The Muslim Times Editor for Pakistan
Credit: The Horizon
March 23, 2012
According to news accounts reported in Pakistan’s Urdu newspaper, Daily Express, an anti-Ahmadiyya conference held in Lahore by Khatima-e Nubuwwat Tahafuz Majlis ended with demands that killing of Ahmadis be allowed through legislation.
The clerics at the conference demanded that the legislature must enact ‘Sharia-compliant’ punishments for apostasy.
In layman’s terms ‘Sharia-compliant’ punishment for apostasy means that those considered apostate by the Muslims clerics should be put to sword, a view developed through the dark ages of the Muslim Ummah and ever since Muslim clerics have been desperately trying to hold on to their congregations through use of force.
All moderate Muslims believe that the notion of killing someone as a punishment for abandoning their faith is utterly un-Islamic and contrary to the teaching of the Holy Qur’an and the Prophet Mohammad.
The extremist group, Tahaafuz-e KhatimeNubuwwat (TKN) – whose name literally means and the stated purpose includes guarding against God sending any prophets to the world – is at the forefront of demanding legalization of killing Ahmadis for being apostates.
Ahmadis believe their founder Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, India, is the Promised Messiah and Mehdi, a prophet of God subordinate to the Holy founder of Islam, the Prophet Mohammad; as foretold by the Prophet Mohammed himself.
TKN has repeatedly distributed throughout Pakistan their own hit-lists of Ahmadis with names and addresses; and pamphlets, calling masses to start killing Ahmadis and ‘earn an abode in paradise for the virtuous deed.’
Attended by scores of renegade clerics, the Khatima-e Nubuwwat conference was used as a platform to encourage the trend of forced conversions of Hindus and to promote further persecution of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, it was reported by Daily Express news published on March 20th.
Further, according to the news, the conference also issued statements of confidence and support for Difa’a-e Pakistan movement, a group of militants clerics who came together as a new front against moderation after several of their militant organizations were banned as terrorists. Difa’a-e Pakistan and TKN are joined by members of several known militant organizations such as Tablighis, Lashkar-e Jhangvi (LeJ, Lashkar-e Tayyaba (LeT), Jamaat-ud Dawa (Jud), and even Tehrek-e-Taliban, Pakistan (TTP).
The clerics demanded that Ahmadi homes should be raided to locate if the community has stockpiled munitions in Rabwah, a town of majority Ahmadi population in the Punajb. While JUP (a religio-political group) speaker Rouf Farooqi claimed Ahmadiyya community was installed by the British to end the notion of Jihad from Islam, Jamaat-e Islami representative Fareed Parach alleged that the Ahmadis are working against the interest of Pakistan by cooperating with America, Israel, and India.
Abdul Latif Khalid-Cheema, one of the speaker at TKN conference decried that while Pakistan was founded in the name of Islam, why the founder of Pakistan, Mohammad Ali Jinnah installed Sir Zafrulla Khan – who was an Ahmadi – as its first foreign minister, 65 years ago. Sir Zafrulla Khan, a prominent Ahmadi , and world renowned jurist also lead the Pakistani delegation at the UN, served a term as President of the UN General Assembly and went on to head the International Court of Justice at Hague. TKN group and other attending clerics at the Lahore conference stated that they will make sure no Ahmadi is ever given any key governmental posts or assignments.
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I think I have a better solution in mind!
It would be far more rational and in keeping with international law to prosecute these Mullahs for hate speech and hate crimes and their Nazi ideas!
This is an American brand of Islam taught through Alqaida teachings used against Russia in Afghanistan has no place in the Islam revealed by God to prophet Mohammad SAW. It is high time to ban this TKN or KN prosecute hate mongering Mullahs if Pakistanis really need peace and prosperity in their country
Let the Mullah to do his evil job. Ahmadi to do his/her noble job. It had been, is and will be like that as all the revealed books contain stories of such acts and deeds both of evil and noble. Allah has also schemes and when His scheme will be enated Mullah will face the smae fate as of Zia ul Haq.
I kind of agree with the sentiment of Zubair sb. For Allah is the best of planners, the enemies plan as they might…
We can only do so much. Other than that, we leave the rest to our Most Merciful Creator.
In fact, when He does show His plan, these blood thirsty creeps will be taken completely by surprise. After all they are helping our Jama’at achieve Martyrdom. And while these thick-heads believe that they are getting by a short-cut, into heaven by murdering us, we are getting there instead, Alhamdulillah!
