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Jul 31, 2009

Tabligh jamath dennounces gunpoint shariah

ISLAMABAD: In an unprecedented move, top leaders of the Tableeghi Jamaat have denounced enforcement of Sharia at gunpoint, religious extremism, militancy and terrorism.

Leaders of the Jamaat, who scrupulously avoid speaking on controversial issues, also called for promoting inter-faith harmony, tolerance, human rights, social justice and peace.

They were speaking at the conclusion of a three-day congregation near here on Monday. ‘Shariah cannot be enforced at gunpoint,’ declared Haji Abdul Wahab, Amir of the Tableeghi Jamaat, Pakistan.

Had that been the case, Allah Almighty would have sent fierce angels to protect prophets and enforce their faiths, he said.

The 90-year-old scholar, who left his job as sessions judge in pre-partition India and joined the Jamaat, cited the example of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), said the Holy Prophet never used force. Instead he spread the word of God only by peaceful means.

Haji Abdul Wahab also condemned extremism and militancy in the name of Islam, apparently a reference to the growing trend of Talibanisation and enforcement of Shria in Swat and other areas in the NWFP.

The congregation of tens of thousands of people was also addressed by Maulana Jamshaid, Maulana Mohammad Ahmed and Mualana Fahim.

‘Muslims should preach peace, brotherhood and tolerance across the world, including Israel. They must avoid imposing their creed or faith by force because Islam is a religion of peace and promotes tranquillity,’ another scholar told the mammoth gathering.

Maulana Mohammad Ahmed, a former educationist, said that Muslims should inspire adherents of other religions by their good moral and social behaviour. People who thought that Shariah could be imposed by force were simpletons, he said.

‘We should reach out to all human beings and guide them out of darkness. Before the advent of Islam, people were so inflexible that they used to bury their daughters without remorse. (But they changed.) Remember …human beings are above other creations of God,’ said Maulana Ahmed, the custodian of the largest seminary of the Tableeghi school of thought in Raiwind near Lahore.

The main message of the gathering was that Islam could not be confined to Pakistan or any other geographical area and there was a need to spread the religion of peace in every corner of the world.

People from across the country who had converged there pledged that they would continue the mission of spreading Islam across the world.

Ref: http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/12-tableeghi-jamaat-leaders-denounce-gunpoint-sharia--bi-12

3 comments:

  1. THIS IS EXCELLENT. I DID NOT EXPECT FROM THESE THOUGHTFUL LECTURES FROM A ULTRA-RELIGIOUS MUSLIM GROUP FROM PAKISTAN. AS A INDIAN MUSLIM THESE LECTURES ARE A EYE OPENING FOR ME BECAUSE OF MY MISCONCEPTION ABOUT STANCE OF THOSE ULTRA RELIGIOUS GROUPS. PEOPLE OF TALIBAN AND THEIR SYMPATHEISERS WHO ARE LOOKING AS THEY ARE FOLLOWING SUNNAH BY SPORTING BEARD AND TURBAN SEEM TO BE MISGUIDED AND DISTANCE THEMSELVE FROM THE PEOPLE OF PAKISTAN AND GIVE BAD NAME TO OUR RELIGION IN THE WORLD STAGE. AND FEEDING ISLOMOPHOPHIC MEDIA AND PEOPLE. THOSE OF TABLEEGI LEADERS SPEECHES ARE COMPLETELY ABOUT IMPOSE SHARIA AT THE GUN POINT, SO IT IS UNNECESSARY TO COMMENT FOR ME ABOUT PAKISTAN POLITICAL LEADERSHIP RELATIONS AND POLICY WITH WEST PARTICULARLY U.S.

    ABUMUAADH, INDIA.

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  3. From: AbdulMajid, Abuja, Nigeria.
    May Allah bless our elders. This is the word of from: AbdulMajid, Abuja, Nigeria. These words of our elders portends wisdom and guidance to all muslims of the world. Allah is merciful, so be merciful to all people, Taarif (explain, introduce) Allah and Islam to them with compassion, love and sincerity. develop a very large heart like that of our noble prophet (SAW) through Dawaah and hooruj. Those who appear today to be enemies of islam would tomorrow become happy in islam. More people would then escape jahannam and enter aljannah. May Allah bless our elders more. Amin.

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