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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The former chief cleric of a militant mosque being held in connection with a soldier's killing and a Taliban-like anti-vice campaign in Pakistan's capital renewed his demand Saturday for Islamic laws.
Maulana Abdul Aziz, head of Islamabad's Red Mosque, made his first public comments since his July 4 arrest, when he was caught fleeing the mosque during a government siege disguised in a burqa and high heels.
Aziz's arrest came days after troops encircled the mosque, ordering him and his brother Abdul Rashid Ghazi, the mosque's deputy chief cleric, to surrender along with militant seminary students.
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