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India-Pakistan

More than 50 clerics warn govt not to further restrictions on prayer congregations

2020-04-14

[DAWN] Senior holy mans of Wafaqul Madaris al Arabia warned the government on Monday not to further the restrictions on congregations in mosques, which have been imposed to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)

coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)

...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
Despite the government's pleas to observe social distancing, more than 53 senior holy mans of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, belonging to the Wafaqul Madaris al Arabia, held a meeting in Jamia Darul Uloom Zakria, Tarnol, Islamabad to discuss the matter. The meeting was attended by senior holy mans representing various seminaries, banned groups, proscribed persons and political and non-political parties.

The holy mans' warning has been issued before the government could come up with a plan to curb the spread of the disease during the holy month of Ramazan.

After much deliberation and meetings with religious leaders, the government has banned prayer congregations of more than five people as part of measures imposed to curb Covid-19.

A video clip released by them today showed holy mans belonging to various political and non-political organizations including Jamaat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Aalmi Tanzeem Khatam-e-Nabuwat, seminaries such as Taleem ul Koran Raja Bazar and proscribed persons including a representative of banned group Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat
...which is the false nose and plastic mustache of the murderous banned extremist group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain, whatcha might call the political wing of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi...
, sitting in close proximity of each other.

Announcing the decision, Pir Azizur Rahman Hazarvi, president of the Jamia Darul Uloom Zakaria, Islamabad and patron of JUI-F Islamabad said: "The senior holy mans have noted that all efforts will be made to avoid clash and confrontations with the government and the state institutions."

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India-Pakistan

New chief of Islamist party urges followers to avoid protests

2017-11-06

[NATION.PK] The newly-appointed chairman of an Islamist party Sunday called on its followers to refrain from protests and sit-ins, saying such moves were against national interests.

Ziaullah Qadri, chief of a faction of Tehrik Labaik Ya Rasool Allah , announced the party won't pursue its demand for Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....
Law Minister Rana Sanaullah 's resignation.

"The provincial minister has clarified and satisfied Ulma-e-Kiram," he said. "In present scenario, protests and sit-ins would divide the nation and are against national interests."

Qadri also expressed satisfaction on government’s action on the clause regarding finality of Prophethood .

Tehrik Labaik Ya Rasool Allah of Allama Khadim Rizvi is registered with Election Commission of Pakistain with name Tehrik Labiak Pakistain while Dr Asif’s group, of which Qadri is the chairman, calls its political wing as Tehrik Labaik al-aalmi.

The Tehrik’s faction of Khadim Rizvi dissociated itself from Dr Asif Ashraf Jalali’s Tehrik Labiak Ya Rasool Allah which ended its six-day sit-in in Lahore and Islamabad on Sunday. Dr Asif led the rally in Islamabad on Tuesday but it failed to get the attraction of the government due to the thin participation of people.

Rizvi's faction is all set to hold Lahore to Islamabad long march on Monday with six points of demand: end restrictions on registration of FIR under 295/C, hang all culprits involved in blasphemy, take action against those involved in amending affidavit of Khatam-e-Nabuwat, abolish loudspeaker act, end-all cases against leaders and workers of Tehrik and include Islamic teachings in the curriculum which were previously excluded.

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India-Pakistan

Not many turn up at protest against Mumtaz Qadri’s hanging

2016-03-06

[DAWN] Contrary to fears and apprehensions of the local authorities, protest rallies organised by religious parties and groups against the hanging of Mumtaz Qadri fizzled out on Friday.

To ensure foolproof security, three of the four roads towards the Red Zone in the city were sealed by placing containers and only the Margalla Road was open for traffic.

