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Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Jinnah's Pakistan and Pakistan's Soft Image.



This is the Muslim predicament. The new millennium has not seen the Muslims moving closer to the modern state but revolting against it. The politicians and the people are scared of discussing the problem but they are privately absorbing the debate. The private channels have done a few good things and a few bad ones, always following the market. They have downgraded religion to a mantra by following the istikhara market, but they have also begun discussing religion and its relationship with the state seriously. Is Pakistan being affected by this discourse? Not yet. Significantly, the politicians are staying away from the debate. GEO (January 1, 2006) discussed Islam and the state in Fifty Minutes, Dr Mubarak Ali said that religion did not mix well with the state. He said talk of ijtihad was meaningless because there was no guarantee that any Muslims would accept it. He said every time someone did ijtihad it gave birth to a new sect. He said the two-nation doctrine was no longer valid in Pakistan. The concept of ummah was equally irrelevant. He said if the Muslims wanted to get together they should create a bloc of states but not based on religion. Religion must remain in the private domain. The nation-state was the reality in our times. It was no longer possible to discriminate against the non-Muslims on the excuse of Islam. He said before 1947 ideology had no reference in what was later called the Pakistan Movement. REFERENCE: SECOND OPINION: Who is listening to the ‘new debate’?— Khaled Ahmed’s TV Review - Daily Times, January 21, 2006 New Debate in Pakistan: Religion and State? Hassan Abbas TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2006 http://watandost.blogspot.com/2006/02/new-debate-in-pakistan-religion-and.html SECOND OPINION: Who is listening to the ‘new debate’?—Khaled Ahmed’s TV Review Tuesday, February 21, 2006 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006\02\21\story_21-2-2006_pg3_3 Jinnah: Speeches and statements 1947-1948 by Mahomed Ali Jinnah (Compiled by Samuel M. Burke) https://www.amazon.com/Jinnah-Statements-1947-1948-Mahomed-Ali/dp/0195790219


Jinnah's Pakistan , Pakistan's Religious Narrative, Secularism, Liberalism, Objectives Resolution and Way Forward with Mr Kashif Baloch for Sujag


Courtesy : http://sujag.org/


How to build Pakistan’s soft image? And why it is necessary? With Rai Saquib Kharal in Lahore ‏⁦‬⁩




Thursday, February 15, 2018

Funeral of Asma Jahangir and Death of Mashal Khan


Ansar Abbasi, Ahmad Noorani , Jang Group, Jamaat-e-Islami and MQM Spewed venom against Late Ms Asma Jahangir & How did she reciprocate ? (Watch Zara Hat Kay Dawn Dated 12 Feb 2018) Shahzeb Khanzada, the upstart News anchor of GEO paid rich tribute to Asma Jahangir while conveniently forgetting the Filthy, Venomous, Life Threatening campaign launched against Late. Ms Asma Jahangir by the Jang Group, The News, Ahmad Noorani (Asma’s tirade against Army - Viewpoint BY Ahmad Noorani Saturday, May 28, 2011 The News) and Ansar Abbasi (Excuse me, madam From whom we seek justice BY Ansar Abbasi Tuesday, November 09, 2010 The News , Daily Jang Wednesday, January 12, 2011, Safar 07, 1432 A.H, Jang Group & Ansar Abbasi Justify Salmaan Taseer Murder Friday, January 07, 2011, Safar 02, 1432 A.H ) ! If that was not enough then the same Jang Group promoted fascists like Zaid Hamid and Ahmed Quraishi from their platforms GEO, Aag TV rather Ahmed Quraishi was a regular Columnist for The News. Don't complain that Mullahs are spewing venom against Asma Jahangir because Mullahs and their Narrative were harboured by snakes like Hamid Mir (We need a ‘made-in-Pakistan’ solution for fighting terrorism - Liberal extremism vs religious extremism — both are wrong BY Hamid Mir Tuesday, January 11, 2011 The News, Hamid Mir on Asia Bibi & Blasphemy Law & Salmaan Taseer Thursday, November 25, 2010 in Jang Group, The News and GEO TV as well Thursday, October 13, 2011, Ziqad 14, 1432 A.H., Liberal fascism? Hamid Mir Tuesday, November 03, 2009 & Hamid Mir Daily Jang Thursday, January 20, 2011 Daily Jang & Thursday November 01 2012 Daily Jang) Absar Alam, yes who can forget Absar Alam's Fascistic Rhetoric against Democracy, Secularism and Progressive Parliamentary Pakistan between 2008 to 2013 when Asma Jahangir was fiercely opposing the Judicial Dictatorship of the then Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaundhry.


There is no limit to the shamelessness of Jang Group, GEO TV, The News International because now they are discussing False Allegation of Traitor after declaring Apostate and Traitor every moving thing around the globe who differ with them . Jang Group woke up when the same lunatic Zaid Hamid filed a petition against several leading Human Rights activists & Journalists in Pakistan and some of them are associated with the Jang Group but what an irony Zaid Hamid who filed this Treason petition *(Reference : SC to hear treason case against journalists The News May 7, 2014) was the same Lunatic who was discovering Allama Iqbal's Pakistan from the platform of the Jang Group with Lunatics like Imran Khan, Ali Azmat and Ahmed Quraishi (The News Discover the Iqbal’s Pakistan on AAG Friday, September 18, 2009). TV Channels in Pakistan without any fear of accountability, checks and balance hurl worse kinds of insults, allegations, religious edicts for paving the way for anybody's murder in the name of Blasphemy, invite leaders of banned sectarian outfits, 24/7 TV tickers loaded with Ethnic, Sectarian, Religious, Ideological bias in a worse possible way and at worse possible occasion to score some cheap points. And Jang Group was the first TV Channel in Pakistan who set the notorious and dangerous trend of inciting masses to commit murder of those who belong to the most marginalized community "Ahmadis" in Pakistan (no matter what anyone say or rant, Ahmadis are still Pakistanis and they have every right on this country and if anyone disagree then he/she must drag Muhammad Ali Jinnah for appointing Chaudhry Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan as Pakistan's 1st Foreign Minister) and lest I forget Hamid Mir and Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain (Two persons murdered after an anchor person proposed the widespread lynching of Ahmadi sect followers September 10, 2008 Asian Human Rights Commission No action taken against Geo TV presenter who incited Muslims to murder members of Pakistan minority on air September 18, 2008 Asian Human Rights Commission, & Ahmadi massacre silence is dispiriting The virtual conspiracy of silence after the murder of 94 Ahmadis in Pakistan exposes the oppression suffered by the sect Declan Walsh in The Guardian Monday 7 June 2010, The rise of Pakistan's televangelists By Mobeen Azhar BBC World Service, Karachi 14 July 2012 & Pakistan.“ 2008: US criticised major media group for irresponsible reporting DAWN.COM | 1st June, 2011) are very fond of spreading hate against Minorities , they even invite Pakistan Nuclear Scientist Dr A Q Khan to spread more hate in an already hate filled Pakistan. Yet this group has the audacity to take a quick somersault whenever they are in hot waters. Pakistani Liberals and Secular are even more shameful than all the Fascists mentioned above because these very Liberals and Secular support the above mentioned Fascists Off and On.


 How Conveniently Pakistani Journalists forget while showering praise on Asma Jahangir




“It was much before Geo and other channels came along,” she recalls during an interlude. “Jang Lahore newspaper had launched one of their hate campaigns against me, the usual one that Asma is an Ahmadi. I woke up and read the paper and it was right there on the front page. Idiots. What do I do? I had young children, I also had a busy schedule for the day, office, court hearings. I knew where Jang’s owner Mir Shakilur Rehman lived in Lahore. I put my kids in the car, drove to his house and barged in. I said, ‘Look I have work to do, I have to go to court. I am leaving these kids with you. You have put my life in danger. If anything happens to me, you are responsible. And if something happens to me these kids will be your responsibility.’” Reference: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ASMA For a couple of years, Mohammed Hanif followed Asma Jahangir on her annual fact-finding missions to Balochistan. by Mohammed Hanif | Hasan Zaidi https://www.dawn.com/news/1390063/the-importance-of-being-asma



Zaid Hamid objected the way Islam was violated during Asma Jahangir's Funeral & says that entire Deobandi School of Thought Support Terrorism in Pakistan including Imran Khan ally Maulana Samiul Haq & Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Maulana Tariq Jamil and Last but not the least the Lal Masjid Clerics





