Originally Posted by ali emraan

i agree that for the time being the religious activities can be an easy target for the terrorists. and they can find soft targets in the form of rallies.
but:

1]who will convince the shi,a and barelvi leadership for this purpose?
2]are these religious elements really afraid of such as brutality?
3]the mind set of administration and that of religious zealots and clergis is
catagorically vice versa to each other.
usually the clergy doesn,t like to abandon any religious practice even in
case of chaos.
4]by banning the processions, we will encourage such extremists.

5]we should ban moharram ceremonies and milaads...o.k.
BUT, we can,t convince the 5 times prayerers to avoid their respective
mosques.
and this will not be appropriate to ban combined prayers in the mosques.

6] the following are included in religious processions and activities;

------prayers in mosque
------moharram majalis
------milaad un nabi(s.a.w.)
------prayers in church
------pooja in temples
------events the public awareness activities(whether political or religious).all are spiritual enhancement activities.
------classes and processions in educational institutions

_______________now, by banning religious processions means ban on all spiritual activities of educating the masses through educational or political ways.

should we ban the above described activities?

7] the attacks on minorities are also at the agenda of terrorists. so, if
we ban the religious activities of hindus, christians and sikhs, it will
be against the constitution of pakistan .
before doing this, please amend your constitution.
8] not only the religious processions but also the political processions
have been under attacks.
so, those who talk pertaining ban on religious events must support the argument in favour of ban on political activities.
otherwise the rest of the arguments would be obsolete and futile.

Originally Posted by ayesha iftikhar

I think that the religious processions must not be banned because suppose if these processions are banned then what is the surity that the terrorist's attacks will be reduced?