pital. The seminary’s students have also been seen carrying Kalashnikovs and other weapons around their compound.
Mr Aziz denied having violent intentions but said his 10,000 men and women students, most from tribal areas near the Afghan border, were ready to die for their cause.
“If the police and Army come here we will sacrifice our bodies and will not allow anyone to be arrested,” he said.
He admitted openly that some of his students may have joined the Taleban in Pakistan or Afghanistan because he taught jihadi principles. He admitted too that his students had been to the local market, where Mr Ahmed’s shop is, to tell video and music stores not to sell “unIslamic” products.
They have also been seen at traffic lights around the capital telling women to stop driving cars and asking people playing “unIslamic” music to turn it off.
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