Pakistan was coerced into becoming a US ally in the war against terror by a military dictator, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Sunday.
Speaking at the Milli Yakjehti Council-sponsored International Conference on Muslim Unity, Fazl said, “He brought this war to Pakistan. It has failed to achieve its objectives of ending terrorism.”
Although the JUI-F chief did not take any names he appeared to be referring to former president General Pervez Musharraf.
Terrorism has grown since the US decided to wage war on al Qaeda and alleged that its members were present in Afghanistan, according to the JUI-F leader.
“Eleven years after Afghanistan was attacked, can the US say it has achieved its objectives?” asked the JUI-F chief.
“Instead, the menace of terrorism has gone on to plague the whole region.”
Criticising democratic forces in Pakistan for failing to implement the resolutions of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CCI), Fazl said it was their responsibility to bring Shariah to the country.
The present situation in the country demands that religious parties participate in the upcoming elections and not boycott them, Fazl said.
MYC President Qazi Hussain Ahmed, the former amir of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), provoked a volley of slogans from his supporters but he stopped them, saying “I will give you a single slogan that you should raise from now on.”
Qazi Hussain pointed out that “these different slogans have created all the problems that we are facing today.”
He called for the Muslim world to unite and to leave behind sectarian and ethnic differences. He thanked all religious leaders, particularly Shia leaders, for their participation.
Also speaking at the conference, Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed said that the Muslim world would have to unite to rise against anti-Islam elements, which could not be done solely through resolutions.
“Look at what is happening to Muslims in Kashmir, Palestine, Afghanistan and Iraq,” Saeed said. Today the biggest problem that Muslims face is ‘slavery’ not poverty, he said. “Only a united front against anti-Islam forces can free Muslims of this slavery.”
Referring to a controversial anti-Islam movie that enraged the Muslim world recently, he said the West was openly humiliating ‘our religion and our Holy Prophet (pbuh)’ and their leaders were not willing to take action against it.
The US president, addressing the UN General Assembly recently, openly refused to remove the video from social media, said an enraged Saeed.
In a seven-point declaration issued at the end, the MYC conference condemned terrorist activities in the name of religion, saying they were not justified.
They agreed on implementing CCI resolutions and vowed “to protect the honour of the Prophet (pbuh) at every cost and would not allow any amendments in blasphemy laws.”
Delegates from different countries including Afghanistan, Iran, and Tajikistan also participated in the conference.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 12th, 2012.
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After 9/11and before aggression on Afghanistan,the delegation consisting on angred American personals visited Pakistan.
The military dictator,then was president,was no such a brave man,did not dare to refuse but agreed,because they were talking about ''stone age''
As for as religious parties and men are concerned,the believe in one God and no fear from any power.
The parties and men would get free the country from foreign domonation and American ecnomic slavery.
We should all finish the differentces and assembled under one agenda.We are all muslims and there after nothings.
It is due to the excessive doase of religion the entire state system of Pakistan is now crippled . Now these dead gray matter moulanas are crying for unity among muslims on the name of Islam once again . I think public should ignore their call and ellect a govt.which can make the country a secular state to survive in a secular world order . Otherwise the dark days are ahead . In fact unity with world community can only save Pakistan .
Military dictator brought terror war to Pakistan: Fazl and you supported him whenever he went into trouble
As for as achievment of American objective is concerned it is very hard to gain> I would like to say herein it is impossible to achieve to the last extend.
It is better to leave this ridges and mountainous land whithin very shortest possible time.It is better than further stay. It is better than more carnage and lose of lives of sons of the nations,Afghan ,Pakistan and the United States
Pakistan and Afghanistan,due to war in terror,passing through a fragile economy and United States has also victim of falling down the level of economy.
In such circumstances,United Nations's arbitration has become dire need of the time.It is prime obligation to save the world to deviding into parts.
It is correct that military dictator brought a war to this country, till his era the war was foreign but u and all the politicians like u has converted it into our own war and even if we try we cannot leave it. Bravo!
Mr Fazl was part of MMA govt for 4 years during Gen M period & that was the time when they let this menace grow right under their nose & now trying very conveniently to shift the problem on others shoulder....it is MMA who let this monster grow & looked the other way when these rouge elements were re-grouping under MMA govt.....
This statement from the biggest backers of Gen. Mush!!! Has everyone forgotten about the MMA? This man's and this party's statements are not even worth the paper they are printed on!! And at this point i would like to remind everyone that these are the same people who 2 months ago were saying "over our dead bodies" will we let NATO supplies resume. Not a word since then because i guess there are no NATO supplies going through Pakistan now......
Why dont you own up to the problem as well? Every morning at Fajr, one gets to hear at least 10-15 different maulvis calling for Azan through their loudspeakers at the same time. The Friday sermon is dedicated to the conspiracy of the West and Jews against the 1 billion Muslims. The real problem is there is not a single religious or political leader of the country who calls for building and exporting cars, building jet engines, sending a man on the moon, building state of the art television sets and so on. No one calls for research in the sciences, no sermon encourages innovation or invention. Which brings us to where we are. I remember the Friday sermon of 1978 and not much has changed in the sermon of 2012. We were backward then, now we are in the stone age.