Well done! here is a link

http://tribune.com.pk/story/99313/hardline-stance-religious-bloc-condones-murder/

Hardline Stance: Religious bloc condones murder
Salman Siddiqui
January 5, 2011

Arrested Qadri sits in a police van at the site of a fatal attack on Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab, by his bodyguard in Islamabad on January 4, 2011. PHOTO: AFP
KARACHI: More than 500 religious scholars belonging to the Barelvi school of thought paid rich tributes to the assassin of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer on Tuesday and urged ‘Muslims across the country’ to boycott the funeral ceremony.
While the Deoband and Barelvi leaders appear to be on the same page when it comes to condemning the slain Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader for terming the blasphemy law as a black law, the Barelvi scholars, who claim to be the ‘true lovers of the Holy Prophet (pbuh)’, have taken a more hardline stance.
The largest body of the Barelvi group, the Jamaate Ahle Sunnat Pakistan (JASP), whose directions are considered binding on every other organisation that follows the same school of thought, issued a statement saying that “No Muslim should attend the funeral or even try to pray for Salmaan Taseer or even express any kind of regret or sympathy over the incident.”
The statement which has been endorsed by senior Barelvi leaders such as Professor Saeed Shah Kazmi, Allama Syed Riaz Hussain Shah, Syed Shah Turabul Haq Qadri and Hajji Mohammad Tayyab calls the assassin Mumtaz Hussain Qadri ‘Ashiqe Rasool Ghaziye Mulk (Lover of the Prophet, Commander of the Country)’.
“We pay rich tributes and salute the bravery, valour and faith of Mumtaz Qadri,” the statement said, adding that the ministers, politicians, ‘so-called’ intellectuals and anchor persons should learn lessons from the governor’s death. The scholars said that those who insult the Holy Prophet (pbuh), even if they did not intend to, were liable for death.
Hajji Mohammad Tayyab, who is also the secretary general of the Sunni Ittehad Council, told The Express Tribune that scholars had “repeatedly urged the president, prime minister and Governor Taseer himself that if their knowledge about the blasphemy law are limited, they should consult them and avoid debating over the issue as it would inflame the people and then anything could happen.”
Shah Turabul Haq Qadri’s son Siraj, also a senior member of the JASP, endorsed the statement and said it was now binding on every Muslim.
Jamiat Ulemae Pakistan (JUP) central executive committee member Maulana Shabbir went as far as saying that in his opinion Salmaan Taseer was ‘Wajubul Qatil’ (must be killed according to divine law). “He had called the divine law of God, a black law and tried to protect a condemned blasphemer,” he said.
Senior Sunni Tehrik leader Shahid Ghauri said although his party was yet to issue any formal statement about the matter, he would support the call of JASP because the people who gave the edict were his elders.
Senior Jamaate Islami leader Farid Paracha distanced his organisation from the JASP statement, but condemned the governor for calling the blasphemy law, a black law. “I believe that this call for changing the law was being done at the behest of the US and other western powers.”
Senior cleric of the Deoband school of thought and Jamia Binoria chief Mufti Naeem said he could not understand why the slain PPP leader invited trouble for himself, especially given that the blasphemy law was passed in 1985 by the parliament unanimously. “He kept on taking Aasia’s name, but I ask why didn’t he ever make a similar plea for Aafia (Siddiqui).” Naeem said although Islam says that anyone who commits blasphemy is liable to death punishment, what the killer Mumtaz Qadri did was totally wrong as he took the law into his hand.
“The blasphemy law was made exactly to prevent such incidents. Else there will be chaos in the country and everyone would kill everyone,” he said. Maulana Asad Thanvi too supported Naeem’s stance and said although what governor Taseer did was condemnable in the strongest words, he should have been tried in the courts.
Allama Abbas Kumaili of the Shia school of thought said the blasphemy law can be misused and there was no doubt about it. “But the way Salmaan Taseer took up the matter was blunt which inflamed the more emotional and ignorant people of our country.”
Published in The Express Tribune, January 5th, 2011.

“Salmaan Taseer was himself responsible for his killing,” Munawar Hasan, the head of Jamaat-e-Islami, one of the two big religious political parties, said. “Any Muslim worth the name could not tolerate blasphemy of the Prophet, as had been proved by this incident.”

“No Muslim should attend the funeral or even try to pray for Salmaan Taseer,” a statement from Jamaate Ahle Sunnat Pakistan, one of the biggest organisations of the Barelvi, representing 500 religious scholars, said. “We pay rich tributes and salute the bravery, valour and faith of Mumtaz Qadri.”

Taseer’s assassination showed how free speech has been curtailed in Pakistan. The religious scholars warned that others could meet the same fate.

“The supporter is as equally guilty as one who committed blasphemy,” the Jamaate Ahle Sunnat Pakistan statement said. It added that adding politicians, the media and others should learn “a lesson from the exemplary death”.

Qadri appeared in court, unrepentant, where waiting lawyers threw handfuls of rose petals over him and others in the crowd slapped his back and kissed his cheek as he was led in and out amid heavy security.

The internet had already been hosting fan pages for Qadri, with one Facebook page attracting over 2,000 followers before being taken down, while there were small demonstrations in favour of the killer in north-west Pakistan.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/05/pakistan-religious-organisations-salman-taseer

Well done, guys. Finally! This is exactly what needs to be done. These buggers should stop getting free rides, or have their cake and eat it too.

TASEER GOT tHE RIGHT TREATMENT

PML-N’s information secretary’s statement endorsing the murder

گورنر کے قتل کو سیاسی کہنا تحقیقات پر اثر انداز ہونے کی کوشش ہے،ن لیگ

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لاہور…مسلم لیگ ن نے سلمان تاثیر کے قتل کو سیاسی قرار دینے پر کہا ہے کہ یہ مشترکا اور عدالتی تحقیقات پر اثر انداز ہونے کی کوشش ہے، پارٹی ترجمان صدیق الفاروق کا کہنا ہے کہ گورنر پنجاب نے جس طرح کے بیانات دئیے، انہیں محتاط رہنا چاہیئے تھا ، اگر ممتاز قادری ایسا نہ کرتا تو کوئی اور کر دیتا۔ اسلام آباد میں نیوز کانفرنس کے دوران صدیق الفاروق نے کہا ہے کہ پیپلز پارٹی کے بعض رہنما خاص ایجنڈے کے تحت سلمان تاثیر کے قتل کو سیاسی قرار دے رہے ہیں، صدر اور وزیر اعظم تحقیقات پر اثر انداز ہونے و الی بیان بازی رکوائیں، اگر رحمان ملک خود قانون ہاتھ میں لینے کی بات کریں گے تو کسی دوسرے کو کیسے مورد الزام ٹھہرایا جا سکتا ہے۔ صدیق الفاروق نے کہا کہ بلیو بک کے مطابق گورنر کو اسلام آباد میں سکیورٹی وفاقی حکومت نے دینا تھی، حساس ایشو پر بیان کے بعد خطرات تھے تو سلمان تاثیر عوامی مقام پر کیوں گئے

http://search.jang.com.pk/update_details.asp?nid=107944

“Everybody is in favor of Mumtaz Qadri,” said Raghib Hussain Naeemi, a leading cleric in Lahore. “Everybody is thinking that Salmaan Taseer was on the wrong side. He’s standing with that person who committed blasphemy.”

