Waging war against Pakistan army is haram: Sufi Muhammad

Muhammad condemns attack on Malala, says it is crucial for both men, women to gain education

The leader of Tehreek Nifaz-e-Shariat Mohammadi (TNSM), Maulana Muhammad Sufi has said that waging a war against the Pakistan Army or killing a Muslim is strictly prohibited in Islam.

In his first interview after eight-year-long incarceration, Sufi spoke to the Express News and shared that it is not advisable to raise arms against the state and it is also haram to kill women and children. He further added saying that those who killed school children at Army Public School are worse than infidels.

Subsequently, he also said that Mullah Fazalullah spoke to the Taliban and joined forces with them. "I have even mentioned in my will that these people are worse than being apostates (kharijites) because they have tarnished the image of Islam more than the non muslims. My biggest enemy is Fazalullah because he and his people ended my movement and the only punishment for him is death."

He also said that if not for the Pakistan army, the country would have collapsed by now and they are our real heroes.



Condemning the attack on child activist Malala Yousufzai, he said that when the attack happened he was in jail and educational institutes should not be targeted under any circumstance. We support education and it is haram to attack schools – it is imperative to gain knowledge for both men and women."

Earlier, Peshawar High Court (PHC) released Maulana Sufi Muhammad on bail, citing his old age and precarious health.

“The Maulana is so old. He is almost paralysed now. His health is unstable,” his lawyer Fida Gul told the single-member bench of the PHC.

“He deserves to be released on bail,” Gul argued.

The lawyer said that Maulana’s Sufi Muhammad suffered severe illness and his treatment was not possible in hospital inside the jail and the jail officials were unable to shift him elsewhere because of security risks.

Maulana Sufi Muhammad has been in prison for a long time, but no case could be proven against him in the court and was released on bail.