Addressing the All Pakistan Ijtema-e-Aam of JI at Minar-e-Pakistan on Saturday, Hasan said that military operations create more problems by setting off chain reactions rather than bringing peace in the country.
“Neither the military operation in Swat nor the ongoing war in South Waziristan by the Pakistan army is solving any problems faced by the country. A large number of people are suffering and have become displaced persons in their own country.”
He further expressed the desire to join hands with the Tebleeghi Jamat to bring change in the society. He said that both religious parties were struggling for the common good and for the formation of a just, Islamic society in Pakistan.
“JI and Tableeghi Jamat have similarities in their beliefs and teachings, and both are struggling to free the people from the slavery of other human beings [as well as] bringing Islamic rule of law in the country,” he said.
The former JI chief said Tablgheei Jamat concentrates on the moral character of a person, and tries to make common people better Muslims while JI had the same goal -- but it was also struggling to reform the society through a democratic struggle.
Hasan further called for the waging a ‘jihad’ to eliminate oppression in the Pakistani society along with a democratic struggle, adding that ‘jihad’ was a fundamental principle of Islam and has nothing to do with terrorism and militancy.
“Due to the propaganda against ‘jihad’, people are now even ashamed of using this word as Jihad has been maligned as terrorism.”
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