The Jamaat-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, another religious group, said in a statement signed by more than 500 clerics that Mr. Qadri was a “true soldier of Islam” and warned Muslims not to mourn his death.

“It is a warning to all intellectuals and politicians who [want] to change Islamic laws,” the statement said.

Jamaat-e-Islami, one of Pakistan’s main Islamist political parties, also said the assassination was justified. “If the government had removed him from the governorship, there wouldn’t have been the need for someone to shoot him,” it said in a statement.

Other segments of society, including talk-show hosts, have also justified Mr. Taseer’s murder.

“The governor’s remarks had hurt the sentiments of Muslims and Qadri could not control his sentiments,” said one top TV anchor on a prime-time show.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703675904576063581434623072.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_News_BlogsModule

Include the fanatics starting and promoting facebook pages in the support of murder. Put them all in the terrorist watch list.
Nothing much to hope from our state but at lease civilized world can take a stand.

International organizations and both western and Muslim nations should keep an on not only on the media and political people you have mentioned but also the hate-mongers in cyberspace (blogs, facebook, etc.).

Their IP Ads should be found out because many of these people are already living the West.

Why are the names of Hamid Mir and Ansar Abbassi not added in media personnel list? The programs he did in capital talk were both what?

Also add the name of Shehikh Waqas PMLQ parliamentarian (see capital talk for reference)

Abdul Nishapuri,

To be fair though… Imran Khan has actually been calling for the repeal of the blasphemy law and he condemned the brutal murder of Ghazi Salmaan Taseer Shaheed ala rahma.

We need to make a broadbased coalition against these religious bigots so I appeal that you proceed with reason and caution.

@Meera, Hamid Mir has been added in the update. This list is not complete. I am glad that Imran Khan has also been added. He has been a constant apologist for the Taliban and this clean shaven closet Taliban is even more dangerous than the foot soldiers. His mentors, Hamid Gul and Jamaat Islami know that our civil society has a soft corner for this guy but read his rubbish and hear him speak (where the media barely questions his falsehood) and you will know where he stands. He has been adviced to talk in favour of amending the Blasphemy Law but this pretense is exposed when placed together with his numerous television appearances where he has spoken in favour of the Taliban and spouted the lines of the establishment. The most disgraceful was when he called Prof. Hoodbhoy a CIA agent on Hamid Mir’s show.

salmaan taseer was murtid not muslim and Mumtaz Qadri did right. u people can’t change our mind by writting these kind of articles @ Molanaa u are farig ( Free) from islaam…………………… we know our islaam better and we are Muslims Alhamdulillah and @ Molanna who prayed Namaz e Janaza …… also …………… i have no words ……………. we know wat was right ………….. and whatever truth got it ……….

Agree with Anwar Seekry. No point going back in history although Pakistanis should realize Jinnah and Iqbal probably erred. The names of people in this Islamofascists’ list should be sent to governments across the world on whose crumbs these beggars live. I would add to the list Zaid Hamid, Shireen Mazari, Ahmad Quraishi, Kamran Khan, Zafar Hilaly, Taraq Fatemi, Jawed Naqvi, Ikramullah etc. I would also add the names of Gilani, Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Rehman Malik and the Sharif Brothers among other politicians. By implication, they back terrorists, extremists and Islamo-fascists. They are also responsible for bringing Pakistan to its current state.

Let me suggest five things that would happen if Pakistan was, indeed, a functional state and society.

Instead of the emotional slogans, false tears, and petty political point-scoring that we are now seeing, here are a few things that might have happened if Pakistan was the place we all want it to be, but is not (starting from the easiest and moving to the most important):

1. The immediate culprit – Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri – would be immediately and swiftly (that is critical) tried in a court of law and given the full punishment under the law. Justice which is transparent, fair, and speedy should be done, and seen to be done.

2. All opportunities to turn the murderer into a public hero would be denied to him and his ‘fans.’ This means, no access to media, no opportunities to be garlanded, no occasions to shout slogans to TV cameras, etc. There are lots of simple means to do so and the media would be banned – for national sanity reasons – from reporting directly on his, running footage of him, or in any way projecting him. The purpose would be not to restrict information, but to resist misinformation on a pending case.

3. Immediate investigation would be undertaken against all who had instigated violence and murder, issued fatwas, or in any ways created the inducement or provided encouragement to commit violence against Salman Taseer or others in relation to the blasphemy issue. This would certainly include, at a minimum, those evil jokers who were publicly offering money for murder but would also include an immediate and swift investigation into those on the media who had contributed to instigation and hysteria and inflamed emotions with violent rhetoric and also those political or public figures (including so-called ‘ulemas‘) who may have directly instigated violence in the name of this issue at any public rally. These investigations would swiftly lead to arrests, trials, and full punishment under incitement to violence laws.

4. Anyone justifying murder, glorifying the murderer, or creating public incitement on this issue in the aftermath of the murder would be swiftly arrested, tried and given full punishment under the law. This could require large number of arrests to crush illegal rallies, etc., and the government would be ready to take that principled stand. This would also include full legal action against any media person using the media to justify the breaking of the law or the act of murder (for example, by arguing – directly or indirectly – that the murder of Salman Taseer was justified).

5. The government would immediately move to repeal, or at least review the Blasphemy law itself and swiftly bring needed changes to it so that its spirit is not misused or made subject to vigilantism. This would be the least that could be done to honor the memory of Salman Taseer.
None of these would be easy to do, even in a saner Pakistan. But ‘difficult’ is never an excuse not to do what is ultimately ‘right.’

I can try to push the conversation away from the inanities I hear on the TV and read in newspapers and towards a sense of what the ‘right’ thing to do would be, even if in an imaginary Pakistan.

(from Pakistaniat)

Y Khan.. point 4 from pakistaniat post would apply to jinnah and iqbal.

I am not saying the murder was justified but at least be consistent.

whoever slays a soul, unless it be for MANSLAUGHTER or FOR MISCHIEF IN THE LAND, it is as though he slew all men (5:32)

According to Quran death penalty/killing is ONLY permissible for Man slaughter or Mischief Making and for NO OTHER REASONS.

and whoever did not judge by what Allah revealed, those are they that are the unbelievers.(5:44)

http://criticalppp.com/archives/36405

Y Khan says:
January 6, 2011 at 7:22 pm
An example of the civil society’s narrative you referred to in your post, how similar to what Declan Walsh is saying:

An open letter to President Zardari — I —Shahid Saeed

You and your party isolated Salmaan Taseer and Sherry Rehman. Babar Awan, Khursheed Shah and all others who said that the just stance of Taseer and Rehman was not the party position, fed Taseer to the dogs

http://dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=201117\story_7-1-2011_pg3_6

The establishment deprives Zardari of his lieutenant in Punjab, and the establishment’s proxies are blaming Zardari for that.