The main protest in the federal capital was held at Aabpara Chowk which was organised by Namoos-e-Risalat committee, consisting of Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
(JI), Jamaat Ahle Sunnat (Barelvi), JUI-F, Aalmi Majlis Tahafuz Khatam-e-Nabuwat, Ansarul Ummah of former holy warrior commander Fazlur Rehman Khalil
...one of the signers of Osama bin Laden's declaration of war against Christians and Jews back in 1998, when he was head of the Bangla jihad movement. The Pak govt's had him under house arrest a few times, but he seems to come and go as he pleases and remains the head of Harkat ul-Mujaheddin...
and other smaller groups belonging to both the Barelvi and Deobandi sects.

Incidentally, the proscribed group, Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat
...which is the false nose and plastic mustache of the murderous banned extremist group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain, whatcha might call the political wing of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi...
(formerly Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain
...a Sunni Deobandi organization, a formerly registered Pak political party, established in the early 1980s in Jhang by Maulana Haq Nawaz Jhangvi. Its stated goal is to oppose Shia influence in Pakistain. They're not too big on Brelvis, either. Or Christians. Or anybody else who's not them. The organization was banned in 2002 as a terrorist organization, but somehow it keeps ticking along, piling up the corpse counts...
), which has traditionally been a diehard opponent of the Barelvis also participated in the rally.

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India-Pakistan

Social terrorism: religious vendetta against Ahmadis

2012-04-18

[Dawn]

Religious persecution of people from Ahmadiyya community is not a new development in Pakistain. Ahmadis have long been marginalised from the time when they were declared non-Mohammedans in the amendment introduced in 1973's Constitution. Since then, they have been facing the wrath of many Mohammedans who have fundamental views and refuse to trade, dine and even sit with them.

Whether it is about banning a certain juice brand, expelling Ahmadi students from universities or failure to recognise the only Pak Nobel Laureate, the hatred fuelled by religious holy mans knows no boundaries.

Academic institutions remain an arena of conflicting views, hence often turning into another platform for religious fundamentalists to brainwash impressionable minds.

The University of Sargodha, which is in close proximity to Rabwah, is one of a very few universities which houses and educates students from Ahmadiyya community. The university has reportedly been a congenial institute where administration and management support students from different beliefs and schools of thought. However,
we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by...
ubiquity of myrmidons, who use religion for their political interests, has contaminated the otherwise pleasant environment.

"I received a text message from my best friend, a week back, which said we should stop being friends because you are an Ahmadi and my allegiance with you is not considered appropriate within the parameters of my religion," said a student of University of Sargodha.

"A couple of days ago, during a laboratory session, some students disrupted the lecture and started preaching how Ahmadis are non-Mohammedans and are wajib-ul-qatal (eligible to be killed)," said another student on condition of anonymity.

According to a student, the so-called religious sermon took place in the presence of a teacher, which signified his involvement in the 'brainwashing' and 'hate speech campaign' against the Ahmadiyya community.

Brochures and booklets, entailing details of how Ahmadis should be prosecuted, are also being circulated amongst the students. So far, Ahmadi students have not been threatened, however, students report that they are constantly being followed and other students have boycotted them completely.

"Nobody sits with us. Nobody is willing to talk to us. Most importantly, people enter the lecture session and use abusive language against our religious holy mans which is why we have stopped attending classes," added another student.

"We miss lectures and when we go back, asking for notes and presentation slides, nobody provides us with the material."

According to the account of events narrated by various students, the religious repression is only prevalent in the Department of Pharmacy.

The Dean of the department, Prof Dr Muhammad Zahoor-ul-Hassan Dogar said, "I am not aware of any such events, however, I must say that a couple of such incidents took place a year and a half ago in our Medical College. I looked into the matter personally and punished the students responsible for such horrendous propaganda against the students of our university."

"I understand that it is difficult for students from Ahmadiyya community to trust any of us because of the reasons that we all know, however, unless these students report such incidents, we will not be able to take action against the culprits," he added.

Most of the students are of the view that since the majority of the other students were treating them as social outcasts, reporting this incident, to appropriate authorities, will further infuriate the perpetrators.

