support who declined to help because they could only be deployed at the request of governmental approval, in turn the organizers resorted to coordinating their security cordon with the local police station who promised support
The Bomb disposal squad checked and cleared the premises before noon. Entrance to the Expo center for the participants volunteers was on high protocol clearance and each person was carefully frisked and walked through metal detectors. After which each volunteer was registered at the reception desk and provided with a shaving kit
The police on the other hand cautioned each person to go at his own risk as there was a threat of bomb. Despite all the negativity there were over 2000 men and boys gathered up until the 2pm start time. Most of the protesters were gathering outside the premises at the main metal immediately after the afternoon prayers & started chanting slogans & religious rhetorical to dissuade people from going in.
Seeing their efforts to going in vain as most people walked past them into the expo center, they then sent around 200 of their own guys to mingle with the ‘normal’ crowd. The lunch was serve to all the participants, After devouring the free lunch, the two hundred or so antagonists started moving towards washrooms, looking at the sudden mass movement going in one direction the volunteers tried to redirect the crowd and requested them to be seated.
Suddenly slogan chanting started with sounds of ‘Allah ho Akbar’ resonating through the halls combined with a shower of 500ml water bottles being thrown at the people present, these bottles which were provided for lunch and were now being used as weapons packed quite a lethal punch hitting participants on their faces & seriously injuring quite a few – total panic.
After creating total chaos these gangs of pseudo mullahs started moving out but a few brave volunteers choose to stop them and in turn asked for police assistance. The police in turn reportedly asked a bribe of 5 million rupees which clearly turned out to be a deal breaker and not provided.
The arsonists turned even more violent after seeing their exit being blocked and started breaking the window panes and wielded those pieces of broken glass as weapons, in response the brave volunteers backed off letting the enraged crowd out of the premises
Still to this point, after the hoodlums tried to terrorize & in their attempt to crash the event the participants (2000 plus youth ) were still wanting to go ahead with their attempt at the world record, returned but to their dismay the Hall Lights were turned off by the Expo Center authorities which was indeed the final straw & everybody started moving out. Seeing this the volunteers in their last ditch attempt went ahead of the crowd trying to plead them back in. But by then the Expo Center authorities had literally packed up and refused to allow the event to proceed as they had received enough threats to now not permit the event at all
The Islamic Soldiers then came in with there own cameras, surveyed & recorded their victorious mess and called it a day. The police were later found to be scavenging the lunch boxes when sponsors & organizers came to take their unused stuff.
It was a sad representation on the preachings of Islam, peace and tolerance were superseded by hooliganism, anger and violence
The thing to be noted here that Major news channels (AAJ, Express & Dawn news) mobiles were standing outside for coverage & no one dared show this incident apart from a short 10-second clip by Dawn TV. While The News crew were seen sitting inside having refreshments catered to by the event organizers
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Competition promo:
View attachment d8ab2a71a9387bfebc89374620c6ad0a.jpg
Meanwhile, Hindustan Times claims that JuD was also involved in the protest in an attempt to show that it is still active (although I do not doubt this claim, still cheap tactics)
Islamabad, March 31 -- The banned Jamaat-ut Dawah (JuD) organisation, along with other religious parties in Karachi, have prevented the holding of a promotion event organised by a leading multinational company for its shaving razors by ransacking the venue. The competition, organised by Gillette Pakistan, was supposed to create a local record of number of people shaving at the same time.
Just as the event was about to get underway, JuD activists forcibly entered the Expo Centre and disrupted the proceedings. They then staged a protest outside the Expo Centre and shouted slogans against the company.
"Anything contradictory to the principles of Islam would not be accepted in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan," Qari Muhammad Usman told men who started converging at the centre. "It is blasphemous and the criminals should be punished."
He also called on people to boycott the MNC and its products. The event was a follow up to a competition held in Mumbai in which 1,700 people had participated, organisers said.
Saad Khan on Huffington Post reports
In a despicable event, the citizens of Karachi were stopped from holding a shave-a-thon to break the world record of mass shaving. Gillette Pakistan had organized a "Shave it and Break it" event at Karachi Expo Center on March 30 to break the Indian record of mass shavings. As expected, local media did not pay any attention and there was no promotion of the event. Nevertheless, Karachi Metblogs did write about the event to generate some publicity.
Some prizes were also on offer including cash vouchers and iPods besides free lunch for the participants and, of course, free razors.
The event, however, ended up being embroiled in controversy when Islamic extremists blasted the website with hate messages and threats to anyone attending the event. "We will stop anyone attending this event and will not hesitate from using force," one commenter wrote on the blog. Another one termed all the people planning to attend the event as 'infidels'. Organizers of the events also received threats from the All Pakistan Federation of Madressahs and other organizations.
The threats materialized when dozens of Islamic activists gathered at the venue and started shouting slogans. Many succeeded in breaking into the venue, thanks to wafer-thin security, and disrupted the proceedings.
Organizers had no other option but to cancel the event. Pakistani media, which has always played a major role in political upheavals and inciting mass protests, remained silent and did not even report the furor caused by this event. An Indian news outlet did report the event and blamed Jamaat-ud-Dawah for the disruption and cancellation of the event. In actuality, other Islamist organizations also participated in the protest at the venue including Jamaat-e-Islami and madressah students, some were wielding sticks and other 'weapons'.
Gillette Pakistan refused to comment on the cancellation and did not return my calls. Shaving is considered as repugnant to Islamic teachings though millions of men in Pakistan and other countries of the Muslim World regularly indulge in this 'abomination.'
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