There is no dearth of willing or naive accomplices in this world!

hina says:
January 7, 2011 at 5:16 am
@ykhan,i couldn’t agree more.even the more liberal newspaper like DAWN in its editorial on 5th jan wrote,”its more depressing that his (salman taseer) own party didnt stand up in his support”. 2day cyril almeida in his weekly column repeats the same rhetoric and also quotes declan walsh 2 prove his point.moreover,Rana sanaullah,notorious 4 his link with the banned islamic outfits ,in his latest statement accused ppp 4 ditching taseer. Its increasingly evident now that a ”deliberate attempt” is being made by the establishment 2 further malign mr.zardari and create confusion in the rank and file of ppp and demoralise its workers.

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This murder is a hate crime and nothing else. Let’s not grace attention to frivolous arguments which we would like to hear. What must be realised is that the public-servant-turned-killer hated the victim so much that he emptied over two dozen bullets into the governor.

Samad Khurram
http://tribune.com.pk/story/99460/the-medias-role-in-taseers-murder/

@Raza

It is good that you bought a currently camouflaged Taliban apologist and known PPP hater, USA-phobe Samad Khurram in the list of Taseer haters. Any one who reduces Taseer’s martyrdom to “nothing more than a hate crime” is a willing friend of Mumtaz Qadri and his mentors. Also, he writes: “The security guard who shot the governor was not funded by a terrorist organisation or a political group; rather his motivations stemmed from a misguided conviction, a culmination of anger and hate and a clouded moral compass.” Is he privy to investigation?

I also found the following comments of interest from Samad Khurram’s article in Express Tribune:

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Who will take care of the “deep state”. Most of the mullahs and journalists-both on stupid box and in Urdu print media have connections with the “powerful” circles of the “deep state”. Its a deep rooted problem my friend.
Khalid Aziz
Jan 6, 2011 – 2:26AM

It is absolutely wrong for this young writer to declare,
” The security guard who shot the governor was not funded by a terrorist organisation or a political group; rather his motivations stemmed from a misguided conviction, a culmination of anger and hate and a clouded moral compass. ”
Not so fast. We have to wait till more facts come out and investigations are carried out.
And the editorial should take care to edit material in such sensitive cases. They should be extra careful specially after Salmaan Taseer’s murder
Yousuf Nazar
Jan 6, 2011 – 4:55A

It seems as if you are conducting the investigation of this case. What makes you make the following conclusion:
‘The security guard who shot the governor was not funded by a terrorist organisation or a political group; rather his motivations stemmed from a misguided conviction, a culmination of anger and hate and a clouded moral compass.’
Such claims are also a testament to misreporting of facts.
Riaz
Jan 6, 2011 – 10:23AM

http://tribune.com.pk/story/99460/the-medias-role-in-taseers-murder/

ممتاز قادری پر لوگوں نے گل پاشی کی، ٢٠٠ سے زائد وکلاء کا مفت مقدمہ لڑنے کا اعلان، رہائی کے لئے پشاور اور تنگی میں مظاہرے

http://express.com.pk/epaper/PoPupwindow.aspx?newsID=1101137918&Issue=NP_LHE&Date=20110106

sourced from pkpolitics.com

علماء نے گورنر پنجاب کو بار بار سمجھایا تھا، حنیف طیب

کراچی (پ ر) سنی اتحاد کونسل کے سیکریٹری جنرل سابق وفاقی وزیر حاجی محمد حنیف طیب نے گورنر پنجاب کے قتل کے حوالے سے اپنے ایک بیان میں کہا ہے کہ ہر مکتب فکر کے علماء نے صدر پاکستان، وزیراعظم پاکستان اور خود سلمان تاثیر کو بار بار سمجھایا تھا کہ جب اسلامی تعلیمات کے بارے میں ان کی معلومات صفر ہیں تو وہ ناموس رسالتﷺ کے قانون کے بارے میں کوئی تبصرہ کرنے سے پہلے علماء و مشائخ سے رہنمائی حاصل کریں۔ سلمان تاثیر تو مسلسل اپنے موقف پر ڈٹے رہے اور علماء کے بارے میں ان کے انٹرویوز گواہ ہیں کہ انہوں نے کس انداز میں علماء کا مذاق اڑایا، صدر اور وزیراعظم نے بھی انتہائی غیر سنجیدگی کا مظاہرہ کیا۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ سنی اتحاد کونسل کے مرکزی رہنماؤں کے مابین مشاورت جاری ہے اور اس کے بعد ہی پالیسی بیان جاری کیا جائیگا۔

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مظفر گڑھ: گورنر پنجاب کے قتل پر دو کروڑ روپے انعام کا اعلان کرنے والے کی گرفتاری و رہائی

خان گڑھ (نامہ نگار/ٹی وی رپورٹ) گورنر پنجاب سلمان تاثیر کو قتل کرنے کیلئے 2 کروڑ روپے کے مبینہ انعام کا اعلان کرنیوالے سابق تحصیل ناظم مظفر گڑھ محمد آباد ڈوگر کو گرفتار کر لیا گیا تاہم پوچھ گچھ کے بعد جانے کی اجازت دیدی گئی۔ بتایا جاتا ہے کہ ناموس رسالت قانون میں مجوزہ ترمیم کیخلاف ریلی میں ن لیگ کے رہنما اور سابق تحصیل ناظم نے انعام کا اعلان کیا تھا۔ گزشتہ روز گورنر تاثیر کے قتل کے بعد آباد ڈوگر سے پوچھ گچھ کیلئے تھانے طلب کرلیا گیا جس پر شہر میں ان کے حامیوں نے قومی شاہراہ بلاک کردی اور احتجاج شروع کردیا۔ ایک گھنٹے بعد ڈی ایس پی صدر نے یقین دہانی کرائی کہ آباد ڈوگر کو گرفتار نہیں کیا گیا اور پوچھ گچھ کیلئے بلایا تھا رابطہ کرنے پر ڈی ایس پی صدر ریاض بخاری نے مزید کہا کہ آباد ڈوگر کو گرفتار کرنے کے احکامات نہیں ملے۔ انہیں پوچھ گچھ کے بعد گھر جانے کی اجازت دے دی گئی ہے۔

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گجرات اور مانسہرہ میں ریلیاں ملک ممتاز قادری کو خراج تحسین