"I do not feel safe living in the dorm anymore so I now travel from Rabwah to Sargodha every day. I tried to inform a couple of officials, however, I was hesitant because the issue is still hot and I do not want to invite more enemies," said a female student.

Muhammad Akram Tufani, representative of Students Tahaffuz Khatam-e-Nabuwat, on being asked about the primary reason which instigated this campaign against Ahmadi students, said, "Ahmadis call themselves Mohammedans and that is unacceptable for us."

"They think they are better off than us religiously and they preach other students about their religion. We will not have them preach their religion to Mohammedan students," added Tufani.

However,
a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth...
Dogar said that Tufani has no connection with the students of the university and reassured that he cannot influence them in any way.

Students belonging to Ahmadiyya community said that this campaign was initiated on false accusations. Students and certain faction of teachers have been saying that a religious leader from Ahmadiyya community came to discuss our religion with other students; however, this is completely untrue.

Living by the ideology of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, which emphasised primarily on coexistence, all the citizens of Pakistain are entitled to live according to their own religious beliefs. Spreading hatred and creating religious divergence have never benefited us as a nation and will continue to hamper our growth.

The religious vendetta against different minorities is an open question mark to our psychological growth. Unless we curb our hostilities toward other people and provide them with equal opportunities to live, we will not be able to succeed as a nation or even as an individual.

Students, who are responsible to build the foundation of the country, should not be targeted. Mixing education with religious politics can have disastrous effects, which is why it is best to keep our prejudices aside and exist together without sidelining people who perhaps have much to offer to us as a nation.

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India-Pakistan

A few bring a bad name

2012-03-02

[Dawn] IT has been a complicated time for the Lahore Bar Association, given the ban on a soft drink brand proposed recently by a faction of lawyers.

The entire legal community has resultantly come under fire with its reputation -- if any remained -- plummeting into the negative. Yet while sitting in the District Bar room, I find certain colleagues' insensitivity towards the destruction of the legal fraternity's image in the press more perturbing.

The term 'legal community' needs to be interpreted and analysed therefore. Further, it must be asked whether, in criticising the entire legal community for the singular acts of a faction, people are not displaying short-sightedness: a group of lawyers who have proposed a scandalous resolution does not represent the legal community as a whole. Most importantly, the basis on which the ban was proposed constitutes a contravention of the country's constitution.

First, the term 'legal community' (of Pakistain) denotes and includes all members of benches, all law-practising members of the District and High Court Bar Associations of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
. It also includes all members of the Supreme Court Bar Association and the benches of the apex court. So to castigate the legal community for an abstruse resolution or for other acts of an ignorant minority is wrong and amounts to short-sightedness.

The Khatam-e-Nabuwat Lawyers Forum (KNLF), which proposed the ban, is in no way a representative body of the legal community. Its acts, omissions or resolutions do not carry the weight of the law or the support of the legal society; they do not reflect the mindset of the legal community, which is clearly a silent majority. Even if the incumbent elected representatives of the Lahore Bar Association ratified the absurd resolution, in no way would that reflect the opinion of a sizeable number of lawyers and would be disowned. Such a move should and would be strongly condemned.

Many short-sighted western citizens and journalists label the entire Pak population as intolerant, illiterate, narrow-minded and overly religious (for the acts of a few). Similarly, many bewildered and imprudent members of our own society are branding the entire legal community as intolerant and obdurate for the acts of a few. This is also not right.

To give an example, Faisal Shahzad, the would-be Time Square bomber was connected to Pakistain and apparently had some level of support in the country. But does he, or even Baitullah Mehsud, represent the Pak public's way of thinking? To condemn all Paks due to the abhorrent acts of such people is simply outrageous. Similarly, the act of a faction of lawyers must not be allowed to define the character and reputation of the legal community on the lam.

