“The question in the title of this post is the one we should always ask. And if we did we will see that Muhammad (PBUH) would nearly always do the opposite of what the mullahs and Taliban want us to do. So, whose side are these mullahs on? Not Muhammad’s (PBUH).”

Certainly! But what to do about their weird logic!

The other day, I happened to see a talk show on blasphemy law on a TV channel. Speaking against the grant of forgiveness to the blasphemy accused on the analogy of the prophet having done that in a number of cases, a pro-BL mullah said that only the prophet had the right to do that which we , the Ummati, cannot do, i.e., to forgive any one guilty of blasphemy and this argument appeared to have clinched the discussion.

The problem in fact is the antic of the mullah in that they install themselves as scions or inheritors (وارث) of the prophet as their expediency demands and treat them as ‘ummati’ (followers) when it suites them otherwise. They, however, never let go their prerogative to lead the prayers assuming themselves to be the inheritors of the prophet instead of standing in line with the namazies in general and thus blatantly defying the quranic injunction which says, “Warkaoo maarraakiein (Jhuko jhukne waalon ke saath)”.

They are in fact self-styled ‘hangmen’ of Islam who do not believe in Islam of God who is ‘rehman and rahim’ and the prophet, who is ‘Rehmatulaalimin’ and the Blasphemy law is the main weapon by which they terrorize the people into submission. The BL, however , being a double edged sword, it does some time hit the mullah themselves. So beware and take care.