گجرات / مانسہرہ (نمائندگان جنگ) گورنر پنجاب سلمان تاثیر کے قتل پر گجرات اور مانسہرہ میں جماعت اہلسنت اور تحریک تحفظ ختم نبوت نے ریلیاں نکالیں اور گورنر کو قتل کرنے والے ملک ممتاز قادری کو خراج تحسین پیش کیا۔ تفصیلات کے مطابق تحریک تحفظ ختم نبوت کے کارکنوں نے منگل کو گورنر پنجاب سلمان تاثیر کے قتل کا جشن منانے کیلئے مانسہرہ میں ایک ریلی نکالی، 100 سے زائد افراد مرکزی چوراہے پر جمع ہوگئے اور مقتول گورنر کے خلاف نعرے لگائے ۔ ریلی میں شریک افراد نے اپنے ہاتھوں میں پلے کارڈ اُٹھا کر ایبٹ آباد روڈ پر مارچ کیا اور واقعے کی خوشی مناتے ہوئے مٹھائیاں بھی تقسیم کیں۔ تحریک تحفظ ختم نبوت مانسہرہ ڈسڑکٹ کے سربراہ عبدالروٴف روفی ، سابق ناظم امجد سالار اور دیگر نے ریلی سے خطاب کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ سلمان تاثیر کو توہین آمیز کلمات کی ادائیگی کے باعث قتل کیا گیا۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ جس شخص نے گورنر کا قتل کیا وہ ایک بہترین مسلمان ہے اور مسلمانوں کو اس بہادری پر اسے انعامات سے نوازا جانا چاہئے۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ مرحوم سلمان تاثیر صیہونیوں کے ایجنٹ تھے اور ان کی لاش کو ان کے صیہونی آقاوٴں کے حوالے کر دینی چاہئے۔ جبکہ گجرات میں عالمی تنظیم اہلسنت کے صدر پیر محمد افضل قادری کی زیر قیادت ریلی نکالی گئی جس میں زبردست ہوائی فائرنگ ہوئی۔ پیر محمد افضل کا کہنا تھا کہ ملک ممتاز قاردی کو زبردست خراج تحسین پیش کرتے ہیں ، حکومت اس کیخلاف کسی قسم کی کارروائی سے باز رہے اس کا مقدمہ ہم لڑیں گے۔ انہوں نے گورنر سلمان تاثیر کے قتل پر 40 روزہ جشن منانے کا اعلان کیا۔ پیر افضل قادری نے کہا کہ گورنر پنجاب کو شہید نہیں بلکہ ملک ممتاز قادری کو غازی کے لقب سے پکارا جائے۔

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توہین شانِ رسالت کی مجرمہ سے اظہار ہمدردی درست نہیں تھا ،فضل الرحمن

کراچی (جنگ نیوز) جمعیت علماء اسلام (ف) کے سربراہ مولانا فضل الرحمان نے کہا ہے کہ توہین شان رسالت کے قانون کو ”کالا قانون “ کہنا بے احتیاطی اور اس کی مجرمہ سے ہمدردی کرنا اور اُس کی رہائی کیلئے باتیں کرنا بھی اعتدال سے باہر کی صورت تھی اور ایسا کرنا درست نہیں تھا، دونوں طرف سے انتہا پسندانہ جذبات سامنے آنے سے اس طرح کے واقعات رونما ہوتے ہیں۔ اِن خیالات کا اظہار اُنہوں نے جیو نیوز کے پروگرام ”کیپٹل ٹاک“ میں میزبان حامد میر کے ساتھ گفتگو میں کیا۔ ”گورنر پنجاب کی ہلاکت کے سیاست پر کیا اثرات مرتب ہوں گے“ کے موضوع پر ہونے والے اس مباحثے میں سابق وفاقی وزیر اعظم سواتی ، مسلم لیگ (ق) کے سینئر رہنما شیخ وقاص اکرم ، سینئر تجزیہ کار اور جیو نیوز کے اینکر محمد مالک شریک ہوئے۔ پروگرام کے دوران اسلام آباد میں جیو نیوز کے بیورو چیف رانا جواد نے ملزم کے حوالے سے تفصیلات بیان کرتے ہوئے بتایا کہ ملزم نے گورنر پنجاب کو 26 گولیاں ماریں، حیران کن بات یہ ہے کہ باقی سیکورٹی گارڈز نے اُنہیں گولیاں چلانے سے نہیں روکا اور نہ ہی ملزم پر اُس وقت گولیاں چلائیں، جب گورنر زمین پر گرگئے تو ملزم کو زمین پر لٹایا اور ہاتھ باندھ کر منتقل کردیا گیا۔ ملزم 1985ءء میں پنڈی میں پیدا ہوا 2003ءء میں پولیس فورس کو جوائن کیا، 2008ءء میں ایلیٹ پولیس کی تربیت لی اور وی آئی پی ڈیوٹی پر مامور ہوا، کچھ عرصہ قبل اُس نے اپنی ڈاڑھی منڈوالی تھی اور کچھ عرصے بعد واپس رکھ لی تھی، حیران کن بات یہ ہے کہ کسی نے اس بات پر غور نہیں کیا کہ اس کی ڈیوٹی ایسے شخص کے ساتھ لگائی جارہی ہے جن کے بیانات سے مذہبی جذبات بھڑک رہے ہیں، یہ تمام باتیں بہت سے سوالات جنم دیتی ہیں۔ پولیس کو دیئے جانے والے بیان میں ملزم نے کہا ہے کہ 3 دِن قبل اُس نے گورنر کو قتل کرنے کا ارادہ کرلیا تھا جس سے ظاہر ہوتا ہے کہ اس کے پاس گورنر کی موومنٹ کا 3 دِن قبل ہی پلان موجود تھا۔ سعودی عرب میں موجود مولانا فضل الرحمان نے ٹیلیفون پر گفتگو کرتے ہوئے مزید کہا کہ ملک میں قانون اور عدالتیں موجود ہیں ، یہ تمام باتیں اُسی کو تفویض ہونی چاہئیں لہٰذا ایسے واقعات کی پہلے بھی مذمت کی اور آج بھی کرتے ہیں جبکہ رحمان ملک اپنے بیان میں کہہ چکے ہیں کہ یہ توہین شان رسالت کے قانون کو کالا قانون کہنے کا ردِعمل ہوسکتا ہے۔ نوازشریف کی پریس کانفرنس کے حوالے سے اُن کا کہنا تھا کہ نوازشریف نے جو بیان دیا ہے وہ عوامی دباؤ سے نکلنے کی کوشش ہے اور موجود ہ الٹی میٹم ہم آہنگی کے تحت لگتا ہے ۔ اُنہوں نے کہا کہ توہین شان رسالت کے احتجاج کے حوالے سے کمیٹی تشکیل دی گئی ہے جس کے سربراہ ڈاکٹر ابوالخیر ہیں اور آنے والے دِنوں میں احتجاج کرنے یا نہ کرنے کا فیصلہ وہی کریں گے تاہم گورنر کے قتل کے بعد جو نئی صورتحال پیدا ہوئی ہے اس حوالے سے مختلف جماعتوں کے ذمہ داران کو ملکر فیصلہ کرنا ہوگا۔ اعظم سواتی نے کہا کہ پیپلزپارٹی کے قائدین کیلئے موجودہ وقت انتہائی تکلیف دہ ہے، کسی بھی انسان کا قتل افسوسناک ہے، اسلامی نظریات کونسل کو فعال نہیں کیا گیا جس کی وجہ سے اس طرح کا واقعہ رونما ہوا۔ شیخ وقاص اکرم نے کہا کہ آج ہم کتنی ہی تنقید کرلیں گورنر پنجاب کو قتل کرنے والا شخص کل قوم کا ہیرو بن کر نکلے گا اور جمعے کے خطبات میں اس کی تعریفیں کی جائیں گی، شان رسالت میں توہین کرنے والے کے سامنے مسلمانوں کے جذبات کی حد ختم ہو جاتی ہے۔ جس معاشرے میں ہم رہتے ہیں اس میں واضح ہے کہ توہین شان رسالت کا جو مرتکب ہوگا وہ مارا جائے گا، اُس کا بچنا ہمارے معاشرے میں مشکل ہے۔ اُنہوں نے کہا کہ حیران ہیں کا لعدم جماعتوں کے لوگ سیکورٹی اداروں میں کس طرح ضم ہو چکے ہیں۔اُنہوں نے کہا کہ ملک میں تمام شخصیات ہٹ لسٹ پر ہیں ۔ محمد مالک نے کہا کہ گورنر کے قتل کیلئے کسی مستند عالم نے فتویٰ نہیں دیا، لیکن جب فتوے آرہے تھے تو کسی مستند عالم نے اس کی مذمت بھی نہیں کی، اب ڈر ہے کہ شیری رحمان کو بھی قتل نہ کردیا جائے ۔ پورے ملک میں ایک جنونی کیفیت طاری ہے ،ہم توہین شان رسالت اور توہین شان رسالت کے قانون میں فرق نہیں کر پارہے، یہ قانون انسان کا بنایا ہوا ہے جس پر دو آراء ہوسکتی ہیں