Then, for the KNLF to propose a senseless ban that demands a blockade on selling a drink allegedly manufactured by Ahmedis (or non-Mohammedans, as they are called) is absurd by all standards. The intention was apparently to cause economic loss to the alleged Ahmedi manufacturer. Principally, the law requires the other side to be heard. The company issued a blurb that it is not owned by Ahmedis. For the sake of argument, however, let us hypothesise that the company is indeed owned by Ahmedis. If that is the case, would it be constitutionally or religiously barred from trading within the country? The answer is in the negative.

Constitutionally, the Ahmedis were declared non-Mohammedans by the Second Amendment to the constitution of the Islamic Theocratic Republic of Pakistain, thereby converting them statutorily into a minority. But neither this amendment nor any subsequent law takes away the right of minorities to conduct business and fair trade within this land of the pure. Therefore, any move to ban their business is not only unconstitutional but discriminatory and in violation of Article 18 (Freedom of Trade, Business and Profession) and Article 25 (Equality of Citizens) of the constitution.

From the point of view of religion, trade was an integral part of Islamic teachings and culture. The Prophet Muhammad (PTUI!)'>(PTUI!)) traded with the Jews of his time. From an Islamic perspective, if the Prophet never advocated an ideology that stood for causing economic loss to non-Mohammedans, why should anyone else?

If the ideology of causing economic loss on the basis of religion were attached to any truth, there would be a trade deadlock causing widespread scarcity of valuable resources located in different parts of the world. There would have been no electricity in Mohammedan lands, no development in the agricultural or health sector. People of other faiths would have been deprived of oil which would have halted all invention and the modern transportation facilities we enjoy today.

Oil from Mohammedan lands would have had no value without trade; Christians, Jews, Hindus and people of all other faiths would have kept their technology, inventions and discoveries to themselves. Adherents of all faiths would have been doomed to paucity without trading with each other.

But let us, for a minute, go the KLNF way and boycott everything manufactured/produced by non-Mohammedans. It would soon become clear that the vehicles they use, the cellphones with which they communicate, the television they watch, their laptops, the software they use to draft their petitions, the ties they wear and the stitching units which stitch their uniforms are manufactured/produced by mostly non-Mohammedans. What are they going to do about this?

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India-Pakistan

Religious parties condemn attacks on Ahmedis

2010-05-29

Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan Noorani (JUP-N) and the World Pasban Khatam-e-Nabuwat (WPKN), known to be two of those parties who are most actively working against Ahmedis in the country, and several religious organisations have condemned the terrorist attacks targeting Ahmedis on Friday. The JUP-N started a Khatam-e-Nabuwat movement against Ahmedis in the 70s and later succeeded in having them declared "non-Muslims" through parliament in 1974 and the WPKN, established 31 years ago, had launched various demonstrations against Ahmedis.

"American, Indian and Israeli agencies may be involved in these attacks in a bid to increase the propaganda against Muslims," he said.

However, JUP-N Secretary General Qari Zawar Bahadar told Daily Times that although the organization had differences with Ahmedis, they did not condone terrorism and strongly condemned the attacks on Ahmedis in the provincial metropolis.

Zawar said that the attacks on Ahmedis were a conspiracy launched by international agencies to divert the world's attention from Muslim protests on the Facebook issue. "American, Indian and Israeli agencies may be involved in these attacks in a bid to increase the propaganda against Muslims," he said.

WPKN convener Allama Mumtaz Awan told Daily Times that he condemned the attacks against Ahmedis, saying that such acts of terror were against Islamic teachings. "Although we ran a movement against Ahmedis, we have never crossed any limits because we believe in the rights of all communities living in the country," he said.

To a question, he said that three organizations, including the International Khatam-e-Nabuwat Movement (IKNM), Almi Majlis Tahafuz-e-Khatam-e-Nabuwat (AMTKN) and his own group were actively playing their role for defending the ideology of Khatam-e-Nabuwat, adding that the attacks on Ahmedis were a conspiracy against Pakistan.

Jamaat-ud-Dawa Pakistan (JDP)'s spokesperson Yahya Mujahid, condemning the attacks, said the Punjabi Taliban were responsible.

