DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Tableeghi Jamaat leaders denounce gunpoint Sharia
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.
Though a little late, but never too late. I hope other scholars, religious organizations speak against this crime.
yes bro it is indeed a very positive step to make clear to talibans that what the right patyh is and also is good answer to propaganda campaigns who say all molvis as terrorists and extremists.
it is the slap on their faces who say all molvis as extremists and terrorists.
and the ulema must also take part aginst war with taliban and also against any foreign aggression and stupidity.
