LAHORE:
Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah was the undisputed leader of the Pakistani nation and he never presented himself as a Shia leader, so MQM chief Altaf Hussain should refrain from doing so, said Jamaat-i-Islami Deputy Secretary General Dr Farid Ahmed Piracha on Thursday.
Piracha was responding to comments made by Hussain on Wednesday. “Aftaf Hussain should spare the Quaid-i-Azam and try not to project him as a disputed personality by terming him Shia,” he said in a press statement.
Piracha said that the killing of any human being, whether a Shia or a Sunni or anyone else, on ethnic grounds or for extortion was inhuman and must be condemned. He said Pakistan’s enemies wanted to divide the country along sectarian lines and Pakistani politicians should avoid playing into their hands.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 24th, 2012.
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Due to these illogical and biased remarks by jamiat e Islami shia killing is increasing day by day..such leaders should be banned. Bcz they always hide true facts from innocent Muslims. Salam Ya Hussain a.s
i think jinnah never presented himself as a muslim too?
@Waqar:
Claiming it was a 'foreign conspiracy' while standing next to known anti-Shia bigot and L-e-J linked ASWJ's Ludhianvi?
I'm not surprised by such prejudice and bigotry. It has always been controversial and difficult for some Sunni Pakistanis to accept the father of the nation as being a Shia, becoming incredibly uncomfortable by downplaying it, claiming unity (which Jinnah himself used to do) or changing the topic or being altogether in denial and worse case intolerant. That's of course if they even knew he had a non-Sunni background, which many don't. This can be seen in the distress given to Fatima Jinnah in Pakistan's courts on her rightful inheritance which hinged on recognizing Jinnah's sectarian background, which they denied.
Jinnah was a Shia Muslim. So being a Shia makes one a 'disputed personality'?? Just shows the bigoted mindest of Jamaat Islami. Paracha and his friends in JI are on the payroll of the Salafis in Saudi. Not surprisingly, they are parroting the anti-shia worldview of their Salafi masters.
There are no sects in Islam. Quran forbids us to divide into sects. Shia or Sunni or someone else, who believes in the Oneness of Almighty Allah and Prophet Muhammad PBUH as last prophet and salve of God, believes all Books sent by Allah to his Prophets, in Angels, in the day of Judgement is a Muslim. No one can issue a Fatwa of Kufr to anyone. Shias are very good Muslim, They believe all the above conditions and they love Ahle Bait (the household of Prophet Muhammad PBUH) very much. We need unity, we all are one, we all are Muslim, we all are Pakistanis.
and weren't the founding members of JI and the father of maulana Fazal ur Rehman among the leaders who condemned the idea of Pakistan, called if "Kafiristan" and pronounced Jinnah a Kaafir. Truly Hypocrisy has hit its peak.
"try not to project him as a disputed personality by terming him Shia" ?
So if you are a shia, you automatically become a diputed personality? No wonder roughly half of this God forsaken country of mine thinks Shias are non-muslims. just goes on to show a general mentality, even if it sows merely indifference. But we can not expect more IQ levels than this from some one whose leader is Muawar Hasan aka Hudood Ordinance dot Martyr Osama.
I think Altaf Hussain had made a valid point. He did not say anything to dispute the personality of the Quaid-i-Azam. He was talking with reference to the killings of the Shia people after being identified and pulled off from buses. It is an irony that the JI and other such Islamist forces had never accepted the Quaid-i-Azam as a leader of the Muslims of the subcontinent. *I am surprised that a JI leader is calling him as the undisputed leader now after 65 years of independence. *
JI has a grudge against the MQM ever since the MQM emerged as a political force in the urban areas of Sindh, particularly Karachi. Karachi used to be a stronghold of the JI before the MQM and this position was taken away from it. But I would ask Mr Fareed Parachi not to distort statements.
Mr Paracha should understand the context Altaf hussain in which the statement was given . The fact was innocent shia killing because of there faith. I wonder an educated man like him cant understand the context then who can or shia blood has become inexpensive.
Ji is the mother behind every evil, it instigates
@Tribune Fan: Please correct yourself. Shia community are not minority. They believe in one God, Muhammad PBUH as last prophet and on dooms day.
@What in a Name If someone labeled Quaid as only Sunni, its still be seen as making him "Disputed"...why are you twisting simple statement to obnoxios.
Hypocrisy at it's peak!
A Shia (Jinah) father of nation achieved a nation for both Sunnni (big brother-larger in population) and Shia (younger brother smaller in population) but big brother is trying to squeeze the younger brother out of the property.
Mr Shan Nasir go to his twitter page and check it if what i said is wrong then tell me. He condemn Drone then Kamra but forgot 16 innocent Shia may be because wasn't that important or may be to close to attacker to condemn
“Aftaf Hussain should spare the Quaid-i-Azam and try not to project him as a disputed personality by terming him Shia,"
So, one is a disputed personality if he's a Shia ? I wish I wasn't born here.
How does mentioning the fasct that the Quadi Azam belonged to the Shia sect make him a disputed personality? Mr. Piracha should brush up his faculty of logical thinking, if he has any. Secondly, he must condemn in unequivocal terms the killing of Shias in cold blood, without any reason whatsoever, except that they are Shias! His sympathies for terrorists are clear; his condemnation of the killings is not.
The fact is that Shia, Ahmaid, Hindus, Christians, Buddists, Sikhs, Liberals are minorities in Pakistan and therefore have to "real" rights.
If you want to blow yourself up then you will have all rights like Mumtaz Qadri the self confessed murderer.
Thanks to Tribune for giving liberals some voice.
Altaf had a point.... you cant argue with that... autobiography of Jinnah state this, he didnt make it up (read Jinnah of Pakistan by stanley wolpert)
thats why u condemn the upcoming attack of North wazristan but didn't condemn the attack on shia community you hypocrite