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.
You are right. We are making these JUI maulvis more important than they are.
Everyone else has even forgotten about this but we keep their discussion and their agenda alive.
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.
Dear Adnan Siddiqui,
No point resorting to personal attacks when I used the same page that you produced for evidence:
From your own source:
Secularism, in one sense, asserts the freedom of religion, and freedom from the government imposition of religion upon the people, within a state that is neutral on matters of belief, and gives no state privileges or subsidies to religions. (See also Separation of church and state; see also Laïcité.)
As for your repeated attempts to equate secularism to anti-religion activity. Lets assume that there are “Secular Extremists” out there who do the things listed by Famalik. Would you also say that Islam is bad, because there are some extremists i.e. Taliban, you etc, who force women to wear the Burqah and persecute Non-muslims? US, Canada etc are examples of secular states in the western sense and yet you find an abundance of beards and hijabs there. So your point is?
Oh I forgot… your rage is pointless.
Dear Adnan Siddiqui and F A Malik,
Does every secular state do this? Is United States of America or Canada or Great Britain not examples of dejure and defacto Secular states… last time I went to any of these places, I saw many bearded men and hijabi women. So what is your point? Even Turkey and France – the two states which might fall in the purview of your example i.e. secular extremism- have not banned these things in toto.
To use your logic- Taliban forced women into veil, persecuted non-Muslims and forced men to grow beards… Islam also does the same, when it clearly does not.
So far you chaps have been unable to prove a single claim that you’ve made. I have quoted your own definitions to show that you are deliberately misleading people here.
This is from the page you referred to:
Secularism, in one sense, asserts the freedom of religion, and freedom from the government imposition of religion upon the people, within a state that is neutral on matters of belief, and gives no state privileges or subsidies to religions. (See also Separation of church and state; see also Laïcité.)
Now don’t be a spoil sport and accept that there are several meanings of the word.
On another note (to adnan siddiqui): Inculcate some of that Islam that you talk of and stop the personal attacks. Unless it is not Islam you are referring to but Abu Juhlism.
famalik,thanks for sharing this video. Surely secularist extreemism uses different dictionary while defining terms like freedom and equal rights.