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.
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?’â€