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The Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) has urged the government to perform its responsibility to provide security to the Shia community “instead of encouraging terrorists by issuing irresponsible statements”.
“Outlawed terrorist groups are freely continuing their activities across the country. The government must take action against those fanning religious hatred; otherwise the government will be deemed equally responsible for terrorism,” said Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafari, secretary general of the MWM, on Wednesday.
Speaking at a press conference here, he said the government and its officials should not talk of placing restrictions on mourning processions in Muharram. Instead, he said, they should take adequate steps to protect processions and mourners during the holy month.
Allama Jafari said the government had issued statements urging the Shias to reduce the number of their Azadari congregations.
“These are irresponsible statements. We challenge their legality because the Constitution of Pakistan allows Shias to exercise their fundamental, religious, cultural and political rights and Azadari of Imam Hussain (AS) is a fundamental legal right of Shia citizens.”
Allama Jafari said the government’s advice was also tantamount to encouraging and inviting terrorists to perpetrate terrorism against Shias.
“The government should take foolproof security measures and launch an operation against the enemies of Azadari,” he demanded.
The MWM leader noted that in their statements made on Ashura every year, government and opposition politicians vowed to follow Imam Hussain (AS).
“The government and opposition should prove they are followers of Imam Hussain (AS) and not of Umayyad
dynasty’s despotic ruler Yazid. They are duty-bound to
join Azadari and support Azadari.”
Allama Jafari announced that the Shias would observe Muharram and Azadari under the slogan of Labbaik Ya Hussain (AS). He urged all Pakistanis to join hands to defend Pakistan against all sorts of conspiracies.
He lashed out at police and Rangers for “cracking down on innocent Shia youths”. He also condemned “extrajudicial killings of Shia youths by Pakistan Rangers”.
Allama Jafari demanded that officials involved in extrajudicial killings be punished, and the government and judiciary should take action against them.
“Terrorists declare fellow Muslims as non-Muslims and inculcate hatred among Muslims against Muslims,” he said, adding that since the Shias resisted imperial powers and Zionism, the US and Israel got Shias killed by terrorists.
“There is no Sunni-Shia tension in Pakistan. A handful of Takfiri elements are trying to impose their illiterate government by terrorism and genocide of Shia Muslims,” he maintained.
He remarked that Shias strongly protested against an anti-Islam movie recently made in the US, and that American wanted to divert the attention of the Muslims from the film by creating divisions among the Muslims.
Athar Imran, central president of the Imamia Students Organisation, Allama Hassan Zafar Naqvi, spokesman for the MWM, Maulana Haider Abbas, Nasir Abbas Shirazi, Maulana Sadiq Raza Taqvi and Maulana Karimi of the MWM also attended the press conference.
The Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) has urged the government to perform its responsibility to provide security to the Shia community “instead of encouraging terrorists by issuing irresponsible statements”.
“Outlawed terrorist groups are freely continuing their activities across the country. The government must take action against those fanning religious hatred; otherwise the government will be deemed equally responsible for terrorism,” said Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafari, secretary general of the MWM, on Wednesday.
Speaking at a press conference here, he said the government and its officials should not talk of placing restrictions on mourning processions in Muharram. Instead, he said, they should take adequate steps to protect processions and mourners during the holy month.
Allama Jafari said the government had issued statements urging the Shias to reduce the number of their Azadari congregations.
“These are irresponsible statements. We challenge their legality because the Constitution of Pakistan allows Shias to exercise their fundamental, religious, cultural and political rights and Azadari of Imam Hussain (AS) is a fundamental legal right of Shia citizens.”
Allama Jafari said the government’s advice was also tantamount to encouraging and inviting terrorists to perpetrate terrorism against Shias.
“The government should take foolproof security measures and launch an operation against the enemies of Azadari,” he demanded.
The MWM leader noted that in their statements made on Ashura every year, government and opposition politicians vowed to follow Imam Hussain (AS).
“The government and opposition should prove they are followers of Imam Hussain (AS) and not of Umayyad
dynasty’s despotic ruler Yazid. They are duty-bound to
join Azadari and support Azadari.”
Allama Jafari announced that the Shias would observe Muharram and Azadari under the slogan of Labbaik Ya Hussain (AS). He urged all Pakistanis to join hands to defend Pakistan against all sorts of conspiracies.
He lashed out at police and Rangers for “cracking down on innocent Shia youths”. He also condemned “extrajudicial killings of Shia youths by Pakistan Rangers”.
Allama Jafari demanded that officials involved in extrajudicial killings be punished, and the government and judiciary should take action against them.
“Terrorists declare fellow Muslims as non-Muslims and inculcate hatred among Muslims against Muslims,” he said, adding that since the Shias resisted imperial powers and Zionism, the US and Israel got Shias killed by terrorists.
“There is no Sunni-Shia tension in Pakistan. A handful of Takfiri elements are trying to impose their illiterate government by terrorism and genocide of Shia Muslims,” he maintained.
He remarked that Shias strongly protested against an anti-Islam movie recently made in the US, and that American wanted to divert the attention of the Muslims from the film by creating divisions among the Muslims.
Athar Imran, central president of the Imamia Students Organisation, Allama Hassan Zafar Naqvi, spokesman for the MWM, Maulana Haider Abbas, Nasir Abbas Shirazi, Maulana Sadiq Raza Taqvi and Maulana Karimi of the MWM also attended the press conference.
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