Also, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Syed Munawar Hasan condemned the attacks in the provincial capital and termed it a conspiracy on the Youm-e-Takbeer to trigger civil war and justify continued US interference in the country.

Separately, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Jaferia (PTJ) Punjab President Tanveer Naqvi told Daily Times that he condemned every form of terrorism, adding that Friday's attacks were a conspiracy to defame Muslims as terrorists.

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India-Pakistan

Hate mongering worries minorities

2006-04-25

Several civil society organisations have taken notice of religious hate speech and textbook content and urged the government to take the issue seriously.

I'm sure they simply weren't aware of the noxious content, otherwise they'd have been taking the issue seriously before now. No doubt they'll hop right on it, now that it's been pointed out to them...

According to a recent report by the National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP), a Catholic Church body, the commission monitored four major national Urdu dailies from August to October 2005 and found extremely provocative news reports, statements and editorials against religious minorities including Christians, Hindus, Ahmadis and even Jews (hate in absentia).

Never, without extensive travel, having seen an actual Jew in the flesh, they still feel called upon to hate them...

A common hate speech method is the use of derogatory terms for minorities. Ahmedis are called Qadiani or Mirzai while Christians are called Isai. Until some years ago, these terms were not even considered derogatory. MP Bhandara, a minority National Assembly member, wrote a letter of protest to an editor of a national daily on September 13, 2005, but if had no effect on the newspapers policy.

That's because infidels' opinions are beneath notice...

Religiously motivated hate speech: Speakers in a rally organised by Khatam-e-Nabuwat on November 14, 2005 in Badin made provocative speeches against Ahmedis. Rallies and seminars were organised in various cities to commemorate September 7, 1974, when Ahmadis were declared non-Muslim. Khatam-e-Nabuwat leaders then held a conference on September 29 and 30 in Ahmadi-majority town Rabwa, where the audience were provoked against Ahmadis. On October 1, Amjad Shakoor, a teacher at Jamia Ashrafia mosque, told students that whoever murdered an Ahmadi went to paradise. Following teachers instruction, some children beat up an Ahmadi child the next day. Local residents informed the police but no legal action was taken.

Just a little schoolyard jihad, nothing to get excited about. I'm sure Maw and Paw were just proud as... uhhh... punch.

Hatred in Urdu press: Sar-e-Rahe, a column in an Urdu daily criticised Pope Benedict XVI for encouraging Catholics to have more children and called it a preparation of raw material for crusades. The columnist said the Pope should allow nuns and priests to follow the same direction and made an offensive remark about children born out of wedlock in the West.

The Catholics are no doubt devastated by such withering criticism coming from the land of acid flinging, vani, and karo kiri. The College of Cardinals is no doubt in the throes of dhinga mushti even as we ~~speak~~ blog...

A national Urdu daily wrote in its October 20 editorial that a Christian Pastor Peter Robertson associated with a correspondent school was converting Pakistanis to Christianity and operating from Mianwali since 1995, he had converted 17,000 Muslims all over Pakistan. The paper said he used good looking young boys and girls for the purpose and urged clerics to wake up to the threat.

Good for Pastor Peter. What inducements does Tablighi Jamaat use?

Within 22 days of the printing of this editorial, Churches and Christian property were burnt at Sangla Hill on the pretext of desecration of the holy Quran. Liberal Muslims remained silent and there was no protest or condemnation by Muslims at large. After the incident, Dr Sarfraz Naeemi, secretary of Tanzimat Madaris-e-Deeniya said the Christian clergy had set the churches on fire after the alleged desecration, like they did in Shantinagar (a Christian majority village that was burnt by Muslims because of an alleged desecration of the Holy Quran).

Oh, of course. It couldn't be Moose limbs.

Another newspaper reported that six groups consisting of young and beautiful girls and boys were on a mission to convert Muslims to Christianity by entrapping them in fake love affairs. Muslims were provoked that they should take steps in order to prove Christian priests liars.

