SINCE Thursday last week, we have been witnessing scenes on television of uniformed soldiers in irregular formations, divided into small units, their eyes and hands at times pointing in the direction of the mosque’s minaret. The minaret was damaged; the mosque’s inner area could be seen through the openings in its thick walls, full of holes from mortar shells.

Who violated the sanctity of Masjid Lal, the Red Mosque, located in the center of