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سلمان تاثیر کی نماز جنازہ پڑھی جائے نہ ہلاکت پر افسوس کیاجائے، علماء اہلسنت

کراچی (پ ر) جماعت اہلسنت پاکستان کے مرکزی امیر پروفیسر سید مظہر سعید شاہ کاظمی، علامہ سید ریاض حسین شاہ، علامہ سید شاہ تراب الحق قادری، علامہ ضمیر ساجد، پیر خالد سلطان، پیر غلام صدیق نقشبندی، علامہ سید خضر حسین شاہ، الحاج امجد چشتی، علامہ غلام سرور ہزاروی، علامہ سید شمس الدین بخاری، پیر سید عاشق علی شاہ جیلانی، مفتی محمد اقبال چشتی، علامہ فضل جمیل رضوی، آغا محمد ابراہیم نقشبندی مجددی، مولانا محمد ریاض قادری، مولانا گلزار نعیمی، علامہ سید غلام یٰسین شاہ اور جماعت اہلسنت سے وابستہ پانچ سو سے زائد علماء ومفتیان کرام نے گورنر پنجاب سلمان تاثیر کی عبرتناک موت پر اپنے مشترکہ بیان میں مسلمانوں کو ہدایت کی ہے کہ نہ کوئی اس کی نماز جنازہ پڑھے نہ پڑھانے کی کوشش کرے اور گورنر کی ہلاکت پر کسی قسم کے افسوس یا ہمدردی کا اظہار ہرگز نہ کیا جائے۔ گستاخ رسول کا حمایتی بھی گستاخ ہے۔ قائدین علماء اہلسنت نے کہاکہ گورنر کو ہلاک کرنے والے عاشقِ رسول غازی ملک ممتاز حسین قادری کی جرأت، بہادری ایمانی غیرت ودینی حمیت کو زبردست خراج تحسین پیش کرتے ہوئے کہاکہ اس جانباز نے امت کی چودہ سو سالہ روایت کو باقی رکھا اور دنیا کے ڈیڑھ ارب مسلمانوں کا سر فخر سے بلند کر دیا۔ قائدین وعلماء اہلسنت نے کہاکہ قانون ناموس رسالت کی مخالفت اور گستاخان رسول کی حمایت کرنے والے وزراء سیاستدان، نام نہاد دانشور، اینکر پرسن ودیگر گورنر پنجاب کی موت سے عبرت حاصل کریں۔ قائدین وعلماء اہلسنت نے کہاکہ کتاب وسنت، اجماع امت اور تصریحات آئمہ کے مطابق توہین رسول کی سزا صرف قتل ہے اور توہین کی نیت کے بغیر بھی حضور کی شان میں توہین کا کلمہ کہنا کفر ہے۔ اس مسئلے پر عہد نبوی اور عہد صحابہ سے لیکر آج تک سب علماء امت اور اہل فتویٰ کا اجماع ہے۔ خلفائے راشدین کے دور میں گستاخان نبی قتل کئے جاتے رہے بلکہ غلاف کعبہ سے لپٹے ہوئے توہین رسول کے مرتکب مرتد کو مسجد حرام میں قتل کرنے کا حکم رسول اللہ نے دیا اور حضرت عمر نے رسول اللہ کا فیصلہ نہ ماننے والے ایک مناقق مسلمان کا اپنی تلوار سے سر کاٹ دیا تھا۔ حضور نبی کریمﷺ کو حق تھا کہ وہ اپنے گستاخ کو معاف فرما دیں لیکن امت کیلئے جائز نہیں کہ وہ حضور اکرمﷺ کے گستاخ کو معاف کردے۔ قائدین وعلماء اہلسنت نے کہاکہ پچھلی چودہ صدیوں میں صرف ایک سو افراد کو گستاخی رسول پر قتل کیا گیا جس سے ظاہر ہوتا ہے کہ بغیر ثبوت کے کسی کی بلاوجہ جان نہیں لی گئی۔ قانون ناموس رسالت کی مخالفت کرنے والے کفر کا ارتکاب کر رہے ہیں انہیں توبہ اور تجدید ایمانی کرنی چاہئے نیز حکمران قانون ناموس رسالت میں ترمیم نہ کرنے کا اعلان کر کے اپنے ایمان بچائیں

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آسیہ کو سزا ملنے تک تحریک حرمت رسول جاری رہے گی : علماء

http://express.com.pk/epaper/PoPupwindow.aspx?newsID=1101137607&Issue=NP_LHE&Date=20110105

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گورنر کی وفات پر افسوس ظاہر نہ کیا جائے۔ جماعت اہلسنّت کی جنازے کی بھی مخالفت، گجرات اور کندیاں میں مظاہرے

http://express.com.pk/epaper/PoPupwindow.aspx?newsID=1101137615&Issue=NP_LHE&Date=20110105

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Declan Walsh in Islamabad
Guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 4 January 2011

Taseer quickly carved out a role as Zardari’s attack dog against the Sharif family, which is also based in Lahore. He developed a taste for Twitter, using it to launch pithy, and often witty, barbs against opponents. Taseer also injected glamour into the job.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/04/punjab-governor-murder-pakistan

@”Advicer”, didn’t THEY teach you better straw manning tactics. tsk, tsk tsk….. Rather lame attempt to draw criticism away from extremists and their supporters and make a silly dig at PPP. The ISI stooge standards have really fallen these days what with the likes of Samad Khurrum….