Religious scholar Tahir Ashrafi discussed the complicated religious side of Zaid Hamid. He said that Zaid Hamid was a follower of Yousaf Kazzab, who was once convicted under blasphemy charges. He also cited a book written by Yousaf Kazzab in which he mentioned Zaid Hamid as his companion. Ashrafi said that he has proofs that Zaid Hamid called Yousaf Kazzab (God forbid) Abu Bakar Siddique. He said that after Tousaf Kazzab saga this man disappeared and then again appeared as Zaid Hamid instead of his previous name Zaid Zaman. He claimed that he invited Zaid Hamid many times for a debate on his beliefs, but every time Zaid Hamid never turned up. The views of Mufti Ghulam Sarwar Qadri and Mufti Muhammad Naeem about Zaid Hamid were also aired. Both declared him a liar and Gustakhe Rasool (blasphemer). Reference: (Zaid Hamid is liar, blasphemer, say Mufti Qadri, Mufti Naeem July 23, 2013 The News) Allama Tahir Ashrafi (Deobandi) Mufti Naeem (Deobandi) and Mufti Ghulam Sarwar Qadri are also one of those Mullahs who interfere in anybody's day to day life but least bothered to discuss how these very Mullahs declare each other Apostate, Death Deserving, Infernal and Blasphemers , just going through their Fatwas (religious edicts) against each other would be enough to give anybody a shiver and jolt of their lifetime, particularly Mufti Naeem and his Jamia Binoria, just glance through his website and read his Takfiri Fatwas (Excommunication Edicts)  against Shias, Barelvis, Jamaat-e-Islami, Dr Israr Ahmed, Mawdudi etc etc) and this is not the end, Mufti Naeem and Allama Tahir Ashrafi off and on supported MQM (London)'s head-honcho Altaf Hussain rather Mufti Naeem was an Electoral ally of Altaf Hussain (Reference: Jamia Binoria to support Muttahida in elections December 02, 2007) and that too after Altaf Hussain and MQM gave bloodbath to Karachi in connivance with General Pervez Musharraf on 12 May 2007 and that is not the end, Daily Ummat, Karachi is often quoted on Islamic matters but the same Daily Ummat carried news of Mufti Naeem's connivance in Multi Billion Rupees Modaraba scam. Salafi or Ahl-e-Hadith Clerics are also not far behind, read any of their book on Salat (Namaz) and in particular read the prerequisite they suggest for a Prayer Leader (Imam) and you would know that they dont even consider Non-Ahl-e-Hadith Prayer Leaders (read Deobandi and Barelvis) fit to lead  prayers rather the Ahl-e-Hadith Clerics and their edicts encourage their followers to desist offering prayers behind a Deobandi and Barelvi Imam and some Ultra Orthodox Ahl-e-Hadith compare Deobandis and Barelivs (basically both are the followers of Hanafi School of thought and follow Imam Abu Hanifa) with Ahmadis (Read Qadianis or Qadiyanis).

What Asma Jahangir had said on Lal Masjid Operation



Curious Case of Lt General (R) Amjad Shoaib's Memory Loss (DNA 25th October 2016 Channel 24)



Saudi Arabia and Gulf Countries Financial Aid to the Pakistani Religious Extremists is not a secret rather it was widely published in Wikileaks Cables. References: WikiLeaks cables portray Saudi Arabia as a cash machine for terrorists - Hillary Clinton memo highlights Gulf states' failure to block funding for groups like al-Qaida, Taliban and Lashkar-e-Taiba by Declan Walsh in Islamabad Sun 5 Dec 2010 https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/242073 https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/220186 https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/209234 https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/242756 Saudi Arabia, UAE financing extremism in south Punjab May 21, 2011 https://www.dawn.com/news/630656/2008-extremist-recruitment-on-the-rise-in-south-punjab-madrassahs  2009: Was Qaddafi funding Sipahe Sahaba? https://www.dawn.com/news/631599 May 25, 2011

 WikiLeaks Saudi Arabia and UAE funding Terrorism in Pakistan (Dawn News)



1 - MAINSTREAMING THE MILITANTS https://www.dawn.com/news/1366753 (by Zahid Hussain Dawn October 29, 2017) 2 - Surrendering to mob rule https://www.dawn.com/news/1373442 (by Zahid Hussain, Dawn November 29, 2017) 3 - The flames of bigotry https://www.dawn.com/news/1372094 (by Zahid Hussain Dawn November 22, 2017) 4 - The capital under siege https://www.dawn.com/news/1370547 (by Zahid Hussain Dawn November 15, 2017) Pakistan army pushed political role for militant-linked groups (in Reuters by Asif Shahzad SEPTEMBER 21, 2017) 5 - US moves to put Pakistan on terror-financing watchlist https://www.dawn.com/news/1389224 (Dawn February 14, 2018) 6 - Anti-terror law amended to ban UN-listed groups, individuals https://www.dawn.com/news/1389042 (Dawn Baqir Sajjad Syed February 13, 2018) 7 - US underlines Pakistan’s ‘deficiencies’ in countering terrorism https://www.dawn.com/news/1389956 (by Anwar Iqbal Dawn 17 February 2018) 8 - Army says troops being sent to Saudi Arabia https://www.dawn.com/news/1389722 (Dawn February 16, 2018) 10 - Air India allowed to use Saudi airspace for Israel flights, says magazine https://www.dawn.com/news/1388046 (Dawn February 08, 2018)

Sami Abraham and Hamza Ali Abbasi have both attacked the way Asma Jahangir's funeral was tackled and they off and on raise finger on everyone's faith, loyalty and integrity , fine, but they should also highlight what does the Islam says about Mix Gathering of Men and Women, Veil



Sami Abraham and Hamza Ali Abbasi have both attacked the way Asma Jahangir's funeral was tackled and they off and on raise finger on everyone's faith, loyalty and integrity , fine, but they should also highlight what does the Islam says about Mix Gathering of Men and Women, Veil




Sami Abraham and Hamza Ali Abbasi have both attacked the way Asma Jahangir's funeral was tackled and they off and on raise finger on everyone's faith, loyalty and integrity , fine, but they should also highlight what does the Islam says about Mix Gathering of Men and Women, Veil




Sami Abraham and Hamza Ali Abbasi have both attacked the way Asma Jahangir's funeral was tackled and they off and on raise finger on everyone's faith, loyalty and integrity , fine, but they should also highlight what does the Islam says about Mix Gathering of Men and Women, Veil




Recently religious parties JUI-F, JUI-S, Jamaat-e-Islami welcomed the acquittal of those 26 persons who were involved in Mashal Khan's tragic and brutal murder and these are the same parties who are allies of Imran Khan's PTI and Nawaz Sharif's PML-N and off and on accommodated by Pakistan Peoples Party and even by Altaf Hussain and MQM (London)  these are the same religious parties who not only supported General Pervez Musharraf's LFO but also allowed their own Chief Minister of the then NWFP (now KPK) to visit USA and tour US Pentagon and Defence Department and that too when USA was bombing the Taliban Regime in Afghanistan (References: 2007: Fazlur Rehman’s votes were “up for sale” May 31, 2011 https://www.dawn.com/news/633241 Durrani meets US senator July 16, 2005 https://www.dawn.com/news/148041 Qazi, Musharraf talk for 3 hours August 14, 2002 https://www.dawn.com/news/52617 )






Brief History of Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi TNSM : To fully comprehend the genesis of TNSM, the politics and economics of the Malakand region (which is TNSM’s primary base) deserve some attention. In northwest Pakistan, three semi-autonomous states—Dir, Swat and Chitral—were amalgamated to form the Malakand Division of the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) in 1970. The laws of Pakistan were extended to the area, sweeping aside old legal systems such as Sharia law in Swat. A legal battle erupted in 1975, however, when a dispute arose between the government and timber merchants about forest royalties in the area. A new judicial order was soon introduced to resolve the problems. This change, however, was incorporated after violent street protests were orchestrated by powerful landowners who had a monopoly on forestlands and wanted to pursue their vested interests. Getting the attention of the state through violence and armed conflict became an unhealthy precedent. Failure of the Pakistani state to tackle these issues in a timely manner created political confusion and religious groups found an opening for their agendas. Sufi Mohammad, an activist of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), followed the situation closely. After returning from the successful Afghan jihad in the late 1980s, he was more convinced of his religious ideals. His exuberance, according to Pakistani journalist Amir Rana, led him to create TNSM on May 10, 1989. The very name of the organization framed its manifesto and agenda in unmistakable terms. His networking and experience in Afghanistan meant that on top of his battleground experience, he had no dearth of resources or religious motivation. Reference: The Black-Turbaned Brigade: The Rise of TNSM in Pakistan Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 4 Issue: 23 By: Hassan Abbas November 30, 2006 10:15 https://jamestown.org/program/the-black-turbaned-brigade-the-rise-of-tnsm-in-pakistan/


