Overview

• In a viral video, Maulana Abdul Aziz Ghazi of Islamabad's Lal Masjid asked his audience if they would support Pakistan in a war against India, receiving no response.
• The incident follows the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, which killed 26 people and heightened tensions between India and Pakistan.
• Ghazi criticized the Pakistani state as a 'system of disbelief' and accused it of committing atrocities in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by bombing its own citizens.
• The video has sparked widespread outrage and debate on Pakistani social media, with analysts pointing to growing disillusionment with the country’s civil-military leadership and ideological stance.
• Experts view the silence at Lal Masjid, a historic hub of radical Islamist activism, as a sign of deeper societal and ideological fractures within Pakistan.