By Yasser Latif Hamdani

Some Mullah websites are now once again spinning old lies about Jinnah vis a vis the Ilamdin case. They say if you do not counter a lie, it becomes the truth but I will come to that in a second. First let us review what Jinnah, as a member of the select committee, had to say when 295-A came up for the discussion in the Indian Legislative Assembly. 295-A was discussed and enacted in response to Rajpal case. Bear in mind 295-A is a much more lenient law than 295-B and 295-C. This is what Jinnah had to say:

“We must also secure this very important and fundamental principle that those who are engaged in historical works, those who are engaged in the ascertainment of truth and those who are engaged in bona fide and honest criticisms of a religion shall be protected.”

In other words the founding father of the nation was asking for a right to criticise religion and ascertain the truth. This is much more than what Salman Taseer said and was killed for.
Now coming to the scurrilous lie about Jinnah, I wrote an article which was reproduced on PTH in the past as well but which requires repetition and therefore I am reproducing it below. Jinnah was not the trial lawyer. He did not ask Ilamdin to change his plea. Contrary to the myth Ilamdin always claimed he was innocent and wrongly framed!!! Nor did Jinnah do the case without a fee as it was alleged. The only case that Jinnah did for free in his career was for Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

For Jinnah Ilamdin case was a question of best defense for his client. Bear in mind as a lawyer Jinnah also defended the murderer Sardar Anandrao Gangaram Phanse who was a co-conspirator in the murder of Abdul Kadar Bawla and attempted murder of his companion dancing girl the “Hur of Indore” Mumtaz in the famous Bawla Murder Trial. Jinnah had managed – in the words of H M Seervai- to get the death sentence changed to life sentence. Does that mean we should allow murder in society as well- well because Jinnah defended a murderer? Would Jinnah the legislator, Jinnah the statesman agree with that proposition?

The Lahore-based-Hindi newspaper Pratap said that taking the case would lower Jinnah’s prestige in the eyes of Hindus. In retrospect it has much more damage to Jinnah’s own ideas of what Pakistan should be as the uneducated and semi-literate fools have made a mockery of the Quaid-e-Azam in Pakistan.

Here is my article:

VIEW: The Ilam Din fiasco and lies about Jinnah —Yasser Latif Hamdani

In the recent debate over the blasphemy law, a group of Jamaat-e-Islami-backed right-wing authors have come up with an extraordinary lie. It is extraordinary because it calls into question the professional integrity of the one man in South Asian history who has been described as incorruptible and honest to the bone by even his most vociferous critics and fiercest rivals, i.e. Mohammad Ali Jinnah. The lie goes something like this: ‘Ghazi’ Ilam Din ‘Shaheed’ killed blasphemer Hindu Raj Pal and was represented by Quaid-e-Azam at the trial who advised him to deny his involvement in the murder. ‘Ghazi’ and ‘Shaheed’ Ilam Din refused and said that he would never lie about the fact that he killed Raja Pal. Quaid-e-Azam lost the case and Ilam Din was hanged.

To start with, the story is entirely wrong. First of all, Jinnah was not the trial lawyer. Second, Ilam Din had entered the not guilty plea through his trial lawyer who was a lawyer from Lahore named Farrukh Hussain. The trial court ruled against Ilam Din. The trial lawyer appealed in the Lahore High Court and got Jinnah to appear as the lawyer in appeal. So there is no way Jinnah could have influenced Ilam Din to change his plea when the plea was already entered at the trial court level. Nor was Ilam Din exactly the ‘matchless warrior’ that Iqbal declared him to be — while simultaneously refusing to lead his funeral prayers. Indeed Ilam Din later filed a mercy petition to the King Emperor asking for a pardon.

The relevant case — in which Jinnah appeared — cited as Ilam Din vs. Emperor AIR 1930 Lahore 157 — makes interesting reading. It was a division bench judgement with Justice Broadway and Justice Johnstone presiding. Jinnah’s contention was that the evidence produced before the trial court was insufficient and the prosecution story was dubious. To quote the judgement, “He urged that Kidar Nath was not a reliable witness because (1) he was an employee of the deceased and, therefore, interested. (2) He had not stated in the First Information Report (a) that Bhagat Ram (the other witness) was with him, and (b) that the appellant had stated that he had avenged the Prophet. As to Bhagat Ram it was contended he, as an employee, was interested, and as to the rest that there were variations in some of the details.”

The court rejected this contention. The judgement continues that “Mr Jinnah finally contended that the sentence of death was not called for and urged as extenuating circumstances, that the appellant is only 19 or 20 years of age and that his act was prompted by feelings of veneration for the founder of his religion and anger at one who had scurrilously attacked him.” The court rejected this contention as well referring to Amir vs. Emperor, which was the same court’s decision a few years earlier. Interestingly, the curious reference to 19 or 20 years deserves some attention. Why did Jinnah as one of the leading lawyers refer specifically to an argument that had been exploded by the same court only two years earlier? That only Mr Jinnah can answer and I do not wish to speculate. Perhaps he was trying to argue what Clarence Darrow had argued successfully a few years ago in the famous Leopold and Loeb case involving two 19-year old college students who had committed the ‘perfect crime’. Clarence Darrow’s defence converted a death sentence to a life sentence.

Another corollary of the argument forwarded by our right-wing commentators is that since Jinnah defended Ilam Din in this murder trial, he favoured the ‘death sentence for blasphemy’. It is an odd derivative even for average intellects that most Pakistani ultra-rightwingers and Islamists possess. First of all, it is quite clear that Jinnah did not defend the actions of Ilam Din. He had attacked the evidence on legal grounds. Second, it is clear that there was no confession and Jinnah did not ask Ilam Din to change his plea. Third, when the court rejected Jinnah’s contentions, Jinnah’s argument was simply that a death sentence was too harsh for a man of 19 or 20, with the obvious implication that sentence should be changed to life imprisonment.

We can only conjecture as to what Jinnah’s reasons as a lawyer and politician to agree to be the lawyer for the appellant before the high court were. In any event, a lawyer’s duty is to accord an accused the best possible defence. Just because a lawyer agrees to defend an accused does not mean that the lawyer concurs with the crime. One is reminded of the famous Boston Massacre in 1770 when British soldiers opened fire and killed five civilians who were protesting against them. The British soldiers hired John Adams as a lawyer, who got five of the accused acquitted, arguing that a sentry’s post is his castle. Does that mean that John Adams was in favour of British rule in the US? If so, it is rather ironic that he was the prime mover and the guiding spirit behind the American declaration of independence. Similarly, when Clarence Darrow defended Leopold and Loeb, was he in any way suggesting that the crime that those two young men had committed was justified?