People Like Osama Bin Laden and Imran Khan Never Die



Khan argued that such operations were radicalizing Pakistani youth, not just among the poor but also among the educated, middle classes. Dialogue, policing, and intelligence gathering should be the cornerstone of anti-militancy efforts in the tribal areas instead of the use of military force, Khan contended. Noting that he was recently in Swat, he went on to accuse the Pakistan Army of extrajudicial killings, summary executions, and "sexual humiliation" of residents in some villages. Khan urged the USG to seek "alternative points of views" about what is happening in the tribal areas of Pakistan, and he recommended speaking with General Orakzai, former NWFP Govenor, for starters. Khan charged that the GOP is "blinded by dollars," and consequently lacks an accurate view of what is happening on the ground. He further claimed that the GOP "whips up the threat of the Taliban" in order to get more money from the U.S. He claimed last year's Swat operation, which he termed a "debacle," was one such exaggeration that was "stage managed" in order to gain U.S. funds; there was no imminent threat of militants marching on Islamabad, he said. Khan also claimed that the Lal Masjid operation was similarly stage managed by Musharraf. He called for an end to Pakistan's "insane military action" in the tribal areas, adding that the Army has failed to secure any significant areas of South Waziristan despite GOP statements to the contrary. Reference : CODEL LYNCH'S MEETING WITH PAKISTAN TEHREEK-E-INSAF (PTI) PARTY LEADER IMRAN KHAN Date:2010 February 6, 11:26 (Saturday) https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/10ISLAMABAD301_a.html



Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani Deobandi Fatwa against Asma Jahangir's Funeral and Taqi Usmani's Haram (Unlawful/Forbidden) Islamic Banking




ISLAMABAD, June 11: Maulana Taqi Usmani, who remained ad hoc judge of the Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court for two decades, was removed from the bench because of his financial interest in holding that all interest-based banking was un-Islamic. A federal government official told Dawn that Maulana Taqi Usmani, a renowned figure in the field of Shariah, particularly in Islamic finance, held advisory positions in over a dozen financial institutions practising Islamic banking and finance. The fact that he had financial interest in holding that “all interest-based banking is un-Islamic,” disqualified him from sitting on the bench. The official said that allowing Maulana Taqi Usmani to sit on the bench was a violation of the well-known principle that “no person can be judge in his own cause.” The official said that Justice Taqi Usmani currently held the following positions: Chairman, Shariah Board, Citi Islamic Investment Bank, Bahrain; Chairman, Shariah Board, Amana Investments Ltd, Sri Lanka; Vice-Chairman, Shariah Board, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Abu Dhabi; Member, Shariah Board, Dow Jones Islamic Market Index; Chairman, Shariah Board, Al-Meezan Commercial Bank Ltd; Vice President, Darul-Uloom Karachi; Deputy Chairman/ Permanent Member of Islamic Fiqh Academy, Jeddah; Chairman, Centre for Islamic Economics, Pakistan, since 1991; Chairman, Shariah Council AAOIFI; Chairman, Shariah Board, IslamiQ.com; Chairman, Shariah Board, Saudi American Bank, Jeddah; Chairman, Shariah Board, HSBC, Global Islamic Finance, London; Chairman, Shariah Board, Robert Fleming Oasis Fund, Luxembourg. He was also a member of Shariah Board, Faisal Bank, till recently. When approached to get his version, Maulana Usmani said that since he had no grievance at all against his removal from the Shariat Appellate Bench, he would not like to probe into the reasons. He further said that he would not indulge in the controversy whether or not those reasons were correct. Reference: Usmani’s monetary interest led to his removal June 12, 2002 https://www.dawn.com/news/42482 ------> RAWALPINDI: Describing the existing Islamic banking by any name as against the Shariah and forbidden, religious scholars belonging to Fiqhi Majlis, Karachi, have decreed that banks working in the name of Islamic banking are not different from other banks and dealing with them is illegitimate. The decree was issued in a meeting at the Jamia Farooqia in Shah Faisal Colony chaired by Maulana Salimullah Jan, President of Tanzeematul Madaris and Wafaqul Madaris, and attended by reputed religious scholars from all over the country. The meeting also discussed in detail the status of Islamic television channels in accordance with the Shariah and described their research and experiences in the light of questions and problems received at their respective centres. Some scholars also presented their research papers in this regard. On the occasion, Maulana Salimullah Jan said that the religious scholars were contacting banks that had been claiming to practice Islamic banking and did research on the prevailing banking practices in the light of the Holy Quran and Sunnah.
He said they also held meetings with modern economic experts. He said after detailed consideration, the scholars unanimously declared the Islamic banking and television channels as illegitimate. The scholar also said the kinds of pictures of a living being so far introduced were liable to be dealt with in accordance with the religious commandments. He said the launching of any type of television channel or participation in any television programme declaring it was needed for preaching had also been declared illegitimate. He said the scholars appealed to the Muslims to avoid television like other deeds forbidden by the Shariah. The participants of the meeting included Mufti Abdul Hameed Deenpuri (Jamia-al-Aloom Islamia, Banori Town), Mufti Habibullah Sheikh (Jamia Islamia, Clifton), Mufti Rafiq Ahmed and Mufti Saif Alam (Banori Town), Mufti Abdullah (Khairul Madaris, Multan), Mufti Ghulam Qadir (Darul Aloom Haqqani, Akora Khattak), Mufti Ahmed Mumtaz (Jamia Khulafa-e-Rashdeen, Karachi), Mufti Zarwali Khan (Jamia Ahsan-al-Aloom), Mufti Ehteshamul Haq (Jamia Rasheedia, Turbat, Mekran), Maulana Saeed Ahmed Jalalpuri (Alami Majlis Khatam-e-Nabuwwat), Maulana Dr Manzoor Ahmed Mengal (Jamia Farooqia), Mufti Hamid Hassan (Darul Aloom, Kabirwala), Mufti Abdul Ghaffar (Jamia Ashrafia, Sukkur), Mufti Saaduddin (Jamia Ilmia, Lakki Marwat), Mufti Gul Hassan (Jamia Rehmia, Sarki Road, Quetta), Mufti Rozi Khan (Darul Afta Rahania, Quetta), Mufti Qazi Salimullah (Darul Huda, Khairpur), Nazir Ahmed Shah (Jamia Farooq-e-Azam, Faisalabad), Mufti Saeedullah (Jamia Arabia Naeemul Islam, Quetta), Mufti Samiullah (Jamia Farooqia), Mufti Ahmed Khan and others. Reference: Islamic banking, TV channels against Shariah, declare religious scholars (Saturday, August 30, 2008 News Desk The News)


Jamat-e-Islami (JI) founder Abul A’la Maududi’s son, Syed Haider Farooq Maududi led the Funeral Prayers of Asma Jahangir (Bol Network 15 February 2018)





 Like Chaudhry Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, Maulana Mawdudi also didn't participate in Jinnah's Funeral prayers and this is not the end, Mawdudi didn't even offer the Funeral Prayers of his own benefactor Allama Iqbal (Reference: Allama Iqbal, Quaid-e-Azam, Perwez, Mawdudi and Tehreek-e-Pakistan by Chauhdry Habib Ahmed, page 736, Published in 1981 Faisalabad , Punjab Pakistan) and according to Khaled Ahmed "Given the prestige of Miss Jinnah, she was allowed to dispose of all the property of her brother (as a Sunni she would have title to only one-half) and continued to do so till her death. After her death her sister Shirin Bai arrived in Karachi from Bombay, converted from Ismailism to Twelver Shiism, and laid claim to Jinnah’s property. It is at this point that the rest of Jinnah’s clan, still following the Ismaili faith, decided to challenge the authenticity of Jinnah’s Shia faith. The High Court, which had earlier accepted Miss Jinnah’s petition, now balked at the prospect of declaring the Father of the Nation a Shia. Needless to say, the case is still pending in Karachi. But Miss Jinnah’s conduct showed that she was an observing Shia and took her brother’s conversion to Twelver Shiism seriously. Why had Jinnah converted? It develops that he did it on his secular principle of freedom of religion. According to court’s witness, Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada, Jinnah broke from the Ismaili faith in 1901 after his two sisters, Rehmat Bai and Maryam Bai, were married into Sunni Muslim families. It appears that this happened because the Ismaili community objected to these marriages. It also appears that the conversion to Isna-Ashari (Twelver) Shiism happened in Jinnah’s immediate family, and not in the families of his two paternal uncles, Walji and Nathoo. 

