Pakistan Library Named 'Bin Laden' in Islamic School

[JI7]

An Islamic seminary for women in Pakistan's capital Islamabad has renamed its library after Osama Bin Laden, the former al-Qaeda chief.

A paper sign on one of the doors proclaims Bin Laden a "Shahid" (martyr). Bin Laden was killed in a raid by US commandos in 2011.

The BBC's Shumaila Jaffrey in Islamabad says there are no chairs or any table in the library - just two computers on the floor.

A spokesman for the madrassa said the new name was a tribute to Bin Laden, who was "a hero".

The chief cleric there is Maulana Abdul Aziz. He warned that "if the government makes madrassas and mosques its target then Sharia (Islamic law) allows us to retaliate - if anyone will be harsh with us, they should not expect flowers in return".

He also uses the library as his office. It has about 2,000 books - all of them related to Islam.

There are books about Sharia, Jihad and interpretations of the Koran in Arabic, Urdu and English, our correspondent reports.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-27078194

[Warpy]

1. He funded schools, clinics, roads, and other public works

it's how he got populations to support him and hide him when necessary and even though Al Qaeda killed many more Arabs than anyone else, he remains a hero in places that benefited from his largesse.

[Warren DeMontague]

2. Yeah, and other places he is recognized as the mass murderer he was.

Sorry, but I remember watching those people jump from those buildings.

I have little patience for any attempts to 'rehabilitate' that fuckhat's image.

[2naSalit]

3. And WE, here in the

good ol' US of A have a taxpayer funded library called the George W. Bush Library.