By out-lying them?

A national daily published opinions of clerics who said the Pakistani government should not celebrate minorities religious festivals and said the government was giving minorities more importance than the majority. On Christmas eve, Dr Israr Ahmad said in a national daily newspaper that Christians were wrong when they said that Jesus Christ was crucified and quoted the Gospel of Barnabas as proof.

I missed that one in my reading of the Lost Gospels, I think...

According to the NCJP report, Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya had pointed out about 1,379 hate news reports in the national press during 2005.

Without any personal knowledge, I'd guess that's a low count, not including the jihadi press...

Hate content in textbooks: According to the report, the Social Studies curriculum in Pakistan, as the product and propagator of the Ideology of Pakistan, derives its legitimacy from a narrow set of directives. The textbooks authored and altered during the 11 years of General Ziaul Haqs military rule, are still being taught in schools. They are decidedly anti-democratic and inclined to dogmatic tirades, the report said. It said the Pakistani education system had nurtured a cadre of religiously conservative youth as the Pakistan Studies curriculum employed a narrow, politicised definition of Islam in the construction of Pakistani nationalism. Pakistan Studies textbooks in Pakistan have been used to articulate the hatred that Pakistani policy-makers have attempted to inculcate towards the Hindus. Vituperative animosities legitimise military and autocratic rule, nurturing a siege mentality, the report said.

Government-issued textbooks teach students that Hindus are backward and superstitious, and given a chance, they would assert their power over the weak, especially, Muslims, depriving them of education by pouring molten lead in their ears. Pakistan Studies textbooks are an active site to represent India as a hostile neighbour, the report stated. The story of Pakistans past is intentionally written to be distinct from, and often in direct contrast with, interpretations of history found in India. From the government-issued textbooks, students are taught that Hindus are backward and superstitious.

The report added that students were taught that Islam brought peace, equality, and justice to the subcontinent, to check the sinister ways of Hindus. In Pakistani textbooks Hindus rarely appears in a sentence without adjective such as politically astute, sly, or manipulative, the report says. Textbooks reflect intentional obfuscation. Todays students, citizens of Pakistan and its future leaders are the victims of these partial truths, the report quoted a news article.

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India-Pakistan

Ahmadi girl reburied after extremists object

2006-04-02

Local authorities dug up the grave of an Ahmadi girl in a Muslim graveyard in Chanda Singh village, Kasur, 10 days after her death and moved her body to an Ahmadi cemetery under pressure from clerics. Kasur DPO Captain (r) Mobeen Ahmed supervised the reburial on March 18, Daily Times has learnt. District police officials confirmed the report and conceded that it was done under pressure from the Majlis-e-Tahafuz-e-Khatam-e-Nabuwat and local clerics.

Nadia Hanif, 17, died of an illness on March 8. She had been running an SOS village school and used to teach kids the Quran. No one objected to her being buried here at the time, her elder brother told Daily Times. Several Muslims attended her funeral, he added, though the local imam refused to offer Namaz-e-Janaza for the girl. After the funeral, extremists started protesting against her burial in a Muslim graveyard. A local cleric also got a fatwa from Saadat Ali Qadri, who runs a seminary, stating that Ahmadis cannot be buried in a Muslim graveyard and digging up the body is permissible.

Really, these are people with very small souls. Infinitisimal. I'll bet they're so small God can't find them.

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India-Pakistan

Police arrest false prophet

2006-02-04

LAYYAH: The police have arrested a person who was allegedly claiming to be a prophet. Moulana Muhammad Hussain Layyah, Ameer Alami-Majlis Tahfuz-e-Khatam-e-Nabuwat, filed a complaint on which the police arrested Allah Wasaya Sahu, 80 years of age and visibly insane.

Those bastards really do have religion on the brain, don't they?

