Adil Najam
Mohamed Ali Jinnah, it seems, was not a “real freedom fighter” and he did “nothing for Islam.” (On Jinnah, see here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here).
So says the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI). And by what logic does Maulana Fazlur Rehman and his party come to this conclusion? According to the party spokesman: ““Jinnah was not imprisoned during the independence struggle. That is why he did nothing worth remembering.â€Â?
I am left rather speechless. So, here is the news item from Daily Times (February 9, 2007) that reports on the matter:
The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) will celebrate 2007 by paying tribute to the heroes who played an important role in the independence of Pakistan ignoring Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and his companions, JUI officials told Daily Times on Thursday. They said that the party would hold conventions in Peshawar and other cities of the NWFP in March to highlight the services of ‘real freedom fighters’.
“The decision to this effect was taken at the meeting of the JUI executive council in Lahore a couple of days ago. National Assembly Opposition Leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman presided over the meeting,� they added. JUI information secretary Maulana Amjad Khan said that Jinnah and his companions would not be commemorated because they had not done anything for Islam. “Jinnah was not imprisoned during the independence struggle. That is why he did nothing worth remembering,� Khan added.
He said the JUI would remember only those leaders who had sacrificed their lives for the creation of Pakistan or who had been imprisoned by the British Raj. JUI leader Qari Nazir Ahmed said the party would remember Hussain Maulana Ahmed Madni, Maulana Qasim Nanotri, Maulana Ubaid Ullah Sindhi, Maulana Mehmoodul Hassan, Syed Ahmed Shaheed, Shah Ismael Shaheed, Mauala Rasheed Ahmed and other leaders, who had rendered great sacrifices for the creation of Pakistan. “Maulana Qasim Nanotri established the Madrasa Darul Uloom Deoband. The institute produced a large number of freedom fighters,� Qari Nazir added. He said a schedule for conventions in the Punjab had not been decided yet. JUI Lahore chapter ameer Maulana Muhibun Nabi said the party would also arrange programmes in Lahore in this connection.
Interesting, by the way, that it seems that to be a “real freedom fighter” you have ‘Maulana’ prefixed before your name or a ‘Shaheed’ as a suffix.
Note: My thank to Watandost for alerting me to this rewriting of history.
Conversion, is always a dynamic phenomenon. Perceptions can change on the basis of ‘learning’ & ‘exposure to knowledge” or ‘truth’.
e.g. at one point majority of the Muslims couldn’t understand the Ahamdies wicked face, but as soon as knowledge & truth spread, now 100% of the Muslims realized that Ahmadies are non Muslims.
At one point QA was hard believer of Hindu Muslim unity, but as the time passes, he realized that it is just dream then a time come when was the advocate of Muslim nationalism.
Similarly, QA was a Western educated secular Muslim but when QA interact with Ulema like Mufti Shafi & etc. in Pakistan movement then he get the opportunity to understand the real Islam & its teaching, that’s why he offered Namaz-e-Eid after independence in Sunni maslak & also he namaz-e-janaza was also offered in sunni way.
So may be at one point time he praised Ataturk , but keep in mind at that time the actual picture of Ataturk & Turkey was also not so clear in subcontinent.
Mr. YLH,
Here u portrait urself as a very knowledgeable intellectual, but in fact ur knowledge is biased & very limited.
No one can prove that Maulana Maududi wrote, did any struggle, delivered any speech, took out any procession, met or become allied with Congress, give any press release against the Pakistan movement. Even he didn’t forced his workers to do any activity either in favor nor in against. Due to his impartiality, MSF & ML workers used his books in favor of two nation theory
Boss ! u r committing the crime by misguiding the people, It is on the record that QA encouraged him to delivered speeches in favor of Islam to develop mindset of people. He also told to a representative of JI that ML & JI targets are same.