Jinnah’s record as a legislator tells us a different story altogether. He was an indefatigable defender of civil liberties. He stood for Bhagat Singh’s freedom and condemned the British government in the harshest language when no one else would. In the debate on 295-A of the Indian Penal Code, a much more sane and reasonable law than our 295-B and 295-C, Jinnah had sounded a warning against the misuse of such laws in curbing academic freedoms and bona fide criticisms. I have quoted that statement in my previous two articles.

There cannot be any question that Jinnah the legislator would have balked at the idea that his defence of a murder convict is now being used by some people to justify a law that is ten times more oppressive and draconian than the one he had cautioned against. To this day, I have only found him alone to have had the courage to state in the Assembly on September 11, 1929: “If my constituency is so backward as to disapprove of a measure like this then I say, the clearest duty on my part would be to say to my constituency, ‘you had better ask somebody else to represent you’.”

What about Mosharraf Zaidi, he does on again and again in the press about how the 1979 invasion and American involvement causes these kinds of disasters, clearly obliviating the need for reform culturally, should anyone criticize the perversion of Pakistans culture, he makes the slander that its a orientalist argument (meaning stupid western educated liberals). yet when he does his fancy paid jobs of foreign interview he then decides to represent HIMSELF as the liberal, riding on the sympahy vote for people who have truly made sacrifices

Yasser, how is the view from under that bed?
BTW, any BBC interviews in the pipeline?

السلام علیکم
ان شیخ الاسلام صاحب سے یہ پوچھیں کہ توہین رسالت کی سزا کا ظالمانہ کہنے والا اور اس کو کالا قانون کہنے والے کا شرعی حکم کیا ہے؟

As already mentioned above that “Salman Taseer was brutally murdered by a religious fanatic who had been systematically brainwashed by a group of mullahs, journalists, politicians, lawyers and other members of Pakistani’s violent right wing (a numerical but very noisy and influential minority in Pakistan)”

Well,journalists, politicians, lawyers and other members of Pakistani’s violent right wing were brainwashed by whom or which thing????

My answer is all of this happening because ‘A BLIND FAITH’ in which people are used to consider “HATHITHS(words of Mohammad regardless authenticity ‘are they really the sayings of Mohammad)ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN QURAN(WORDS OF CREATOR OF WHOLE UNIVERSE)”

This is the great reason people are going to forget to read and consider Quran first and then come to the Hathiths because Quran is authentic not Hathiths which need observing acutely but not Quran but not Quran.

basically i will comment on the word mufseedeen e filurz this kind of language shows who is the benificiary to this assacination of Salman Taseer it seemed to be the man behind this language is the man is belong to ahmedia school of satanic thoughts who is cunningly playing double game at first place he wants to disguise the muslim identity and to attack on true muslim beliefs in accordance with THe surmons of Holy Quran and Hadiths of Mohummad Peace be Upon him at first place and 2nd game this ahmadia school of thought want to vanish those true muslims having clear cut faith of Muslim identity and their iconic jesture from the muslim society this man who is saying mufsideen e filurz is using this forum for acomplishing his own satanic agendas through this event. daggering in the back bone of Muslims devine faith what root causes of Salman Taseer death is as the head of fedration on Provincial level he is failed to perform as faithful muslim he has several time initiated loose talks drifted in giving statements – with out seeing his position as Governer of the Punjab and as the representative of Islamic Republic Of Pakistan the through his public place media statements in accordance with the live electronic media statement the basic reason behind all his mistakes he has repeated again and again and harmed the sentiments of the commomon muslims violeted the protocols of the Holy Prophet
(Mohummad Peace Be Upon Him).in giving his statements He has carelessly ignored the protocol of the Holy Prophet and so in return he loses his own protocol as Governor of Punjab by losing his life.

Though,Salman Taseer Murder is wrong but what would be the difference between the Killer’s Supporters and Government if Government will do the same?

Please,do care to put names who are praising that Killer and stand in favour of that wrong act.

As Mumtaz Qadri had done the wrong,it might be the chance for government to put names also of those people who might be judged mufseedeen e filurz(Mischief on Earth),so,please do care if government put names to make list,then,do not use this thing to its own interests.

We do not want wrong thing in the name of justice.

GO TO HELL SALMAN TASEER……………HE WAS BLASPHEMEOUS ……..AND ONLY TRUE MUSLIMS KNOW HIS REALITY……..HE IS HELLER………..

We published two photo galleries on BBC’s Urdu website last Friday. One on the Jamaat-e-Islami’s youth wing Shabab-e-Milli’s tribute to Mumtaz Qadri’s father in Rawalpindi and the other on the candlelit vigil in Lahore in memory of the slain Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer.
As expected, comments started to pour in almost instantly. The most telling among them simply said: “Please compare the crowd in the two, for every Taseer mourner, there are at least 50 Qadri supporters.” If nothing else, it says a lot about the state of siege in which liberal opinion finds itself, as more and more people flock behind Mr Qadri, a cold-blooded killer who had been painstakingly planning Taseer’s murder for weeks before he struck.
Irrespective of the number of people who gathered for the vigil in Lahore, I am stunned at their courage in standing up to a crazed mob that neither understands its religion nor the man who brought it to them. It is a mob of moral cheats that has become religiously, politically, intellectually and morally so bankrupt that it seems to have convinced itself that its only salvation lies in baying for innocent blood.
Let us give ourselves some idea of how courageous the dozens who flocked to the vigil in Lahore really are. Since the glowing tribute paid to Qadri by lawyers at his first court appearance, we have been trying to contact the lawyer leadership that spearheaded the civil society movement only three years ago to bring down General Musharraf’s dictatorship. In that movement, millions around the world saw the seeds of a politics that Pakistan has desperately been waiting for all its life — a politics that flows from the combined intellect of the mobile middle class instead of dynastic politics, hereditary constituencies and endemic corruption.
Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmed, Aitzaz Ahsan, Ali Ahmed Kurd and Justice (retd) Tariq Mahmood became household names as tens of thousands of people rallied behind them wherever they went. For weeks, no political talk show in the country was considered complete without at least one of them in the chair. Since Taseer’s murder, they simply seemed to have vanished into thin air.
We finally managed to get through to two of them: one simply said that we are free to call him a coward if we want to but he doesn’t want to comment on the issue at all. The other one went even further: he said he would not even allow us to report that he was contacted for his opinion on the issue.
Predictably, Asma Jahangir was the honourable exception who not only spoke in detail about the atrocity against Taseer but was candid and unambiguous in her criticism of the legal fraternity’s sudden gush for a killer. But then, one has always known her to be one of the bravest women in the country.
Which brings to mind another brave woman who dared to bring a bill to the National Assembly aimed at amending some of the more draconian provisions of a law that has spawned nothing but injustice in the quarter century of its existence. Our crazed mob has distributed pamphlets advocating that she must meet the same fate as Mr Taseer. I am proud to have worked for her at Herald for six years. She was one of the bravest editors I know. Today, she has been forced into abandoning her public life by the tyranny of bloodthirsty criminals masquerading as religious zealots.

