The move against Malala Yousafzai, 15, is likely to provoke outrage. In the days following her shooting in October, she became an international icon and world leaders pledged to support her campaign for girls' education.
"There will be a fatwa issued regarding Malala Yousafzai taking into account the full story of her injury including her public statements in support of the occupying US army in the region and mocking of key symbols of Islam such as hijab and jihad," said Abu Baraa, a senior member of Shariah4Pakistan.
The group, whose website features a blog below a photograph of Yousafzai in a hospital bed titled "Don't Believe The Crocodile Tears for Malala Yousafzai", is associated with some of Britain's most hardline fundamentalists.
Anjem Choudary, a prominent radical cleric in Britain, said the fatwa could be issued on November 30 at Lal Masjid, where a 2007 army raid crushed a Taliban-style movement controlling the compound.
The mosque's deputy head, Maulana Amir Siddique, denied the group would hold such a conference but organisers insisted they did not need permission to gather in a public place of worship.
Yousafzai is recovering in a British hospital.
Neither Baraa nor Choudary would say what punishment Yousafzai might face if the group found her guilty of violating Islam.
"Nobody is saying we are going to get out our swords and go and look for Malala... The point is a wider issue: it is about the American and Pakistani involvement in maintaining the British and American interests ...," Choudary told Reuters.
"Malala is one of the issues we are going to be addressing because she is being used as a propaganda tool by the enemies of Muslims to say: 'Look, Muslims don't believe in education' which is absurd."
Tens of thousands of Britons have called on the government to nominate Yousafzai for a Nobel Peace Prize for her work promoting girls' education.
Her shooting was the culmination of years of campaigning that had pitted the young girl against one of Pakistan's most ruthless Taliban commanders, Maulana Fazlullah.
Fazlullah and his men had taken over Yusafzai's native Swat Valley and have blown up girls' schools and publicly executed those they deem immoral. An army offensive in Swat forced many Taliban fighters to flee.
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may allah wrath and curse on munafiqeen.
Sharia for Pakistan all the way from Britain. Interesting, isn't it?
@Clear Black Bag Exactly! Check the news today, a 13 year old girl was shot dead in a school bus in America. There are many instances of such things, but Malala had been singled out for focus and it's been a month and a half now. She was focused on only to pressure Pakistan and show it ineffective. That's why they won't focus on the American girl and the outrageous gun laws there.
@Pakistani: because the rest of the world has nothing better to do? Grow out of this mindless self-obsession!
@pakistani,
Think logically, has the Quaid implemented shariah in pakistan ? A country named "Islamic Republic of Pakistan" yet has no shariah !!!!! Now can you see where Anjem Choudhary is coming from? Our deen is week, and so here we are. Also, do you realize that a lot of people in the KP area have been collaborating with the Americans, like Dr Afridi for example ? So, what makes you think that Malala is not being backed by the americans? All that they are saying is that there should be no american involvement in afghanistan. Let malala stand on her own feet instead of being used by the americans.
Please take your brand of religion and worship places to Uk or SaudiArabia, I dont care about you. Please leave my country Pakistan. I love my country. I love my people. I love my religion. I dont like your religious brand.
Interesting. Shariah4Pakistan group based in England. It reminds me of an ice-cream shop in Islamabad with a shop advertising board boasting ‘Karachi Ki Mash-hoor Peshawari Ice-Cream’ (Karachi’s Famous Peshawari Ice-Cream) in Islamabad!!!!!