[quote post="566"]Quaid-e-Azam Mahomed Ali Jinnah promised complete equality for all citizens of Pakistan and his greatest supporters were the Qadianis[/quote]
Pls, Pls wait a minute, what a joke, no no YLH, r u serious? No boss u r kidding? Can u realize what u r saying? I think u need to consult with any Psychiatrist.
Was Liaquat Ali Khan, Sardar Abdul Rab Nishtar, Khawaja Nazim uddin are Quadyanies?
Do u know the population ratio of Quadyanees in Muslim India? not more than 0.2%.
Where thy belongs, just in few districts of Punjab in scattered groups.
Can u share me any single good name of that ‘GREAT’ leader.
Nauman tasleem,
I’d like some evidence of Ghaffar khan’s daughter. Furthermore Jinnah’s opposition to his daughter’s wedding had familial issues primarily that Jinnah’s mother in law Mrs Petit had arranged the whole thing to get back at Jinnah. Furthermore personal familial decisions have no bearing on issue of ideology … Nehru had a similar problem with his daughter and gandhi was perturbed about his son’s conversion to Islam. In any event Jinnah did go back to talking terms with his daughter soon after and used to play with his grandson a lot… He used to carry Nusli’s picture with him according to Begum Shahnawaz … So much for boycott.
Muslims are brothers,therefore make peace between the two brothers and fear ALLAH,that the mercy may be shown to you.
(AL-HOJORAT:10)
Jinnah and the Women National Guard
Jinnah and Women’s emancipation:
http://www.dawn.com/weekly/review/archive/051222/r eview1.htm
Yes indeed may Allah’s curse be upon liars. Indeed the sources and quotes I have produced above prove that I am not one.
Since Jinnah considered Kemal Ataturk the ideal Muslim leader and Turkey the ideal Islamic country (please refer to the quotes above in my last post), one can imagine what Quaid-e-Azam’s vision of Pakistan would have been. Either that or according to the exponents of Maududi’s Pakistan believe that South Asia’s greatest Muslim leader was unaware of global and current events of his time.
PAKISTAN KA MATLAB KYA?
LA ILLAHA ILLALAH.
This was the cry(pukaar)of the muslims when they demanded pakistan.
Whether you tell them or tell them not,they will never believe.(AL-BAQRA:6)
ALLAH likes not the uttering of evil words except one who is being oppressed and ALLAH is hearing and knowing. (AL-NISA:148)
Lay the curs of ALLAH upon the “LIARS”.(AL-IMRAN:61)
and most importantly,
And the bondmen of the most affectionate are those who walk on the earth modestly and when the ignorant(Jaahil)talk(Argue)with them,they dont talk(argue)with them,just say salaam(peace) and walk away.(AL-FURQAN:63)
may ALLAH protect pakistan and all of you.
Dear Abdullah,
1. Maulana Maududi described the idea of Pakistan Movement as an oxymoron akin to “chaste prostitute”. His opposition to the Pakistan movement is well known, so need to spin things. Enough information is out there to put to rest your claims.
2. If Maududi spoke about religion on Radio Pakistan in 1948 once, doesn’t wash away his crimes. This is a ridiculous argument as is.
3. Quaid-e-Azam Mahomed Ali Jinnah promised complete equality for all citizens of Pakistan and his greatest supporters were the Qadianis, as you call them.
