WORLD BRIEFING / PAKISTAN
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The Supreme Court ordered the release on bail of a hard-line cleric who was detained as soldiers stormed his radical Red Mosque, or Lal Masjid, in 2007, killing scores of people and energizing the country’s Islamist insurgency.
Maulana Abdul Aziz was arrested as he tried to sneak out of the besieged mosque in the capital, Islamabad, dressed in an all-covering burka, which is worn by some Muslim women. Security forces stormed the mosque days later after scores of heavily armed militants inside refused to surrender.
Aziz, who has not yet been released, was granted bail while the court considers the charges against him, said his lawyer, Shaukat Siddiqui.
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