@Momin: Did you go to their website they are against our founder QUIAD E AZAM! they call him a traitor. He is kind of a man who could destroy us Quaid e azam made this country for everyone no matter what his/her religion is. and i think he is not a perfect man for our country they will declare malala as WAJIB UL QATAL i just read that in a site
This SHARIA 4 PAKISTAN group is so sick i just saw their website and they are calling our founder of PAKISTAN "THE TRAITOR" and in an other site i read that they will declare malala as "WAJIB UL QATAL" this group should be stopped they are against Pakistan what kind of islam they so called muslims will spread that islam allow to kill girls??! Govt should do something about them before they come here
@Momin: Blasphemy, blasphemy, blasphemy... is that all you think about? everywhere, in everything you see blasphemy- May be you should try and see Allah in His Creation rather than always looking at negative things
@Momin: certainly the Prophet (SAW) was born and lived in Saudi Arabia- but now they have regressed. Once it was a good place, under the rule of our beloved Prophet (SAW) but now it is not. The Prophet (SAW) gave the utmost respect to women and mothers and look at teh Arabs (have you ever been to saudi arabia? i have) they have places with posters saying 'Dogs and women not allowed'. Is that disgusting or what? Do you think it is REALLY the citadel of Islam? i agree that it should be, but it isnt. You are basically doing shirk and worshipping saudi arabia rather than the teaching of Islam.
The Holy Kaaba is a TRUE place of Islam; but is the whole of saudi arabia? Are arabs? if arabs are upholding Islam why have they been thinking of demolishing holy graves to expand hotels and mosques? they are just into commercialisation and money.
A classic example of mischief on the net.........these idiots seek attention, which should be denied them.
@PARDESI
That is totally uncalled for. Saudi Arabia is the birth place of islam and what you have mentioned is utter blasphemy, since the Prophet's(PBUH) allegiance was towards Arabia. You are speaking as if Saudi Arabia is some barbarian land. Well, if you think that way, then you are not a muslim at all, since a true muslim would give up his life for the birth place of Islam. FYI they have implemented shariah, which we have not done so far. Shame on us.
this all talban alquida mulla's are working for west,WAKE UP PEOPLE.
I am not sure as to why the posters over here are against the great Anjem Choudhary. He is exactly the kind of person pakistan needs. After all why was pakistan created in the first place ? If pakistan being the leader of the ummah cannot implement the shariah, what is the purpose in creating pakistan in the first place. All liberals in pakistan should understand this before they slander this great soul. Have you guys ever wondered as to why pakistan is in such dire straits ? Think.. the answer is simple: We have neither studied or implemented islam in it's pure form. If we had done that this pitiable state would not have existed. Don't you guys realize that it is our iman that defeated two super powers ?
The site is created only after 29 October 2012 and registrant Abu Usamah is so 'brave' that he kept his details secret. Najem Choudhry is an infamous hate speaker and a blot on the British Pakistani community. He and other cheap publicity seekers exploit the freedom of speech given in Britain and other western civilizations and ET provided them the platform in its rush to out smart its local online rivals.
Not so long ago,I read this comment somewhere and I'm reproducing it with due copyrights to that owner whose name I forgot..
"Where are muslims happy?? In Pakistan??Afghanistan??Libya??Mali??Iran??Syria???Saudi Arabia?? No,they're not happy here because of the draconian Sharia laws If not in muslim countries,Where are they happy??? US,UK,France,Denmark,Australia...They get equal rights and freedom to practice their religion and work for their betterment But what are they really happy in these countries??? No,because they want the country which gave them asylum to adopt the Sharia law which enslaved them in the first place and made them leave their country..."
If Anjem Choudary and other radical muslims want to comment on sharia,why dont they leave the host country and apply for asylum in Saudi Arabia??? Yeah,because Arabs dont consider them equal....
True face of Anjem Chaudhry:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1240691/Swilling-beer-smoking-dope--secret-past-hate-preacher-Anjem-Choudary.html
They first renounce their british nationalities then ask for anything for Pak.
http://www.newageislam.com/islamic-sharia-laws/sharia-for-india?/d/6735 This joker Anzem chaudhary once tried to imply sharia in india (a secular country).But sadly he got thrashed.Read full story through above link. @moderator;hope this will not be shot down.
Pakistan is more in the eyes of the world than Gaza for making headlines news.
