Library named after Osama bin Laden in Islamabad

April 18, 2014 18:27

The library of a seminary for women run by a controversial hardline cleric in the Pakistani capital has been named after slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. The seminary is run by Maulana Abdul Aziz, the imam of the Lal Masjid that was once the target of a military operation during Pervez Musharraf's regime.

"He (Osama) might be a terrorist for others but we do not consider him as a terrorist. For us he was a hero of Islam. He is a martyr," Aziz was quoted as saying by Geo TV.

The name plate outside the library read 'Maktbah Usama bin Ladon Sheeed'. Bin Laden was killed in a US special forces raid in Abbottabad in May 2011. The cleric's brother Rasheed was killed during the Lal Masjid operation in 2007.

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