4. It is well known that Jinnah himself was an ardent Kemal Ataturk admirer. Muslim League under Jinnah celebrated Kemal Day
Here are two of the statements Jinnah made about Ataturk:
Jinnah described Ataturk as a ‘a great hero of the Muslim world’ and asked the delegates, ‘with the example of this great Musslaman in front of them as an inspiration, will the Muslims of India still remain in a quagmire?’� Patna 1938 Presidential Address to the Muslim League
the exploits of your leaders in many a historic field of battle; the progress of your revolution; the rise and career of the great Ataturk, his revitalisation of your nation by his great statesmanship, courage and foresight, are well known to the people of Pakistan Feb 1948
To quote Jinnah’s Biographer Wolpert:
“In November of 1932, Jinnah read H.C. Armstrong’s life of Kemal Ataturk, Grey Wolf, and seemed to have found his own reflection in the story of Turkey’s great modernist leader. It was all he talked about for a while at home, even to Dina who nicknamed him ‘Grey Wolf’. Being only thirteen, her way of cajolingly pestering him to take her to High Road to see Punch and Judy, who surfaced in Hampstead every Sunday, was, ‘Come on, Grey Wolf, take me to a pantomime; after all, I am on my holidays’ Page 132
It is one thing for you to have an idea… but to try and superimpose it onto the founding father is hardly called for- what say you? How about a little honesty from the defenders of Islam.
Let us be honest… that is the first requirement of Islam.
MU Wrote,
[quote post="566"]Take Maudoodi for instance, every major decision that he had to make, he made the wrong one; opposition to creation of Pakistan, calling founder of Pakistan kafir e azam and then come to the same country that he founded, opposition of Kashmir jihad, killing of innocent Bengalis Muslims via al-badr and al-shams (a very serious offence from Islamic point of view) and so on. How can such a person and his Jamaat be considered rightly guided or divinely guided? Other Mullah’s are no better. [/quote]
MU, What ever u wrote is not the first time & not last time, it is conventional stereo type repeat telecast of old baseless arguments by socialists, secularist, liberals , leftists & Ahmadies. Here, there is high need to correct the record,
1) Maulana Mauudoodi was nor in favor of Pakistan movement & niether he opposed . Infect he supported Pakistan movement by writhing very comprehensive books in favor of two nation theory, which was widely used by Muslim League workers in independence movement.
2) MQ has corrected ur information about Kafir-e-Azam. In the presence of Quaid-e-Azam, Maulana Maududi gave the lectures on Radio Pakistan.
3) In 1947, Pakistan Govt. ( Zafar ullah Khan statement in UN) had stand that Pak army is not involved in Kashmir, then how any Pakistani can declare that we are in state of war (Jihad) In Kashmir. Maududi did not mean to dissuade holy warriors from entering Kashmir, for he decreed that “volunteers could fight on the basis of an individual commitment for jihad”, while the Pakistani government held true to the ceasefire.
4) MU! U know nothing about the spirit & sacrifices of the Albader & even u can’t imagine because u r Quadyanee supporter. These were those Bangalies, who believed that Pakistan is just like a Masjid, as it is compulsory for every Muslim to defend the Masjid, every Muslim of East Pakistan should struggle to safe Pakistan against armed aggregation of Mukti Bahani(The militant group). 10′000 Albader Bangali Mujahadeen were shaheed on the name of Pakistan. It is our cruelty & limited thinking that we never honor & respect those who died for Pakistan & Islam.
5) Maluna maududi said ‘The state (Pakistan) which is created in the name of Islam &(which means every thing should be clean & clear)will be ‘Na-Pakistan’ if Islam will not apply as a supreme law in that piece of land.
We are still waiting for application of true Islam in Pakistan.
YLH,
Freedom of religion also has limitations. e.g u can practice Ahmadi relegion at ur home, but don’t try to present u as a Muslim or try to spread & preach ur believes.
YLH, why not u ever admire & discuss the Taliban peaceful tenure, where a women can go from one side of country to another with just a one fear of Allah ST. When drugs trafficking was completely ban. When Taliban 100% completely destroyed all crops of opium.
‘Secular Extremists’ are those who are against Islamic values in country, who wants to shift the social culture & dynamics of society from Islamic perspective to western based living model.
These are those persons, who wants to celebrate Basant with wine, dances, vulgarity on the price of dead bodies of innocent motorcyclist. Who particpate in mix gender race to promote ‘Soft Image’, who understand that Pakistan will become prosperous after commissioning of women guards at Mazar-e Quaid. Who loves Ataturk & want to practice his wicked policies in Pakistan.