WTF !! they are not even pakistani tobegin with.
Anjam Chaudhry is well known for his stance. He hates the UK and the west, but lives there.
TV channels call him up often and he talks about one of the most conservative rules of Islam.
He calls for abandoning the ways of the west while living in UK.
Now these types of groups exist in Belgium, Norway, Sweden and Germany.
Pakistanis have no idea how these groups are making lives difficult for other muslims.
British gov need to go after Anjem like Pakistani gov went after osama
@S: And what is that agenda? Educate us. You must be living in N Waziristan and enjoying your Islamic way of life!
@Aasdj1As.com:
Where’s the British Government to stop this British based fundamentalist group. If anything additional happens to Malala, there will be blood on the hands of the British people.
And when they try to do something, it is called Islamophobic
can somebody stop this maniac from coming to pakistan
What's with the Mazar-e-Quaid being targeted!?
To all the comments here about Britain not taking action against extremists: actually I would say the British government has been effective in reducing terrorism, through the intelligience agencies and police, whilst striking a balance with civil liberties of the majority of innocent British Muslims. After the 7th of July terrorist attacks in London, and the 2006 airliner bomb plot, known terrorists were apprehended and jailed and the activities of extremist groups were monitored.
In fact, it was on PAKISTANI SOIL that the British terrorists received their terrorist training, so if anything, Pakistan should be looking to the example of Britain of clamping down on terrorists, instead of just rounding them up and releasing them after a terrorist attack!
This guy Anzem chaudhary is big threat to Indian Hindu. He issued fatwa against Hindus to accept Islam and follow Sharia with strict hizab and burqa.He dictated to ban bollywood,music ,alcohols,bear-bars etc etc.He even booked a hall in a 5 star hotel in delhi to announce his Fatwa. Good that Immediately GOI reacted.Security was tightened.Shoot at sight order was issued.From then ,this guy never ever dared to speak against India.But today i m amazed at reading comments on TOI by some of the pakistanis.They were advocating the Fatwa.Some of the commentators say shooting of Malala was CIA propaganda as no true muslim will kill their fellow brethren in his true sense.Amusing....they threatened us to accept islam else be ready to bear wrath of allah.Oh come on....I can see,this country is going through very dark phase..only god can save pakistan.
The feelings of all sane pakistanis on this issue:
http://leila1rage.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/shariah4pakistans-fatwa-against-malala-yousafzai/
cannot shoot guys in UK unlike Pakistan because you have the human rights and legal systems which work..Red about Abu Qatada who is on bail and is costing the British over 5 million pounds already.
@PARDESI:
The land of infidels is the best place to be and enjoy oneself with all the delectable stuff which is forbidden in the land of the pure.
@aftab: ."@AB: these comments reflect height of ignorance and prefer to live in denial. these are typical comments from a rightous-perspective. " . To comprehend any news, you have to have a minimal IQ. You realize where does the problem originate?
A real test drive for Pakistani and British authorities. If this conference took place and these people participated in this conference, it will be the proof, that the hardliners with any name, anywhere in the world, have the full support of Pakistan as well as The United Kingdom. This will be the least, to say, because there will be a lot of breaches and violations involved, in their reaching to that point. How will they exit from the UK? how will they enter in to Pakistan? And how will they reach the venue of the conference? Covering all these holes will be a hard task for, the authorities that be, in both the states. Let's wait for November 30th and see if they have not learnt a lesson from the insults/ and or disgraces bestowed upon the state of Pakistan by Bangladesh's and Malisia's exits from participating in the D-8 summit and India's refusal to host Pakistan's Interior Minister Mr. Rehman Malik. This should be considered as "India, declining a VISA to the Interior Minister of a state", IF that is still a state. To prove that Pakistan is a 'Sovereign State' and it's 'Intelligence budget' is spent only for the purpose of the security of Pakistan's territory and it's citizens, they have to deny and make impossible, the access of these people to the said conference in the heart of Islamabad city; the least requirement of a 'Sovereign State'. This is not the mission for OBL in which, the authorities said, that they were not taken in to confidence by the US Government. Even that was a lame excuse which put their 'Intelligence agencies' in question. But now when the 'Sharia4Pakistan' has taken them in to full confidence. The date and the venue is clearly mentioned and the motive has been shown. Lets hope that we pass this test and are able to face the civilized world as a respected dignitary state. The given chance might be a blessing in the morning, bestowed upon us by our gracious God. Let's be blessed or prepare ourselves to be cursed in the evening (God forbid).