The court proceedings bear evidence of the last rites observed by Miss Jinnah immediately after her brother’s death. Witness Syed Anisul Hasnain, a Shia scholar, deposed that he had arranged the ghusl (last bath) of Jinnah on the instructions of Miss Jinnah. He led his namaz-e janaza (funeral prayer) in a room of the GovernorGeneral’s House at which such Shia luminaries as Yusuf Haroon, Hashim Raza and Aftab Hatim Alavi were present, while Liaquat Ali Khan, a Sunni, waited outside the room. After the Shia ritual, the body was handed over to the state, and Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, a breakaway alim of the Deobandi school of thought who supported Jinnah’s Pakistan Movement but had recently apostatised the Shias, led his janaza (funeral) according to the Sunni ritual at the ground where a grand mausoleum was later constructed. Other witnesses confirmed that after the demise of Miss Fatima Jinnah, clam and panja (two Shia symbols) were discovered at Mohatta Palace, her residence. Witnesses appearing at the Sindh High Court in 1968 to affirm Jinnah’s sect were Mr I.H. Ispahani, a family friend of Jinnah and his honorary secretary in 1936, and Mr Matloobul Hassan Syed, the Quaid’s private secretary from 1940 to 1944. Mr Ispahani revealed that Jinnah had himself told him in 1936 that he and his family had converted to Shiism after his return from England in 1894. He said that Jinnah had married Ruttie Bai, the daughter of a Parsi businessman according to the Shia ritual during which she was represented by a Shia scholar of Bombay, and Jinnah was represented by his Shia friend, Raja Sahib of Mahmudabad. (Raja Sahib was a close friend of Jinnah but differed completely from him in his belief. He was a devout follower of the Twelver Shia faith and ultimately chose to migrate from an independent India to Najaf in Iraq. His friendship with Jinnah has puzzled many. Apparently, the only bond they had was of the Shia faith.) He, however, conceded that Jinnah was opposed in the Bombay elections by a Shia Conference candidate. Ispahani was present when Miss Fatima Jinnah died in Karachi in 1967. He himself arranged the ghusl and janaza for her at Mohatta Palace according to the Shia ritual before handing over the body to the state. Her Sunni namaz-e janaza was held later at the Polo Ground, after which she was buried next to her brother at a spot chosen by Ispahani inside the mausoleum. Ritualistic Shia talgin (last advice to the deceased) was done after her body was lowered into the grave. (Jinnah had arranged for talgin for Ruttie Bai too when she died in 1929). Reference: Sectarian War: Pakistan’s Sunni- Shia Violence and its Links to the Middle East; published by Oxford University Press, Karachi (Review was Published in The Friday Times December 24-30, 2010 - Vol. XXII, No. 45) and Pakistan: Behind the Ideological Mask : Facts about Great Men We Don't Want to Know by Khaled Ahmed (Published in 2001 by Vanguard Press, Lahore Pakistan

Monday, January 22, 2018

Takfiri Calamity: Sialvi, Rizvi, Jalali, Ashrafi & Mashhadi


Let me be very clear , forget China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) or anything else if Pakistan is retaining and accommodating its Strategic Assets to use them as a Foreign Policy tool (resulted in disaster after 12 October 1999 and caused the deaths of at least 70, 000 Pakistanis that include Army/Police Officers/Soldiers) or use it domestically to fix or engineer the future politics of Pakistan. If any genius is thinking that by using them domestically you would solve the problem of Religious Extremism and Terrorism by using this new Jargon "Mainstreaming" then you are not only sadly mistaken but taking aim at your own feet because Mullahs would encroach a yard if you surrender an inch. A culturally diverse country like Pakistan cannot afford a State Narrative overloaded with Religion and Ideology because if you use religion then always remember that it would not be a Bureaucrat, a General or a Non Mullah politician who would be  interpreting the Religious Narrative (read Objectives Resolution & Ideology of Pakistan) but the Mullahs and Jihadis and Mullahs are Sectarian in nature , do I have to explain here that what would be the result in the streets across Pakistan if the State surrenders its writ or prerogative to Mullahs! It has become a norm for every Tom, Dick and Harry in Pakistan to stage a sit-in and held its Capital hostage for days or any other major city whenever anyone feels like it and create misery for the common citizens of Pakistan, nobody is denying the right of assembly, protest and freedom of expression but here too the State has a very selective attitude that it accommodates all those Sectarian Hate Mongers who brazenly, blatantly, shamelessly preach hate and apostatize anyone who differ with them and media give them 24/7 Non-stop coverage thereby causing Anarchy, Chaos, Polarization across the country, and then we ask innocently why Pakistan is hated across the world? What signal we as a Nuclear State, are sending across the globe by accommodating these Sectarian, Jihadi, Terrorist War Mongers? What signal we are sending to those who we think will invest in Pakistan? Wake-up or be prepared for a Yugoslavia like situation Pakistan. 


 LAHORE: Pir Hameeduddin Sialvi on Saturday set yet another deadline for the government, this time for enforcing “Shariah” within seven days or risk protests in every nook and corner of the country. Addressing a Khatm-i-Nabuwat Conference in the city, the third protest rally of its kind in the last two months, the octogenarian Pir from Sial Sharif warned if the government failed to meet the deadline, Aashqan-i-Rasool [those in love with the Holy Prophet (PBUH)] would protest in every street in the country, and it won’t stop. Earlier two protests were held at Faisalabad and Gujranwala. The Pir also supported the “jail bharo (fill the jails)” movement announced by the Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allaha, starting from Jan 27, during which the TLYR claimed 100 workers of the party would court arrests daily till all jails in the province were filled. The conference was attended by the workers the TLYR, the Sunni Ittehad Council, the Sunni Tehreek and other ulema and Mushaikh. The protest had originally started with a single demand of resignation by Law Minister Rana Sanaullah for his controversial remarks in a TV programme. But, on Saturday, Pir Sialvi just demanded implementation of Shariah laws in the country in seven days. For Rana Sanaullah, the Pir advised him to recite “kalima” again and renew his faith – otherwise, he said the law minister could not be considered a Muslim. Reference: Sialvi demands Shariah in seven days (Dawn January 21, 2018) The US gave money to a Pakistani Muslim group that organised anti-Taliban rallies, but which later demonstrated in support of an extremist who killed a leading liberal politician, the US Embassy in Pakistan said Wednesday. US government website Usaspending.gov shows that the group, the Sunni Ittehad Council, received $36,607 from Washington in 2009. A US diplomat said that the embassy had given money to the group to organise the rallies, but that it had since changed direction and leadership. He said it was a one-off grant, and wouldn't be repeated. He didn't give his name because he wasn't authorised to speak about the issue on the record. The grant was first reported by the Council of Foreign Relations on its website. The Ittehad council was formed in 2009 to counter extremism. It groups politicians and clerics from Pakistan's traditionalist Barelvi Muslim movement, often referred to as theological moderates in the Pakistani context. Reference: US aided Pakistan group which supported extremists (Dawn/AP January 11, 2012) https://www.dawn.com/news/687293 ST (Sunni Tehrik - Sunni Movement) 9. (S) ST is a small religious/political group with a presence in small pockets of Karachi. The group has only managed to win a handful of council seats in local elections but militarily it is disproportionably powerful because of the influx of MQM-H gunmen after the government crack-down on MQM-H (see above). ST has organized the party and its gunmen along the lines of MQM by dividing its areas of influence into sectors and units, with sector and unit commanders. ST and MQM have allegedly been killing each other's leadership since the April 2006 Nishtar Park bombing that killed most of ST's leadership. ST blames MQM for the attack. There appears to have been a reduction in these targeted killings since 2008. Reference: SINDH - THE GANGS OF KARACHI 2009 April 22, 11:52 (Wednesday) https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/09KARACHI138_a.html

Lt General (R) Amjad Shoaib on Mainstreaming the Terrorists and other short stories




4. (C) Maulana Abdul Khabeer Azad, the imam of Lahore's prominent Badshahi Mosque, told Acting Principal Officer August 7 that he spent four days and nights in Gojra to reconcile the Christian and Muslim communities. During his conversations with Islamic scholars, bishops and "the masses," Maulana Azad related, he stressed that Islam respects other faiths and views the state as the exclusive arbitrator of disputes. He encouraged the local community to donate blood for the injured and food and water to the Christian community, he recounted. 5. (C) Maulana Azad detailed that Sunni Tehreek, an extremist Brelvi organization, triggered the first arson incident that burned about 40 houses in nearby Khorian town. He cautioned that he has refrained from accusing Sunni Tehreek publicly because his Deobandi affiliation might trigger tension between the two sects. He clarified that the August 1 mob emerged from an Ahl-e-Hadith mosque, but the masked, armed arsonists seem to have appeared separately. "We presume they came out of local houses," he surmised. Reference: PROSECUTIONS AND PEACE PROMISED IN STRIFE-TORN VILLAGE 2009 August 10, 10:59 (Monday)


