One story says that his burial was delayed because clerics refused to lead it. http://www.ptinews.com/news/1244743_Sla ... in-Lahore-
Now, a group of five hundred clerics and scholars have issued a statement praising the officer who assassinated the governor:
A group of over 500 Pakistani scholars and clerics have described the policeman who gunned down the Punjab governor Salman Taseer as a 'Ghazi' and have warned against any expression of sympathy for slain PPP leader, saying it would tantamount to an act of blasphemy.
Warning the people not to lead or offer funeral prayers for Taseer, 66, the clerics part of Jamaat-e-Ahl-e -Sunnat Pakistan, a grouping representing the moderate Barelvi sect of Sunni Muslims praised the Elite Force policeman Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri and called him a 'Ghazi', an Islamic warrior.
The outspoken Taseer who was known for his liberal views and who supported changes in the controversial blasphemy law, was gunned down in a posh market in the heart of Islamabad on Tuesday.
http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_sa ... cs_1490661
Moderate
It should be interesting to see if the assassin is payed the thousands of dollars offered by a cleric to anyone who kills a politician who defends Asia Bibi (the Christian lady).