@AB:
these comments reflect height of ignorance and prefer to live in denial. these are typical comments from a rightous-perspective.
Express Tribune - you cannot just REPORT on this and sit on the sidelines. If you are truly into this newspaper business for journalism which ought to be the platform for national opinion and reaction, then PLEASE take up the ridiculous basis on which this conference is being held and put forth a demand on behalf of the Pakistani nation to ban this conference and arrest anyone who believes in its manifesto on account of treason. How DARE they call Quaid-e-Azam a traitor? How DARE they call our constitution KUFR? Who gave them the authority to say anything? What is their religious, political, social status in Pakistan? Who are they to have ANY right to speak? Tribune you've GOT to do something about this.
These people should be exposed , and no any importnce should be given to them.
We should take a stern action againt them infact Britian should show some spine and stop this propaganda.
Malala is a innocent girl who only wants education , so whats wrong with that.
Damn you, Shariah4pakistan organisation and its followers
Why is UK host to men like Amjem Ch or Altaf Hussain who preach violence and responsible for thousands of deaths?.
@PARDESI: "Anjem Chouadary once a drunken womaniser now issuing a Fatwa. Making a mockery of Islam and Muslims."---sounds familiar, isn't it? Thee's another man with same background, guess who, I'd give you a tip, it's T Khan.
How about arresting them right after they issue their FATWA - of course that's what you should have done to your Minister of Railroads when he said he would reward anyone who killed the producer of the blasphemy film. Long and short -- you need to start to clamp down on people who promote vigilante justice (religious based or otherwise).
Islam doesn't permit hurting women, children and old and no Muslim can come up with any fatwa against basic tenants of Islam. Don't distort Islam and keep your damn fatwas to yourself.
It is about time for British government to get serious and instead of nurturing/protecting groups like this, which use its soil to promote hatred around the world, it should try them. These are British Taliban and Briton must do something about them.
Don't distort Islam and keep your damn fatwas to yourself. Islam doesn't permit hurting women, children and old and no Muslim can come up with any fatwa against basic tenants of Islam.
@Huma
The group is already (in)famous for Shariah4UK and Shariah4Belgium.
People who are lamenting Britain for not taking action against Anjem Choduary will be the first to cry "Communal discrimination" if Britain starts taking action against Islamist hardliners.
But his is the true story. This was the drama staged by cia and mi6 to put another attack on Pakistan.
There are more than 50 other islamic countries in the world, why these clerics and fundamentalists not find any single person whose voilating Islam, why they always target innocent Pak people, why they not leave us alone, if they have guts then go to west and preach the religion, the problem is they find Pak easy target to fullfill their vested interersts. this is all DRAMA, and i am really SICK of it!
@Javed: ".....However, this Fatwa will bring smiles on the faces of Hamid Gul, Sheikh Rasheed, Zaid Hameed and Fazl-ur-rehman. YOU FORGOT IMRAN KHAN." . Imran will flirt with anyone if it can bring votes. Is there a place right of the Utra-Right?
This is not another oppourtunity to cry hypocrisy! While we are busy pointing fingers at the UK, this Anjum Chaudhry and his ilk will come and go, the question is what are we going to do about it!
"A new British-based fundamentalist group plans to meet in Islamabad to issue a religious decree against a Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban, accusing her of supporting “occupying” US forces".
