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.
Thank you JUI. You have exposed yourselves. Now do something more stupid so that the masses reject you once and for all.
[quote comment=”35056″]why should it matter to anyone if these JUI jokers think Jinnah is a real freedom fighter or not. Is there word really so important to us that we worry about it so much.
Let them say whatever they want and let them make fools of themselves![/quote]
Correct, Nobody gives a damn whether or not they think of Jinnah as a Freedom Fighter. Quaid-e-Azam was the only person in the political history of this country who had the real knowledge of Governing by Islam i.e. by “Justice, Fairplay, Impartiality”.
No wonder what these mullahs say because as per Bukhari’s Hadith ” There will be a time when the religious leaders would be the most worst beings in the world and all fitna would begin by them and would ultimately return to them” so it is a prophecy which is bound to happen.
I think you got it wrong. There are more JUI type people out there than those who share Jinnah’s vision. Jinnah’s vision was highjacked within years of Pakistan by those who opposed his idea of Pakistan in the first place.
I am reading all this and trying to imagine how the Quaid might have reacted to any of this?
I think he would have totally ignored the JUI maulanas but would have been very deeply sad at the comments here. What was it he said: FAITH UNITY DISCIPLINE. Obviously there is neither Unity nor Discipline in this nation and these comments demonstrate that. And as for Faith, no one is sure which faith or faith in what he really wanted. So, all three are gone with the wind!
All of this chest beating is fine. But could someone please give an update on what has happened to this Maulvi Sarwar guy. Is he in jail. Where is teh case. What is happening. Or has he also been let go like that Nirala guy. Frankly after that situation with the Nirala guy I have lost all respect for the legal system and also teh educated elites, so many of whom had the audacity to actually defend that guy, who is now galavanting in Dubai. So, will anything happen to this Maulvi Sarwar, or will he also ind his way as a ‘religious refugee’ to Saudi Arabia.