It has become a regular practice in Pakistan that people looked upon for narrative building are the ones responsible for anarchy in the society. The common belief is that the ideology of takfir is limited only to Deobandi and Salafi groups, the Barelvi text is full of fatwas like any other sect. When it comes to the power and domination of their sect, every group has grown the tendencies to apostatize others, which has affected the common masses






Syed Irfan Shah Mashhadi and Calamity of Excommunication


Jinnah said, "I shall watch with keenness the work of your Research Organization in evolving banking practices compatible with Islamic ideals of social and economic life. The economic system of the West has created almost insoluble problems for humanity and to many of us it appears that only a miracle can save it from disaster that is not facing the world. It has failed to do justice between man and man and to eradicate friction from the international field. On the contrary, it was largely responsible for the two world wars in the last half century. The Western world, in spite of its advantages, of mechanization and industrial efficiency is today in a worse mess than ever before in history. The adoption of Western economic theory and practice will not help us in achieving our goal of creating a happy and contended people. We must work our destiny in our own way and present to the world an economic system based on true Islamic concept of equality of manhood and social justice. We will thereby be fulfilling our mission as Muslims and giving to humanity the message of peace which alone can save it and secure the welfare, happiness and prosperity of mankind." Reference: Speech on the occasion of the inauguration of the State Bank of Pakistan at Karachi, 1 July 1948 The Civil & Military Gazette, 2 July 1948 , Jinnah: Speeches and Statements 1947-1948, Introduction by S.M. Burke, Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2000, pp. 230-231 Qureshi, Saleem (ed.), Jinnah, The Founder of Pakistan, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2011, p. 151 http://www.unsecularjinnah.com/jinnah-quotes/speech-on-the-occasion-of-the-inauguration-of-the-state-bank-of-pakistan-at-karachi-1-july-1948

Curious Case of Maulana Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Orya Maqbool Jan and Excommunication (Part 1)



Jinnah said, "What more can one really expect than to see that this mighty land has now been brought under a rule, which is Islamic, Muslim rule, as a sovereign independent State." Speech in reply to the Welcome Address by the Principal, Staff and Students of Edwardes College, Peshawar, 18 April 1948. Reference:  Jinnah: Speeches and Statements 1947-1948, Introduction by S.M. Burke, Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2000, p. 201 ----- "You are only voicing my sentiments and the sentiments of millions of Musalmans when you say that Pakistan should be based on sure foundations of social justice and Islamic socialism which emphasizes equality and brotherhood of man." Jinnah: Speeches and Statements 1947-1948, Introduction by S.M. Burke, Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2000, p. 166 

Curious Case of Maulana Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Orya Maqbool Jan and Excommunication (Part 2)




Jinnah said, "Whatever I have done, I did as a servant of Islam, and only tried to perform my duty and made every possible contribution within my power to help our Nation. . . We Musalmans believe in one God, one Book - the Holy Qur'an - and one Prophet. So we must stand united as one Nation. You know the old saying that in unity lies strength; united we stand, divided we fall." "I am glad that there is full realization on your part that now the position is basically different. It is no longer a foreign Government as it was, but it is now a Muslim Government and Muslim rule that holds the reigns of this great independent sovereign State of Pakistan. It is now the duty of every Musalman, yours and mine, and every Pakistani to see that the State, which we have established, is strengthened . . ." "In the end, I warmly thank you for the wholehearted and unstinted declaration of your pledge and your assurances to support Pakistan, so that it may reach the pinnacle of glories of Islam and become a great and mighty nation among other nations of the world." Reference: Address to the Tribal Jirga at Government House, Peshawar, 17 April 1948 17/4/1948 Jinnah: Speeches and Statements 1947-1948, Introduction by S.M. Burke, Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2000, p. 198 http://www.unsecularjinnah.com/jinnah-quotes/address-to-the-tribal-jirga-at-government-house-peshawar-17-april-1948

Curious Case of Maulana Khadim Hussain Rizvi, Orya Maqbool Jan and Excommunication (Part 3)



Jinnah said, "There can . . . be only one lingua franca, that is, the language for inter-communication between the various provinces of the State, and that language should be Urdu and cannot be any other. The State language, therefore, must obviously be Urdu, a language that has been nurtured by a hundred million Muslims of this sub-continent, a language understood throughout the length and breadth of Pakistan and above all, a language which, more than any other provincial language, embodies the best that is in Islamic culture and Muslim tradition and nearest to the language used in other Islamic countries." Reference: Speech at the Convocation of Dacca University, 24 March 1948 Jinnah: Speeches and Statements 1947-1948, Introduction by S.M. Burke, Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2000, pp. 157-158 http://www.unsecularjinnah.com/jinnah-quotes/speech-at-the-convocation-of-dacca-university-24-march-1948

Hamid Mir explains Liberal Fascism and Ahle Hadith and Deobandi Scholars



Jinnah said, "Islam has taught us this, and I think you will agree with me that whatever else you may be and whatever you are, you are a Muslim. You belong to a Nation now; you have now carved out a territory, vast territory, it is all yours . . ." Speech at a public gathering at Dacca, 21 March 1948 Jinnah: Speeches and Statements 1947-1948, Introduction by S.M. Burke, Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2000, p. 148 --- “ . . . I have one underlying principle in mind, the principle of Muslim democracy. It is my belief that our salvation lies in following the golden rules of conduct set for us by our great law giver, the Prophet of Islam. Let us lay the foundation of our democracy on the basis of truly Islamic ideals and principles. Our Almighty has taught us that 'our decisions in the affairs of the State shall be guided by discussions and consultations'." Reference: Speech delivered at the Darbar in Sibi, Balochistan, 14 February 1948 Jinnah: Speeches and Statements 1947-1948, Introduction by S.M. Burke, Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2000, p. 111 http://www.unsecularjinnah.com/jinnah-quotes/speech-delivered-at-the-darbar-in-sibi-balochistan-14-february-1948

Hamid Mir explains Liberal Fascism and Barelvi Scholars


Jinnah said, "You have fought many a battle on the farflung battlefields of the globe to rid the world of the Fascist menace and make it safe for democracy. Now you have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of Islamic democracy, Islamic social justice, and the equality of manhood, in your own native soil." Address to the Pakistan Army's Anti-Aircraft Regiment at Malir, Karachi, 2 February 1948 Qureshi, Saleem (ed.), Jinnah, The Founder of Pakistan, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2011, p. 145 --- "Pakistan is the premier Islamic State and the fifth largest in the world. . . The constitution of Pakistan has yet to be framed by the Pakistan Constituent Assembly. I do not know what the ultimate shape of this constitution is going to be, but I am sure that it will be of a democratic type, embodying the essential principles of Islam. Today, they are as applicable in actual life as they were 1,300 years ago. Islam and idealism have taught us democracy. It has taught equality of men, justice and fairplay to everybody. We are the inheritors of these glorious traditions and are fully alive to our responsibilities and obligations as framers of the future constitution of Pakistan. In any case, Pakistan is not going to be a theocratic State - to be ruled by priests with a divine mission." Reference: Radio Broadcast to the People of the United States of America, February 1948 Jinnah: Speeches and Statements 1947-1948, Introduction by S.M. Burke, Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2000, p. 125 http://www.unsecularjinnah.com/jinnah-quotes/radio-broadcast-to-the-people-of-the-united-states-of-america-february-1948

How Jinnah, Liaquat Ali Khan, and Pakistan came into being explains Syed Zamir Akhtar Naqvi



Jinnah said, "Islam and its idealism have taught democracy. Islam has taught equality, justice and fairplay to everybody." "The Prophet (PBUH) was a great teacher. He was a great law-giver. He was a great statesman and he was a great Sovereign who ruled. No doubt, there are people who do not quite appreciate when we talk of Islam. . . Islam is not only a set of rituals, traditions and spiritual doctrines. Islam is a code for every Muslim which regulates his life and his conduct in even politics and economics and the like." "Why this feeling of nervousness that the future constitution of Pakistan is going to be in conflict with Shariat Laws? . . . Islamic principles today are as applicable to life as they were 1,300 years ago. " Reference: Address to the Karachi Bar Association, 25 January 1948 Jinnah: Speeches and Statements 1947-1948, Introduction by S.M. Burke, Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2000, pp. 97-98 http://www.unsecularjinnah.com/jinnah-quotes/address-to-the-karachi-bar-association-25-january-1948