Question is why not issue fatwa against Pakistan government and Pakistan businesses that are making billions form the war and indirectly support occupying US forces. Even some talibans are making a lot of money by providing security for NATO supplies. Pakistanis have made millions of dollars in bounty money by handing dead or live terrorists to US government.
Shoudn´t this group try Shariah4Britain. Indeed the world is fast becoming a global villiage, but you with ur -safety -electricity -petrol -clean streets -good traffic -and a right to education and immediate emergency attention Are going to come to Pakistan and put a ¨fatwa¨ on a Pakistani when our perils are only an faint idea for you. How dare you? How about a fatwa against ur own ignorance, Allah Knows Best.
What aabout the shia and the minority killings in pakistan? Why not issuing a fatwas against those who are responsible for these killings? Hypocrite fanatics!
What about the shia and the rest of the minority killings in pakistan? issue a fatwa against those are responsible for all these killings too. Hypocrite fanatics!
Number 1. We need to stop giving these people attention!
Number 2. If at all they have to be talked about, space for them should be reserved in op-eds where they are thrashed and condemned
Number 3. STATE, WAKE UP AND FREAKING PROTECT US FROM THIS MADNESS!!
Thank you!
Look at the shameless two-faced policy of the British. On one hand they ban the entry of Bilour for issuing a fatwa and on the other they take no action against its own citizens for doing the same.
Malala will triumph over all bigots and extremists.
Its good if they are coming to Pakistan.. . Arrest them and show our treatment to prisoners!
Despicable, shameless people. They live in Britain (and very likely despite the very system they milk to leech off of British taxpayers' money and live on benefits) and call fatwas about issues concerning Pakistan.
another effort to defame Pakistan internationally!
Shari4Pakistan cowards talk about jihad, yet have been sitting in the UK, living on state benefits! They are going to show how brave they are by declaring a fatwa on a 15 year old school girl! They are arranging a conference in the shadow of the ISI headquarters, in the centre of the federal government! Can we please stop appeasing hardliners who use religion to remain relevant or in this case, hopefully irrelevant!
@Hammad: "Single British Pakistani men visiting Pakistan must be carefully scrutinized before allowing them to enter."
Appreciate your feelings. But the problem is every second well-to-do Pakistani holds dual nationality. Some hold nationalities of three or even four countries. Your so-called Interior Minister held citizenship of at least three countries at one time.
What a mess !
I hope someone takes them out.
@Pessimist: "A group called ‘Shariah4Pakistan’ is based in Britian, and is fighting for it’s agenda for Pakistan. If this is not irony, then I don’t know what is."
Well Pakistan is an offspring of Britain's "divide and rule" policy. Ever wonder why not even a single worker of Muslim League was ever imprisoned by the British during the long Independence movement ?
@Just a Nobody, a little girl fighting for her right to education, this is where you are wrong. A ltittle girl being played by westerners and Paksitani liberals to further their own agenda, and they must be stopped.
and to those who may say that I didn't read the report carefully......Pl. read the above comment in its overall context. Thanks.
If UK knows there is a hardcore Islamist is in their soil , why they just don't shoot that idiot ?There is no respite from these Islamists anywhere in the world !!!! Now they are after a girl who spreads education.Tomorrow they will ask girls to stay at home and boys to Madrasa.Dark age is not far ahead if these Islamists multiple through out the world.Ban all these organisations ,shut down all of their organisation through out the world and spread modernity in stead of their stone age values.
For even a second if i understand that they want to disapprove the occupying US forces in Pakistan and elsewhere. How in the world would condemning a little girl fighting for her right to education condemn such a move. Malala's attack was inhuman. Like the killings going on in Gaza, Tel Aviv or Syria. From what i know, Allah condemned attacking innocent children and women and men in old age irrespective of what religion they came from.
