Pak blocks madrasa site for spreading 145;hate146;

One of the mosque8217;s clerics, Abdul Rashid Ghazi, condemned the move, insisting the mosque was using the site 8220;to preach Islam8221;. Administrators are trying to find a way to restore access to the site, Ghazi said.

The morality campaign has led to criticism that President General Pervez Musharraf is failing to stand up to the Islamic extremists and stirred concern about the growing Talibanisation of the country.

Officials insist they will move against lawbreakers but want to avoid using force against the mosque and seminary.

Last week, the mosque8217;s chief cleric said he had set up a religious court to enforce Islamic law and warned of suicide attacks if the authorities ordered any raid on the mosque to stop him. The court on Monday issued a decree against Minister for Tourism Nilofar Bakhtiar, demanding she be fired for committing a 8220;great sin8221; by hugging a foreign man.