Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) ameer Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that the silence of military rulers on the threats against Pakistan's security and Muslim holy places by the US presidential candidates is condemnable.Military and material weakness does not mean that a country hide the truth required for maintaining an honourable existence, said Qazi in the Friday sermon at Mansoorah Mosque. He said the threats of direct military action in Pakistani territories by the US president and that making military aid conditional to Islamabad's performance in war on terror had exposed the truth of President Pervez Musharraf's claims of being the frontline ally of Washington. He said the military rulers had soaked their hands in the blood of innocent citizens, women and children from tribal areas to Jamia Hafsa to seek Washington's pleasure but the Bush administration had been demanding Musharraf of more to the end where army and people were likely to fight against each other.
The JI leader said it was only because of deviation from Quranic commandments that all the world powers were attacking Muslims. He said in spite of having vital and abundant resources, Muslims were unable to counter the US militarily and materially because of being divided and by having agent rulers with vested interests.
Qazi said Muslim rulers should have courage to speak what was true and right and that they should not remain silent on threats of attacking the holiest Muslim places. He said Muslims could regain their lost power through the observance of the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) and by forging unity among their ranks.