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Afghanistan/South Asia

MMA declares US envoy 'persona non grata'

2005-01-11

The US ambassador's offer to help the government stifle Majlis-e-Tahafuz-e-Khatam-e-Nabuwat's movement is interference in Pakistan's internal affairs, said the MMA general secretary Hafiz Hussain Ahmad, and demanded the US government to recall him because he was "personae non gratae".

How many of him are there?

Addressing a press conference on Monday, Ahmad said that American envoy Ryan C Crocker was lobbying to keep the religion column out of machine-readable passports. "All religious groups, including the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), will hold protests this Friday against the government's refusal to incorporate a religion column in passports." Earlier, he presided over a meeting of the Majlis-e-Tahafuz-e-Khatam-e-Nabuwat at Lahore Press Club, where he criticised PML president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Religious Affairs and Minorities minister Ejazul Haq for breaking their promise to add the religion column. Ahmad said that the MMA would take out peaceful demonstrations throughout the country on Friday. "MMA president Qazi Hussain Ahmed will lead demonstrations in Islamabad, secretary general Maulana Fazalur Rehman in Peshawar, Syed Munwar Hassan and Maulana Abdul Gafoor Haidri in Karachi and Liaqat Baloch in Lahore."

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Afghanistan/South Asia

Mufti Jamil killed in Karachi attack

2004-10-09

Nazim Aalmi Tahafuz-e-Majlis-Nabuwat and Raees Iqra Rozatul-Atfal Maulana Mufti Mohammad Jamil have been martyred by firing by unknown gunmen in Karachi.

Nice shooting, Unknown Gunmen. Hope you work for the good guys.

Even if you're not, here's a nice doo-hickey to hang on your marksmanship badges!

Secretary Information Jamiat-i-Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) Qari Mohammad Usman has said that due to the firing by unknown attackers in Patel Para, Ameer Khatam-e-Nabuwat Sindh Nazir Ahmed Taunsvi died on spot while Mufti Mohammad Jamil was taken to the hospital in a serious condition where he breathed his last and was martyred.

How do you say "Rosebud!" in Urdu?

Mufti Jamil was a member of JUI's general council and was considered a staunch supporter of the Taliban. He established many ~~madrassas~~ educational institutions for children all over the country, which were working under Iqra Rozatul-Atfal. Mufti Jamil went to London to participate in the international Khatam-e-Nabuwat conference during 9/11 but afterwards he was sent to the US where he was under custody for many days and was investigated about links with Al-Qaeda and Taliban. He was released later on.

'Scuse me? This doesn't sound right. Is he one of the detainees released from GTMO, or was that a cover story for the home boyz...

Maulana Jamil was part of the delegation, which went to talk Mullah Omar in Afghantistan after 9/11.

Only their fleas and their Moms will miss them.

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India-Pakistan

Clerics threaten rallies if killers not arrested

2003-09-07

MULTAN: Majlis Tahaffuz Khatam-e-Nabuwat (MTKN) on Saturday warned the administration it would organise processions all over the country if those responsible for the murders of Maulana Amir Hussain and his son Shabbir Hussain were not arrested immediately. MTKN leader Maulana Khan Muhammad called the killing of the cleric and his son blatant terrorism. He said that a Qadiani, Raheel Ahmed Sheikh, along with his family embraced Islam through Maulana Hussain. Maulana Muhammad said the local Qadianis were enraged at Mr Sheikhâs conversion and killed Maulana Hussain to avenge it. He said that on the day of the killings, Maulana Hussain had organised a feast to celebrate the conversions. The feast was well attended by clerics and prayer leaders of the area. Maulana Muhammad alleged that at least 12 Qadianis started shooting at Maulana Hussain and his son when they were returning from the feast. Police are patrolling Sikandar and Mandheer villages which are in the grip of severe tension after the September 4 killings. The conversions of Mr Sheikh and his family have shocked the 5,000-strong Qadiani community living in these villages.

Sounds like a good excuse for another pogrom.

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