Aamer Ahmed Khan

http://tribune.com.pk/story/101016/flight-of-reason/

Taseer murder: Sunni Ittehad warns against protests

Children protesting in front of Lahore Press Club against any change in blasphemy law. PHOTO: RIAZ AHMAD/ EXPRESS

LAHORE: A Tahaffuz Namoos-i-Risalat conference held in the city on Sunday warned against public rallies and demonstrations praising Governor Salmaan Taseer or protesting his killing. A Mumtaz Qadri, speakers threatened, would be at every corner of the country to stop such displays of solidarity, a reference to the police guard who has confessed to killing the governor.
Maulana Nawaz Kharal, a spokesperson for the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), led the chorus while addressing the conference held at Aiwan-i-Iqbal. Kharal also said there should be no protest against Qadri and added, “Don’t associate Mumtaz with any terrorist group. He is a true lover of the Holy Prophet (pbuh).” He said his Sunni followers protect Qadri and his family with their lives.
SIC chairman Fazle Karim too condemned protests in favour of Salmaan Taseer. Karim said the NGOs protesting the governors’ death had never held any protest against the killings at Sunni gatherings after the attacks at Jamia Naeemia, Nishtar Park in Karachi, Data Darbar, shrines of Abdullah Shah Ghazi and Farid Ganj Shakar. He said they had not even raised a voice against the ban on the veil imposed in France. He said his followers would continue “the mission of Ghazi Ilamudin Shaheed.” He said the Sunni Tehrik would provide legal assistance to Qadri.
Dr Muhammad Ashraf Asif Jalali, founder of Idara Sirat-i-Mustaqeem Pakistan, announced the Ghazi Ilmudin Award for Qadri. He said that his group would lay a wreath on Ilmudin’s grave on Qadri’s behalf on January 15. He also said that it would hold a rally on January 19 from Lahore to Qadri’s residence in Rawalpindi.
Jalali then demanded that the government release Qadri as soon as possible and exonerate him from the charge of murder. He said the punishment for a blasphemer against the Holy Prophet (pbuh) was death. He claimed that the inclusion of Section 295-C in the Pakistan Penal Code had brought good luck for the country. He went on to say that all participants in Taseer’s funeral had jeopardised their Islamic faith. He said their participation in the prayers had put a question mark on their commitment to the community of the faithful.
The participants of the conference included Justice (retd) Nazeer Akhtar, former judge Nazeer Ghazi, Pir Sayed Karamat Ali and Dr Raghib Naeemi. After the conference ended, a group of SIC activists headed to the Governor’s House gate on The Mall on a van and chanted slogans in support of Qadri.Earlier, nearly 300 Sunni Tehrik activists had held a protest rally in front of the Lahore Press Club demanding Qadri’s immediate release. Participants of the rally also chanted slogans against the protestors in favour of Taseer.
In the only civil society rally after Taseer’s assassination on January 4, the participants had condemned the murder which they said was a result of religious extremism.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 10th, 2011.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/101580/taseer-murder-sunni-ittehad-warns-against-protests/

The Tahaffuz Namoos-i-Risalat Mahaz (TNRM) observed Friday as the Tahaffuz Namoos-i-Risalat Day.
In a sermon given at Jamia Masjid Rasulia Sherazia, TNRM president Raza-i-Mustafa Naqshbandi said there could be no compromise about the honour of the Holy Prophet (pbuh). He commended Mumtaz Qadri, Taseer’s confessed assassin, saying that the self-submission had been an act of bravery.
Jamatud Dawa leader Maulana Muhammad Hussnain Siddiqi, who led the Friday prayer at Masjid Qadsia, said the government should seek a quick endorsement of Aasia’s conviction from the Lahore High Court. He said whoever dared support a ‘blasphemer’ would meet the same fate as Taseer.
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) chairman Dr Mehdi Hasan said it was lamentable that there were people ‘celebrating’ a death. He invoked a Punjabi wisdom ‘dushman maray tay khushi na kariay, sajnan vi mar jana’ (don’t celebrate the death of an enemy, as your friends, too, will die), and said that if nothing else they should have considered the pain they would cause to the bereaved family.
“More than ninety five per cent of Pakistan’s population is Muslim,” Dr Hasan said, “Why is then a movement or campaign to protect the honour of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) needed. No one can dare commit blasphemy here.”
Published in The Express Tribune, January 8th, 2011.

US lawmakers seek visa ban for Qadri supporters

WASHINGTON, Jan 18: Four US Congressmen have asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to refuse visas to those who praised the assassination of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer and showed support for his assassin Mumtaz Qadri.

In a letter sent to Secretary Clinton, Congressmen Gary Ackerman, Steve Israel, Peter King and Michael McCaul said: “Some of the most prominent clerics, journalists and lawyers who have praised Mr Taseer`s death and have demonstrated support of his murderer, are people who frequently travel to the US and hold American visas.

“We urge you to identify those Pakistani citizens that have shown demonstrable support of the assassination of Governor Taseer.

“We further request that visas not be issued to such people and that applications for new visas from those who have endorsed this heinous crime be denied,” the letter said.

After Governor Taseer`s assassination, thousands of supporters of extremist groups, including Jamaat-ud-Dawah, held rallies in cities to express support for Qadri.

JUI chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman also addressed a rally in Karachi and pledged to defend Qadri in court. He is a frequent traveller to the United States.

The US media noted that lawyers and members of radical groups showered rose petals on Qadri when he was produced in courts in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.

Dozens of lawyers offered to defend him free of charge. The lawmakers said in the letter that their request for denial of visas to supporters of Qadri was “not just a moral issue but also an issue of national security”.

They said it was “shocking” that Mr Taseer, a “strong advocate for religious tolerance, pluralism and democracy,” was “cut down by an assassin`s bullets who opposed changes to statutes against religious minorities.”

“This unspeakable tragedy has been compounded by the public reaction of significant elements of Pakistan`s clerical, journalistic and law community who have praised the murderer and threatened the lives of other Pakistani officials who refuse to comply with the terrorisation of Christians, Ahmedis and women,” the letter said.

“Further problems are plaguing the democracy in Pakistan,” the lawmakers noted, pointing out that PPP MNA Sherry Rehman had also received threats for introducing a bill in the National Assembly, proposing amendments to the controversial blasphemy law.

“Further threats and violence are not the answer,” the letter added.
http://www.dawn.com/2011/01/19/us-lawmakers-seek-visa-ban-for-qadri-supporters.html

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