Re: Jamaat-i-Islami: Hakeemullah was a ‘martyr’
Actually, I am not surprised. Surprise is only for those who thinks that all religious faces in Pakistan are faces of Islam, united in beliefs, and consider Taliban as ‘people waging war in the name of Islam’ or at least misguided but committed Muslims. Truth is entirely different.
Pakistan religious faces are divided. For some, Taliban are pious Muslims, Takfeer is their birth right, killing Muslims on whom they do takfeer is their religious obligation, fighting anyone who oppose their beliefs is their religious duty, and imposition of their beliefs on all Muslims, by hook or crook, is their religious objective. Many with such thought unfortunately have got recognition as Islamic scholars when they are only Scholars of their deviant misguided sect.
On the other hand, we have Muslims (vast majority, Shia and Sunni alike) who believe that we are on this world for a test (as individuals), and Allah will judge us all on judgment day, so our duty as Muslim is to preach ‘right and wrong’ with words, and only oppose with hands those who are aggressive towards us and are an obvious obstruction in following path of leading a life of Muslim.
Hence, you would not find any statement from Pakistani scholars of Shias and Sunnis claiming that Hakeemullah is Shaheed, rather most would be ignoring his death. On the other hand, you may find some so-called scholars of Deobandi sect (not all, but some with deviant mind and beliefs) who may consider Hakeemullah as Shaheed.
[Now, it is our duty for our own sake to know and learn the difference between right and wrong (at least according to our own intelligence), as after death all will be alone and would be answering questions on their acts and beliefs, without saying that they acted or believed because so and so they followed]