LAHORE, January 22: Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan, Senator Sirajul Haq has said that the big powers had thrust terrorism on the Islamic world to safeguard their interests but were blaming Islam and the Muslims for terrorism and extremism through false propaganda.
Speaking at a Peace conference organized jointly by the Ministry of Religious Affairs, the Rabita Alam Islami, Makkah and the Jamiat-e-Ahle Hadith Pakistan, at the Pak China Friendship centre, Islamabad, he said that terrorists had no religion, and said “we condemn all forms of terrorism”.
The JI chief declared that Islam was the religion of peace and brotherhood, and added that the future of humanity lay only in adopting the divine system given by Islam. He said there was no peace in the world today because justice and fair play were lacking.
Sirajul Haq said that those blaming the Muslims for terrorism were actually supporting terrorism and cooperating with the terrorists. He asked for what crime Iraq and Afghanistan had been punished. He said that bloodshed had been going on in these countries for the last two decades, lakhs of innocent people there had been put to death and killings were still going on.
The JI chief said there were one and a half billion Muslims and 56 Muslim states in the world today but they were in disarray. The Muslims world did not have its common market, defense and education system till today. He said the Muslim youth of the present era looked at the world from the west’s eye. As such, there was need to evolve a common education system and syllabi for the Muslim world. Besides, he said it was time that the Muslims states realized the need for unity for their own defense. He however added that this unity would not be against any one, but only aim at protecting the Muslim world’s interests.
The JI chief welcomed the statement of the Army Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, that the defense of the Haramain Sharifain was the collective responsibility of the Muslim Ummah. He said that the people and government of Pakistan would defend Saudi Arabia till the last drop of their blood and added that 220 million Pakistanis were with Saudi Arabia for the defense of Islam and the Muslim world.
Meanwhile, in his telephonic address to the Sindh JI Shoora, Sirajul Haq said that the JI would carry its campaign against corruption to its logical end. He said that spots of corruption had surfaced on the country’s ruling family in the wake of the Panama leaks. He said that most of country’s well known political figures were involved in corruption, and the menace would not end if there was no major operation against it.
He said that the Sindh province was mired in numerous problems ranging from drinking water, filth, and unemployment. He said it was time that the Sindh government adopted concrete measures to solve these problems.-Sabah
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