Believing in Allah and Prophet PBUH was the first and foremost rule after which salaat, zakat and hajj. Taking care of neighbours, family, friends, citizens, humans overall and animals was the most important teaching of Islam. We can talk about hijab and jihad but these came way after the earlier teachings had been completely understood and followed. Even in Jihad when Prophet PBUH was so clear that do not attack women, children and the elderly then how are these men of islam condemning their prophet's teachings?
May Allah guide all of us on the right path and save us from transgressors and these fake men who proclaim to know the religion when actually they dont. Ameen
Ban Sharia4UK people from entering Pakistan. These people are not prosecuted in Britain and visit for terror training, then commit terrorism on British soil and Pakistan gets the blame. Single British Pakistani men visiting Pakistan must be carefully scrutinized before allowing them to enter.
Shariah for Pakistan is fake. The website is new with no credentials or past hist or reputation. I feel it is another attempt to disgrace the religion
i remembered there was a group named shariah 4 hind in india by these islam lovers and our courts kicked them out hardly.
Don't give visa nor allow entry to these criminals.
@mr. righty rightist: "British government is worse than India when it comes to appeasing muslims. UK should be renamed as United Kingdom of Islamists!
However, this Fatwa will bring smiles on the faces of Hamid Gul, Sheikh Rasheed, Zaid Hameed and Fazl-ur-rehman."
YOU FORGOT IMRAN KHAN
Britain should be hand over its assets to Pakistan
My eyes read it correctly? A British-based fundamentalist group. Are you joking?
Why does Brit pakis either support pti or religious fundamentalism. Same thing I guess....
Why is he being even allowed into Pakistan? He should be arrested along with his hosts upon arrival including the Imam of Lal Mosque if they are hosting a terrorist who is coming to incite people to murder a 14 year old.
British government is worse than India when it comes to appeasing muslims. UK should be renamed as United Kingdom of Islamists!
However, this Fatwa will bring smiles on the faces of Hamid Gul, Sheikh Rasheed, Zaid Hameed and Fazl-ur-rehman.
I fully support Shariah4Pakistan. It is the duty of every muslim to bring shariah to Pakistan.
We should not allow this conference to happen in Pakistan.
Since the 5th. of July,1977, Pakistan has become a Mega Store for all brands of Islam to be displayed, without any let or hindrance, by all the Vision less 'Governments' occupying the throne of Islamabad. All or "Brotherly Islamic Countries" dumped their unwanted in this 'land of the pure', and our establishment facilitated them, for a few dollars more. And now the 'half baked Goras' want to introduce another brand. May Allah have mercy on the Soul of Pakistan.
A group called 'Shariah4Pakistan' is based in Britian, and is fighting for it's agenda for Pakistan. If this is not irony, then I don't know what is.
Anjem Chouadary once a drunken womaniser now issuing a Fatwa. Making a mockery of Islam and Muslims. Why is he living in Britian and enjoying a living standard to the best of his capacity. Why does he not move to Suadia or Afghanistan and enjoy himself their. A Fatwa against this guy be great. These people work for forces which like to create differences amongst Muslims.
Regards Arshad M
Illiteracy has no boundaries
welllllllll doneeeee.
why u people give news about these cheap religious fanatics???
very good move.welll done
Good Move - very close to reality - It is very necessary to expose this type of Drama stage by CIA.
Anjem Choudary and Abu Baraa should be concerned about their stay in the UK and spread Islam over there, if they CAN. They should not interfere in Pakistan. As it is we have enough of these tanzeems over here. Let them try it there and stay put. Salams
Please pick Qadri on the way he needs a lift to lal mosque for the shariah conference. Mula Fazullah will be joining on skype. Hafiz saeed rsvped he cannot come as he will be in bombay for the attack anniversary.
why in islamabad ?
Awesome!
Where's the British Government to stop this British based fundamentalist group. If anything additional happens to Malala, there will be blood on the hands of the British people.