JI leader Liaqat Baloch gave a speech on religious harmony which was attended by dozens of Shias in Kashrote – a Sunni dominated area. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Secretary General Liaqat Baloch visited the office of the Shia Ulema Council (SUC), a party headed by renowned Shia cleric Allama Sajid Naqvi, along with other party leaders and local elders as part of a goodwill gesture.
“It was time to offer Maghrib prayers when Baloch reached the Shia Ulema Council office located on Khazana Road with his delegation,” said Nazakat Ali, a local who also joined in the prayers. “The Shia clerics then invited Liaqat Baloch to lead the prayers, which he accepted.”
Shia clerics who offered prayers together included SUC President Mirza Ali, Syed Azhar, Sheikh Shahadat and MPA Didar Ali. Sunni clerics included JI leaders Abdur Rasheed Turabi, Maulana Sami and others.
Liaqat Baloch is currently on a visit to Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) to strengthen his party’s position in the region and is being accompanied by Abdur Rasheed Turabi and other senior leaders of JI. Earlier, Baloch gave a speech on religious harmony which was attended by dozens of Shias in Kashrote – a Sunni dominated area.
The gesture comes at a time when G-B faces multiple security threats from militants. A recent letter from the interior ministry revealed at least three militants from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have infiltrated G-B and are planning to attack Muharram processions in the capital town.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 9th,2013.
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just a eye wash by Jamat-e-Islami ...to get vote in the coming LB election....first J.I stop giving save house to the Al-Queda operatives...
Maybe if we can have more such initiatives by different maulanajis it would be good
A good news finally. This must be frequent until it becomes a common practice. All the mosques should allow access to all Muslims and boards indicating sectarian classification should be removed from the mosques
they just pretended to pray.... later both sects offered prayers separately!!
Well done clerics. Well done. Keep it up. Keep Satan away from the people.
Beware of backlash from anti-peace forces....its not a good news for them.
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OMG! Really! Made my day.