JUI’s Verdict: Jinnah was Not a “Real Freedom Fighter”

Posted on February 9, 2007
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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.”

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.

190 responses to “JUI’s Verdict: Jinnah was Not a “Real Freedom Fighter””

  1. wasim says:

    pata nahin humain kis gunah kii saza mein yeh mulla milay …..I think all mullas in Pakistan should be immediately thrown into the border of india… apna bojh jitni jaldi india transfer ho jai utna acha hay .. hamari bhi jaan chootay gii

  2. Qausain says:

    Interview: Sufi Mohammad of TNSM:-
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    Daily Times:
    You have termed democracy

  3. Rehman says:

    Some background on freedom fighters…

    http://tinyurl.com/5oyl46

  4. Rehman says:

    Maulana accepts…ahem..nazrana from Military dictator government..

    Hundreds of acres of Army land given as bribe to JUI

    ISLAMABAD: The mystery behind General Pervez Musharraf

  5. HUMAYUN IFTIKHAR GONDAL says:

    i am really grieved to hear such a statement from the office of JUI.SO CALLED PAKISTANI POLITICAL PARTY.Molana and his party members should be exiled from pakistan.
    molana sahab does not believe in two nation theory …..and he has been appointed as CHAIRMAN KASHMIR COMMITIE ….
    DEAR ZARDARI WHAT U EXPECT FROM SUCH A MAN ……………………..?

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