Chritianity ended its internecine warfare nearly 300 years ago.
http://www.historyguide.org/earlymod/lecture6c.htmlWhile discrimination between Catholics and Protestants did persist, I can not think of any predominately Christian nation where it is a major issue today, with the possible exception of Ulster, Northern Ireland, and that is more of an economic situation rather than a religious one. Christianity does have a historically terrible record of anti-Jewish attitudes and behavior, but the violence against them has ceased with rare exception and is not an official policy of any Christian faith as once was. Now it is the Ummah’s turn to come to grips with its own internecine conflicts and violent discriminatory antipathy towards other faiths. The West has been pressed to accept the notion that Islam is a ‘Religion of Peace’, yet innumerable examples that defy that concept are presented daily, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa. It is readily apparent that Muslims kill each other with great abandon for many reasons, religious and political, and rationalize it with the term ‘heretic’ and ‘traitor’. In addition, to be anything other than a Muslim in those nations is truly a life-threatening and/or exceeding difficult position. I believe that this is the basis of the mistrust and fear that many Westerners feel towards Muslims and Islam which is improperly termed ‘Islamophobia’ by those that are ‘enablers’ of Islam’s culture of violence against ‘the other’. This is how I see the situation and is not meant as any manner of disrespect.
The ‘Nazi incident’ was ‘just a little ‘hick-up’ in relatively recent times?
While especially members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat are killed due to their faith most ‘inter-Muslim’ killings these days are done not for religious reasons, but for political ones (Libya, Syria, even in Iraq it is more a question of power than of Sunni-Shiah conflict).
But yes, generally you do have a point…
That is why The Muslim Times is trying to show ‘the other way’ (Love for All, Hatred for None).
Dear Robert Adams
The solution to the question or dilemma that you raise is to not stereotype and put Islam and all Muslims in one bucket. The Prophet Muhammad and the early Muslims brought and practiced a message of pluralism and tolerance. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is reflecting that early and pure Islam.
The extremist and fundamentalist Muslims speak by words and actions for themselves.
I hope it is helpful.
The international community must come forward and persuade Pakistani Governing bodies to explain their stance over demands made publicly to let kill one community members legally.Is this the Islam they are preaching.Never ever could be had even a single example of such nastiness by the founder of Islam.They are misleading even Muslims out of all this non-sense.They are living no-where and gained nothing but humility for whole Muslim World.May Allah refrain them of their ill plans to all humankinds what to talk of poor ahmadis.
Dear Mr. Shah; It was not my intent to stereotype Muslims, nor to lump them all together. I am open minded and cognizant of the many different sects and sub-sects within Islam. My point was to emphasize how Muslims and Islam is perceived by many westerners. The fact that I am here engaging in dialogue should demonstrate that I am seeking common ground.
Dear Mr. Tschannen; I never said “The ‘Nazi incident’ was ‘just a little ‘hick-up’ in relatively recent times” nor did I infer that. It is not fair of you to imply that I did. However, if you’d like to go there we can. We can speak of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem’s collaboration with the Nazis and the Italian fascists. We can speak of Himmler’s admiration of Islam and his raising of a Muslim SS Division of Bosnians. But, let’s not go there. The Nazi movement was not religiously based – it was a racist and nationalistic one. What is more imperative at this time is peace between all peoples and all faiths in the here and now and that is my fervent desire. Again, Sir, I say that I mean no disrespect. My intent is understanding and acceptance between us all.
agree.
MY COMMON VIEW:
ONE:-
It is nobody’s right to stand up and demand, “give me the permission and “legal permission” to kill someone”.
TWO:-
Until now (say Yesterday), such a demand in a country like Pakistan was ALSO considered “absurd” – but it is no more!!
THREE:-
Quraanic Teaching is “to remain vigilant of the enemy”.
FOUR:-
God Almighty helps those who help themselves.
By the grace of Allah Almighty, Ahmadis are destined to survive and triumph, but it does in no way relieve them enough to overlook or discount the acts, gestures, feelers, tickers, teasers, signs, motions, signals, indications, activities, groupings, etc., placed by the enemy.
Ahmadis should be vigilant, keep on praying and try to remain as much safer as ordinarily possible.
it surely seems High Time for the “Conscious Voice of the World Conscience” TO DEMAND CLEARLY, STRONGLY AND LOUDLY FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN TO DO THEIR STATE DUTY – TO PROTECT AHMADIS AND OTHER SIMILAR SMALLER RELIGIOUS GROUPS”.
“Allahuma Ahdunn Qaumi Fa-innahum Layalamoon” – is what Hadhrat Rasoole KarimSAW prayed when the vagrants of Taief caused maltreatment and hurt for him.
Allah may very graciously accept it again. Amen.
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