Last week, I spent hours in my law school’s library going through the debates of the first Constituent Assembly that passed the Objectives Resolution — an event described by the late Liaquat Ali Khan as one second in significance only to achieving independence. The Objectives Resolution was arguably the first official pronouncement in the then newly independent Pakistan that sounded alarm bells for the non-Muslim minorities of Pakistan. Members of non-Muslim minorities, quite poignantly, voiced concerns that members of the later generation might use religion as a basis of discrimination against those belonging to a different faith. If you ever get the chance to read these debates, you should expect yourself to be lost to anyone around you for the next few hours. Words from those pages will keep leaping at your conscience and will raise the question: how and why did we allow this to happen? Pakistan’s history has all the makings of a great tragedy. Sir Zafarullah Khan, a member of the Ahmadi community, supported the Objectives Resolution. Ahmadis till then had not been declared non-Muslims. Ironically enough, during the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, Pakistan had adopted a liberal position on free exercise of religion and had openly countered Saudi Arabia’s rigid views at the United Nations. By 1949, the same country was adopting a resolution carrying the aims and objectives of its future constitution that clearly laid the roadmap for discrimination on the basis of religion. The ones most vulnerable were told to trust Islam the religion; this was in deliberate ignorance of the fact that interpretation of a religion is always a human exercise and injustices perpetrated in the name of religions often have little to do with teachings of those religions. References : A drink with a religion BY WAQQAS MIR FEBRUARY 12, 2012 https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/02/12/a-drink-with-a-religion/ --- PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS AND SIGNING OF THE REGISTER Mr. President: Members who have not already presented their credentials and signed the Roll of Members may do so now. The Honourable Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan (West Punjab: Muslim) then presented his credentials and signed the Register of Members. OATH OR AFFIRMATION BY MEMBERS The following Members then took the prescribed oath or made the prescribed affirmation of allegiance to the Federation of Pakistan: - The Honourable Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan (West Punjab: Muslim). Sheikh Karamat Ali (West Punjab: Muslim). THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTAN DEBATES Official Report VOLUME V, 1949 (7th to 12th March. 1949) FIFTH SESSION of the CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTAN 1949 http://www.na.gov.pk/uploads/documents/1434604126_750.pdf

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Enforcement of TTP Sharia Law in Pakistan.


ISLAMABAD: Negotiators representing Pakistani Taliban insurgents said Wednesday there was no chance of peace in Pakistan until the government embraces Islamic Sharia law and US-led forces withdraw completely from neighbouring Afghanistan. The tough conditions appear to deal a blow to hopes that peace talks with the Pakistani government could end the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) insurgency that has rocked the country since 2007. Maulana Samiul Haq, the head of the TTP's three-man talks team, told news agency AFP there could be “no peace” in the region while there were still US troops across the border. His comments were echoed by his fellow TTP negotiator Maulana Abdul Aziz, who also said the TTP's long-held commitment to imposing sharia law across Pakistan was not open to debate. “Without sharia law, the Taliban won't accept (the talks) even one per cent,” he said. “If some factions accept it, then the others won't accept it.” “Their real agenda is sharia,” Aziz said, suggesting that all Pakistan's secular courts based on the common law system be abolished. “I don't think the government will accept this but they should, because war isn't the way forward.” On Afghanistan, Aziz said an endorsement of the security pact with Washington would scupper hopes for regional peace. “We think these (Afghanistan and Pakistan) are two brotherly countries. Peace in Pakistan means peace in Afghanistan and vice versa,” he said. If Afghanistan signs the agreement, he said, “war will continue, and the clash between Muslims and the US will continue.” “If the agreement goes ahead, then the losses they (US) have experienced before, they will experience once again,” he added. “If Americans remain in Afghanistan, there will be no peace in the region, it will be same, it will be unsafe,” said Samiul Haq. REFERENCE: ‘Without sharia, TTP won't accept talks’ 2014-02-05 19:50:57 http://www.dawn.com/news/1085105/without-sharia-ttp-wont-accept-talks


Ugly Role of Pakistani Media, Pervez Musharraf & Lal Masjid (2007)

 
Ugly Role of Pakistani Media, Pervez Musharraf... by SalimJanMazari


Thursday, May 31, 2007 Lal Masjid has 10,000 suicide bombers: Abdul Aziz ISLAMABAD: The Lal Masjid administration has more than 10,000 suicide bombers on the mosque premises and more than one lakh across Pakistan, claimed Khateeb of Lal Masjid, Maulana Abdul Aziz. “The suicide attackers are ready to operate anywhere/anytime in Pakistan,” he said at a press briefing at the Lal Masjid on Wednesday evening. “We consider suicide attacks are right in Pakistan in few circumstances, while we consider them as absolutely justified in the context of Afghanistan and Iraq,” he said. “Our students enjoy the moments when a police or Rangers operation looms, and they get bored when the situation normalises,” he said of the situation inside Lal Masjid. He said, “We favoured the Taliban not only in the past, we favour them even today.” Responding to a question that the strategy adopted by the Lal Masjid administration to solve different problems was helping Musharraf’s agenda to bring liberalism in the country and that analysts think that the clerics were operating on the direction of agencies and basically helping the regime to achieve its agenda, he said it was totally wrong. “We are not operating under the command of some agency, and I am ready for ‘Mubahela’ in this regard,” he added. He said the Musharraf government was not taking any advantage to fulfil its agendas from the actions of the Lal Masjid. However, at this moment Aziz’s younger brother Maulana Abdul Rasheed Ghazi took the mike from him and further elaborated the answer saying, “Sometimes it happens. Someone takes advantage from some action, which is actually not aimed to support him.” He said: “When we were fighting against the USSR, the US had taken advantage of the situation. Our struggle against the USSR was not aimed to benefit the US, but they took an indirect advantage of our struggle.” He also cited the example of the war of Muslims against Persia which indirectly benefited the Romans. Aziz also disclosed that Gen (retd) Hamid Gul had told him during a conversation that according to the Constitution, any citizen of Pakistan can play the role of a ‘law officer’ if he observes some illegal activity somewhere and not find law-enforcement authorities there. The Lal Masjid cleric said that not a single finger was cut during their peaceful movement. Asked why the administration did not do something for the poor and depressed class of society and confined its version of Islam to CD shops and brothels, the cleric said they could not do anything for improving the condition of the poor with their resources. However, they could stop people from doing wrong. “We are doing what we can do,” he added. REFERENCE: Lal Masjid has 10,000 suicide bombers: Abdul Aziz BY our correspondent Thursday, May 31, 2007 http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=8218&Cat=13&dt=5/31/2007


2009-04-14 Sharia for other parts of Pakistan also: TNSM BATHKELA The Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM) said Tuesday that after Swat and Malakand, Sharia will be implemented in other parts of the country as well. While talking to the media in Batkhela, the TNSM chief Sufi Mohammad said that the Taliban and TNSM will work alongside the government for the implementation of Sharia and will maintain peace in the region. Sufi Mohammad also said he will not abolish the peace camp he established in Malakand and will continue the peace process in the Swat valley. The TNSM chief added that once Sharia is implemented in Swat and Malakand it would soon after be extended to other parts of the country. He also urged all TNSM loyalists to work towards furthering the peace process. Earlier, Sufi Mohammad had welcomed the signing of Sharia bill as a positive sign. REFERENCE: Sharia for other parts of Pakistan also: TNSM http://www.dawn.com/news/457279/sharia-for-other-parts-of-pakistan-also-tnsm

