Cleric Qadri Asks Grandkids for Advice in Pakistan Campaign
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Islamic cleric Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, who has mobilized his followers in Pakistan’s capital in a monthlong campaign to oust Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, often sits down with his young grandchildren to ask their advice.
“I take opinions from even my grandchildren aged nine, ten or eleven for family decisions,” Qadri, 63, who heads Islamic educational organization Minhaj-ul-Quran International with branches in 95 countries, said inside a bullet-proof shipping container thronged by thousands of supporters in Islamabad. “Their response helps me to take decisions and this is the only procedure to train them democratically,” he said. “I’m the best practitioner of democracy.”