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| The controversial Red Mosque in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, has re-opened following a Supreme Court ruling issued on Tuesday. | The controversial Red Mosque in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, has re-opened following a Supreme Court ruling issued on Tuesday. |
| The order came three months after the mosque was stormed by Pakistani troops to evict militants who had taken sanctuary within its complex. | The order came three months after the mosque was stormed by Pakistani troops to evict militants who had taken sanctuary within its complex. |
| More than 100 people were killed in the fighting in July. | |
| The mosque's chief cleric was arrested. His wife has pledged that it will not be used for political activity. | The mosque's chief cleric was arrested. His wife has pledged that it will not be used for political activity. |
| The Supreme Court issued its order after Umme Hassan made her promise. | The Supreme Court issued its order after Umme Hassan made her promise. |
| It also ordered the government to compensate all those killed in the siege. | It also ordered the government to compensate all those killed in the siege. |
| Osama Bin Laden has strongly criticised the July storming | |
| The mosque temporarily reopened on 27 July but closed within hours after protesters reoccupied it at the same time as a suicide blast near the complex killed 14 people. | The mosque temporarily reopened on 27 July but closed within hours after protesters reoccupied it at the same time as a suicide blast near the complex killed 14 people. |
| The raid on the mosque triggered a series of revenge suicide bombings and other attacks by militants across Pakistan, killing hundreds of people. | The raid on the mosque triggered a series of revenge suicide bombings and other attacks by militants across Pakistan, killing hundreds of people. |
| The leader of a hard-line Islamic student movement which campaigned for the mosque to reopen said worshippers would attend in large numbers on Wednesday to offer prayers. | |
| "We hope that police do not interfere and try to bully us, we will remain peaceful," Asif Dilawar Mahmood, the chief of Tehreek Tuleba-o-Talibat (Movement of Male and Female Students) told the AFP news agency. | |
| "We are thankful to the Supreme Court for ordering the reopening." | |
| Fresh violence | |
| In an audio tape released at the end of September, al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden promised "retaliation" for the storming of the mosque. | |
| He said the army operation made Gen Musharraf an infidel. | |
| The incident "demonstrated Musharraf's insistence on continuing his loyalty, submissiveness and aid to America against the Muslims... and makes armed rebellion against him and removing him obligatory", Bin Laden said. | |
| The re-opening of the mosque has coincided with fresh violence near the Pakistani border with Afghanistan. | |
| Pakistani security forces say they killed 10 pro-Taleban militants near the town of Miranshah after an early morning attack on a check post killed two soldiers and wounded another four. |