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Youm al Quds observed amid tight security

The suicide attack in Quetta on Friday did not deter the people of Karachi from observing Youm al Quds.

Express September 04, 2010

KARACHI: The suicide attack in Quetta on Friday did not deter the people of Karachi from observing Youm al Quds, a day observed annually on Jummatul Wida (the last Friday of Ramazan) to oppose Israel’s control of Jerusalem. Thousands participated in the rally organised by the Imamia Students Organisation (ISO).

Amid tight security, scores of men, women and children, most of them holding artificial weapons and sporting headbands, marched from Numaish Chowrangi to Regal Chowk. People carried portraits of Imam Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the hero of Iran’s 1979 revolution, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian supreme leader, Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasarullah and Hamas’ chairman Khalid Mashal.

They hoisted flags of Hezbollah, Hamas and the ISO and shouted slogans against the United States and Israel. They also condemned the suicide bombing at the al Quds rally in Quetta.

Jafferia Alliance of Pakistan president Allama Abbas Kumaili, ISO Pakistan president Adil Bangash, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Sindh naib ameer Dr Merajul Huda Siddiqui and Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan leader Qazi Ahmed Noorani Siddiqui addressed the participants of the rally at Tibet Centre. The call to observe Jummatul Wida as Youm al Quds was given by Imam Khomeini to condemn and “foil the conspiracies hatched by the US imperialism and Israel against the Muslim Ummah”, Kumaili said, adding, “Observing al Quds on Jummatul Wida is a referendum against the Zionist state of Israel.”

At the end of the rally, American and Israeli flags were set ablaze. The participants also carried posters of the Palestinian ‘martyrs’.

Similar rallies were organised in Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas and other cities across the province.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 4^th, 2010.

COMMENTS (2)

Salman | 14 years ago | Reply 'Own people' in the light of religion means 'Muslims' irrespective of any part of the world they live in! Hence, any single muslim in any part of the world, irrespective of what sect they are and what nationality are our 'own people'! Be it the people of 'Kashmir' or 'Palestine' or 'Iraq' or 'Afghanistan'. And trust me, people of Pakistan (and those who attend such protests) do have jobs! Not only that, they also have wives at home a.k.a wort at home; the only difference is that they want to do something for the cause of justice and 'not just sit at home and criticise with convenience!'. If your heart beats with the same pulse for your 'own people', you will also want to move out of the comfort of your home and on to the streets and demonstrate against tyranny and oppression which is the true message of Islam.

Maz | 14 years ago | Reply I would like to ask these claiming to be fighting for the rights of other people,what are they doing to support there own people.I feel really amazed where do these people get time to do all this protests,dont they have any work at home such jobless people of Pakistan!!! How sad!!!!

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