Ansar Abbasi & GEO TV & Swat Girl Flogging


Ansar Abbasi & GEO TV & Swat Girl Flogging by SalimJanMazari


(2009) Sharia law enforced in Malakand  PESHAWAR, April 15 The NWFP governor promulgated on Wednesday the Sharia Nizam-i-Adl Regulation of 2009, providing for appointment of Qazis and restoration of the executive magistracy system in the Malakand division and Kohistan. The regulation replaces the Sharia Nizam-i-Adl Regulation of 1999, which had been in force in Malakand and some other Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (Pata). The new law will apply to Pata, except for the tribal area adjoining Mansehra district and the former state of Amb. Regular courts have not been functioning in Swat since March 17 when they were stopped from taking up cases by Tehrik Nifaz Shariat-i-Muhammadi chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad. The regulation defines Sharia as injunctions of Islam as laid down in the Holy Quran, Sunnah, Ijma (consensus view) and Qias (analogy) and requires a Qazi or an executive magistrate to seek guidance from the same sources. According to the new law, the conduct and character of a judicial officer and executive magistrate should conform to Islamic principles and he should decide all cases in accordance with Sharia. The regulation envisages two appellate forums Darul-Darul Qaza and Darul Qaza, which would operate in Malakand region. Darul-Darul Qaza would be equivalent to the Supreme Court and Darul Qaza would have appellate jurisdiction similar to that of a high court. The Darul Qaza would be constituted under Article 198(4) of the Constitution which deals with the appellate jurisdiction of high courts, and the Darul-Darul Qaza would function under Article 183(2) of the Constitution, dealing with the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. An Ilaqa Qazi should be a duly appointed judicial officer in the province but preference should be given to judicial officers who have completed Sharia courses from a recognised institution. The Sharia Nizam-i-Adl Regulation also repeals the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Ordinance of 2001 and revives the executive magistracy, including the district magistrate, additional district magistrate, sub-divisional magistrate and other executive magistrates. The system was abolished on Aug 14, 2001. An executive magistrate would be empowered to deal with cases which carry a jail term of up to three years under the Pakistan Penal Code, like breach of peace and public nuisance and cases relating to deviation of licences and permits. The law also abolishes the offices of Muavin-i-Qazi (assistant to qazi) and Aalim Wakeel, provided in the 1999 regulation. Both officials used to guide the Qazi courts in Malakand on Shariah issues. The regulation also focuses on speedy disposal of cases. Qazis would now be bound to decide a civil case within six months and a criminal case within four months. Any Qazi who fails to comply with the schedule would be censured and adverse remarks will be entered in his service record if he receives three letters in a year. According to the new law, the number of pending cases before Zila Qazi, Izafi Zila Qazi and district magistrate should not exceed 150. The maximum number of cases pending before Aala Ilaqa Qazis (senior civil judge), Ilaqa Qazis and executive magistrates should be 200. If pending cases exceed the court`s capacity, the provincial government will be required to set up new courts. The First Schedule of the Regulation enlists 94 laws which will apply to the Malakand region and Kohistan. Apart from the appellate courts, there will be five categories of courts the court of zila Qazi (district and sessions judge); Izafi Zila Qazi (additional district and sessions judge); Aala Ilaqa Qazi (senior civil judge); Ilaqa Qazi (civil judge) and executive magistrate. The regulation also provides a mediation mechanism. Subject to mutual consent of the parties concerned, any civil or criminal case may be referred by a court to a Musleh (mediator) or Musleheen (mediators) before recording evidence. However, cases under the Hudood laws or those against the state cannot be referred to mediators.Malakand division includes seven districts - Swat, Buner, Shangla, Chitral, Malakand, Upper Dir and Lower Dir. The promulgation of the regulation had been due since last year when its first draft was prepared by the caretaker government and further steps were taken when the coalition government of the ANP and PPP was set up in the province after last year`s general elections. REFERENCE: Sharia law enforced in Malakand WASEEM AHMAD SHAH 2009-04-16 00:00:00 http://www.dawn.com/news/457662/sharia-law-enforced-in-malakand

Introduction of the Deobandi Scholars by Mullah Muhammad Shafi Okarvi http://www.scribd.com/doc/188158859/Introduction-of-the-Deobandi-Scholars-by-Mullah-Muhammad-Shafi-Okarvi

Ahl-e-Hadith Mullah say that Deobandis & Barelvis are Kaafir



 
Ahl-e-Hadith Mullah say that Deobandis... by SalimJanMazari


(2009) Taliban to take `struggle` to new areas ISLAMABAD, April 15 Pakistani Taliban will not lay down their arms in a northwestern valley as part of a deal that included the introduction of sharia law but will take their “struggle” to new areas, a militant spokesman said on Wednesday. Details of the deal have not been made public but government officials backing the pact have said part of it was that militants would give up their arms. However, a Pakistani Taliban spokesman in the Swat valley said they would be keeping their guns. “Sharia doesn`t permit us to lay down arms,” Muslim Khan said by telephone. “If a government, either in Pakistan or Afghanistan, continues anti-Muslim policies, it`s out of the question that Taliban lay down their arms.” The government has struggled to come up with an effective strategy to counter terrorism, alternating in different areas between military offensives and peace deals. Some Taliban fighters last week moved out of Swat and into Buner district, only 100km from Islamabad, and Mr Khan said his men would push into new areas. “When we achieve our goal at one place, there are other areas where we need to struggle for it,” he said. Militants infiltrated into Swat in 2007 from strongholds on the Afghan border to the west to support a radical cleric. Mr Khan said militants would go to Afghanistan to fight US-led forces if Afghan Taliban called for help. “Our struggle is for a cause and that`s to enforce Allah`s rule on Allah`s land. We will send mujahideen to Afghanistan if they demand them,” he said. One security analyst, retired Brigadier Syed Mehmood Shah, said peace could be found if the government disarmed the militants “The agreement should be given a chance.” But another said the Swat militants were part of an expanding network.—Reuters REFERENCE: Taliban to take `struggle` to new areas 2009-04-16 http://www.dawn.com/news/457661/taliban-to-take-ae%CB%9Cstruggleae-to-new-areas

History of the Scholars of Deoband by Hakeem Mehmood Ahmed Salafi http://www.scribd.com/doc/188154296/History-of-the-Scholars-of-Deoband-by-Hakeem-Mehmood-Ahmed-Salafi




Barelvi Mullah says that Dobandis & Wahabis are Kaafir




Barelvi Mullah says that Dobandis & Wahabis are... by SalimJanMazari


2009-04-19 00:00:00 What the Taliban ideology means THE footage recently made public showing the flogging of a girl in Swat and the execution of a man and woman in their 40s reportedly in the Hangu district must have sickened anyone with respect for human rights and dignity. As such, these videos constitute a graphic reminder of the fact that behind the rhetoric of religion, the real face of the Taliban is one of unmixed brutality and murderousness. This should come as no surprise. Since the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan during the 1990s and in Pakistan more recently, there has been ample evidence that the otherwise harmless moniker — which means `students` — is a mask worn by an ideologically united group that uses tactics of violence, fear and gross coercion to get its way. Given this, it is alarming that Pakistan`s state and society continue to bury their heads in the sand and resort to denial of either specific acts of brutality or the threat in general posed by the Taliban. The most recent example of this approach is an investigation team`s conclusion that the video depicting the whipping of the young woman in Swat was “fake and false”, as indicated by Interior Secretary Kamal Shah. He quoted the final report as saying that that no such incident took place since the girl in question denied it and the area`s residents also expressed their ignorance. Yet anyone who has suffered such an act of barbarity, and who continues to live under the shadow of his or her persecutors, is unlikely to risk inducing their ire further. More dangerous, however, is the reduction of the issue to a debate over whether or not the video was `real` and when exactly the incident took place. This constitutes yet another example of the manner in which the Pakistani state and its citizenry live in denial of the clear and present danger to their personal freedoms. It is precisely this attitude that has allowed the Taliban and others of their ilk to make such deep inroads. Even if this particular video was faked, there is ample evidence otherwise of the Taliban`s brutality. Reports of beheadings, shootings and the coercion of people — who are citizens of Pakistan and residents of Swat — are made public practically everyday. For the survival of values pertaining to freedom, democracy and citizens` rights, the threat posed by the Taliban must be combated not only militarily but also by taking up positions on the ideological battleground from where they fire the salvos. For this to happen, the grotesqueness of the Taliban worldview must first be recognised and then rejected wholesale. The Swati girl`s ordeal sparked outrage across the country; but such graphic footage ought not to be necessary to convince the citizenry of the Taliban`s real face. Living in denial is a luxury that is no longer available to us. REFERENCE: What the Taliban ideology means 2009-04-19 http://www.dawn.com/news/458386/what-the-taliban-ideology-means

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Barelvi Scholar Kaukab Noorani Okarvi says Deobandis are Kaafir

