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Jihad is not terrorism: Qazi

Staff Report

KARACHI: The Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal’s chief, Qazi Husain Ahmed, defended jihad on Friday and said it could not be equated with terrorism because it manifested struggle for the right of the oppressed against the cruel and was aimed at establishing a society based on justice.

Speaking at a Friday congregation in Masjid-e-Quba in SITE area, he said Islam emphasises justice and teaches its followers not to accept slavery of any aggressor and worship only Allah the Almighty.

“Denial of justice spawns cruelty in society and paves the way for injustice and atrocities against the oppressed and the poor,” he said. He said the Holy Quran was revealed in Ramazan and it teaches the Ummah to wage jihad against terrorism and establish a system based on justice and equity. He said Islam also teaches to Muslims strengthen themselves.

“The people of Kashmir and Palestine are facing state terrorism. America, Israel and India have become terrorist states and killing innocent people in the occupied Muslim territories,” he said.

Later, Mr Ahmed, who is also chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami, said at an Iftar party, hosted by the party’s local leadership, President Musharraf’s formula “to divide Kashmir in seven regions is against the history of the valley.” “Pakistani generals are not ready for war and all of them are more concerned about plots and moneys than to protect the country,” he claimed. “Tell me which country they have fought against and conquered so far? They have only humiliated their own nation and conquered their own country,” he claimed. He accused the rulers of showing more flexibility towards the Indians and claimed that they were getting no reciprocal response.

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