In the summer of 2007, things were not looking good for Maulana Abdul Aziz, an extremist cleric who had just failed in his attempt to impose strict sharia law on Pakistan's capital by force. His Red Mosque and madrassa complex, a stone's throw from government buildings in Islamabad, was stormed by security forces on the orders of then-president, Pervez Musharraf. Dozens of people died during the siege. Mr Aziz was caught trying to escape dressed in a burqa. Seven years later it is Mr Musharraf who is on trial for high treason while Mr Aziz is a free man, basking in media attention and busily rebuilding his religious powerbase. "We receive donations from people all over the world", he says, gazing out at a group of workmen building another marble edifice that will house more seminary students and teachers. "They are inspired by the sacrifice of the martyrs who died protecting the mosque."
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机译：在2007年夏天，极端主义教士毛拉纳·阿卜杜勒·阿齐兹（Maulana Abdul Aziz）的情况并不理想，他只是企图以武力对巴基斯坦首都实施严格的伊斯兰教法。他的红色清真寺和madrassa建筑群距伊斯兰堡政府大楼仅一箭之遥，在当时总统佩尔韦兹·穆沙拉夫的命令下，遭到安全部队的猛烈袭击。围困期间有数十人丧生。阿齐兹（Aziz）先生被捕，试图穿上罩袍逃脱。七年后，穆沙拉夫（Musharraf）先生因叛国罪而受到审判，而阿齐兹（Aziz）是自由人，他获得媒体的关注并忙于重建其宗教力量基础。他说：“我们收到了来自世界各地的人们的捐款。”他凝视着一群工人在建造另一个大理石大厦，该大厦将容纳更多的神学院学生和老师。 “他们受到死于保护清真寺的烈士的牺牲的启发。”
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