 
Barelvi Scholar Kaukab Noorani Okarvi says... by SalimJanMazari



(2009) There are no indications that the Taliban are doing anything to uphold their end of the deal. Sufi Mohammad has declared that the high courts and the Supreme Court of Pakistan should no longer have appellate power over judgments handed down by the so-called Sharia courts established under the Nizam-i-Adl agreement. Arguing that the judicial system laid out in the country`s constitution is `un-Islamic`, he has demanded that the regular court system be replaced with the Darul Qazas as the only forum for filing appeals that will then be decided in line with what Sufi Mohammad vaguely calls `Islamic principles`. The demand constitutes cause for the gravest concern since, if accepted, it will remove the existing courts from the jurisdiction of the country`s judicial system. Appellate power will go to Darul Qazas headed by qazis with no legal training and appointed by Sufi Mohammad himself. In attempting to decide cases in line with `Islamic injunctions` that have never been defined in full, the qazis will effectively be not only making their own laws but making them according to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan and Sufi Mohammad`s own skewed version of the Sharia. Not only does this put paid to any chance of transparency or justice in Swat and Malakand, it bodes ill for the rest of the country as well, given the Taliban`s expansionist tendencies. Sufi Mohammad`s latest demand is a potent example of the fallout that can be expected since the government cut a shadowy deal with the Taliban, the full details of which remain unclear. On available evidence, the militants make ever-increasing demands under the banner of the Nizam-i-Adl, and the government, after some dragging of the heels, capitulates. But there are no indications that the Taliban are doing anything to uphold their end of the deal — which was to bring an end to terrorist activities and allow the government to regain administrative control of the area. Far from laying down arms, at the very time the deal was being brokered the Taliban were expanding their operations to Buner and Mansehra. Meanwhile, Sufi Mohammad has claimed that criminals accused of murder, extortion and terrorism cannot be brought to book. Furthermore, the demand illustrates how Sufi Mohammad has used his position as peace-broker to manoeuvre greater power and relevance towards the extreme right-wing agenda. It underscores the danger inherent in depending for peace on the man who heads the TNSM, an organisation banned for its militant and subversive activities, and whose credentials in terms of respecting the jurisdiction of the lawful government are extremely suspect. REFERENCE: Fallout of the deal 2009-04-21 00:00:00 http://www.dawn.com/news/937949/fallout-of-the-deal


Hakimullah Mehsud's Views on Pakistan Army, Pakistanis & Democracy



Hakimullah Mehsud's Views on Pakistan Army... by SalimJanMazari


2005-09-01 Hasba bill infringes personal freedom: SC ISLAMABAD, Aug 31: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the state cannot enforce any religious obligation stipulated by Islam, except Sallat (prayers) and Zakat. Authored by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, a 106-page detailed judgment, said that Islamic jurists were unanimous on a point that though zakat was seriously enforced by Hazrat Abu Bakar but for sallat, the only way was through “Taleem” (education), “Tableegh” (preaching) and “Targheeb” (persuasion). The court agreed that private life, personal thoughts and individual beliefs of citizens could not be allowed to be interfered with and held that under the Hasba Bill, the NWFP Assembly had conferred judicial powers on “Mohtasib” (ombudsman) not only to inquire into cases of maladministration of government agencies but also religious and personal affairs of individuals and blocking powers of judicial review by civil and criminal courts. On August 4, a nine-member Supreme Court bench had declared several clauses of the Hasba bill relating to powers of the mohtasib as contrary to the constitution and had advised the NWFP governor not to give his assent to the controversial law. The unanimous short-order was announced after four-day hearing on a reference filed by President General Musharraf against the bill under the advisory jurisdiction of the court. Instead of showing haste, the NWFP government should have studied in depth all the reports of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) before moving the Hasba bill in the assembly, under which discretionary powers have been conferred on mohtasib to create a new offence in consultation with the provincial advisory council, the CJ observed in the detailed judgment. About mohtasib’s powers to remove causes of dereliction in performance and proper arrangements of Eidain and Friday prayers, the CJ observed that offering of prayer was a personal obligation on an individual being the Haqooq Allah. Religiously, mohtasib is not authorized to check negligence or disregard of a person who abandons sallat. Allowing such interference by mohtasib would deny an individual’s right of freedom to profess religion, the CJ said. It is therefore not correct to suggest that the Hasba bill is in accordance with Islam and if the legislation is accepted and made into law, then a citizen who is held responsible for dereliction will be liable to six-month punishment on the hukumnama (order) of the mohtasib when Sharia does not mandate imposition of penalties on vague offences. The only objective behind making available Hasba police to mohtasib is to strengthen the arms of mohtasib, to implement his hukumnama by force, if need be, the CJ said. Under the law, mohtasib would also have direct interference/access in the family functions in the garb of discouraging extravagance at the time of marriages and other family functions, thus interfering in personal life, freedom of assembly, liberty, dignity and privacy, which is strictly prohibited in Islam. Tracing the history, the CJ recalled that the institution of the office of Hasba did not exist at the time of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and the Khulfa-e-Rashideen. Initially the office of “Amil-al-suk” was created by “Ummayyads” to regulate markets, but later it was expanded into the office of the mohtasib by the “Abbasids.” History reveals that the term mohtasib was used during the Khilafat of Qazi Mamoon-ur-Rashid when mohtasib used to look after the market business in addition to his religious duties like to reform social life. During the period, the duties of the mohtasib was to inspect instruments of the scales of weights and measures, which were so complicated that the people could be easily deceived. In addition, their duties include keeping vigilant eye over shortcomings and dishonesty that could be committed during preparation and sale of commodities. The judgment also explained that by declaring some sections of the bill as unconstitutional does not mean that leftover sections have been declared in accordance with the constitution. Their constitutionality remains open to be questioned, which can be upheld or struck down as or when challenged before a competent forum. Meanwhile Justice Sardar Mohammad Raza Khan in his separate note expressed reservations on the definition of Aalim (scholar) in the Hasba bill and held that the definition was discriminatory and restricted to only one school of thought. REFERENCE: Hasba bill infringes personal freedom: SC 2005-09-01 http://www.dawn.com/news/154829/hasba-bill-infringes-personal-freedom-sc Top MMA Leader Tries to Convince Pentagon, NSC on Hardline Islamic Law WASHINGTON DC, July 19, 2005 | ISSN: 1684-2057 | http://antisystemic.org/satribune/www.satribune.com/archives/200507/P1_durr.htm


Sufi Muhammad & Takfiri Ideology (Salim Safi 3 May 2009 GEO TV)

 
Sufi Muhammad & Takfiri Ideology (Salim Safi 3... by SalimJanMazari


(2005) Hasba restricts basic rights: SC * ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC), in its detailed reasons for rejecting the Hasba Bill of the NWFP government, has ruled that no legislation could be made to interfere with the private life, personal thoughts and individual beliefs of citizens. In its 106-page detailed unanimous judgement, the SC has laid the onus on the rationale that Hasba was a discriminatory and unconstitutional legislation which gave discretionary powers to the newly envisaged office of 'mohtasib', leading to interference in the personal life of citizens and establishing parallel offices of executive and judiciary. "It is observed that private life, personal thoughts and the individual beliefs of citizens cannot be allowed to be interfered with. Islamic jurists are unanimous on the point that except salat (prayer) and zakat (alms) no other religious obligation stipulated by Islam can be enforced by the state," states the detailed judgement. The NWFP Assembly passed the Hasba Bill on July 14 with a majority of 68 votes against 34 opposition votes. The bill envisaged an office of mohtasib with special powers to implement Islamic laws in the province. However, President Pervez Musharraf filed a reference the next day seeking the SC's opinion on the Hasba Bill under its advisory jurisdiction. A nine-member SC bench consisting of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Justices Javed Iqbal, Abdul Hameed Dogar, Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan, Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi, Faqir Muhammad Khokhar, Mian Shakirullah Jan, Javed Buttar and Sayed Saeed Ashhad heard the presidential reference pleaded by Attorney General Makhdoom Ali Khan while Advocate Khalid Anwar appeared on behalf of the NWFP government. The SC bench conducted the reference's hearing for four consecutive days and pronounced its short judgement on August 4. The SC judgement declared that Section 10 (sub sections b, c and d); Section 12 (1) (sub section a, b and c); Section 23 (sub sections 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 14 and 27); Section 25 (1 and 2) and Section 28 of the Hasba Bill 2005 passed by the NWFP Assembly were ultra vires to the Constitution. The SC also ruled that the NWFP governor may not assent to the bill in its present form. The sections declared unconstitutional by the SC relate to the powers and duties of the mohtasib, the implementation of his orders, his special powers to implement the Islamic code, restriction on other courts to proceed against the mohtasib's orders and the punishment prescribed for violation of the mohtasib's orders. In the detailed reasons, the SC rejected the mohtasib's office with the contention that "a mohtasib would have direct interference in the family functions in the garb of discouraging extravagance at the time of marriages and other family functions. Such exercise of powers would not only interfere in the citizens personal life, freedom of assembly, liberty, dignity and privacy which is strictly prohibited in Islam". REFERENCE: Detailed judgement on Hasba Bill: Hasba restricts basic rights: SC * State can't enforce religious obligation except salat and zakat BY Mohammad Kamran , September 01, 2005 http://archives.dailytimes.com.pk/main/01-Sep-2005/detailed-judgement-on-hasba-bill-hasba-restricts-basic-rights-sc Top MMA Leader Tries to Convince Pentagon, NSC on Hardline Islamic Law WASHINGTON DC, July 19, 2005 | ISSN: 1684-2057 | http://antisystemic.org/satribune/www.satribune.com/archives/200507/P1_durr.htm