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Fazl vows to resist rigging in polls
[Dawn] Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam...Assembly of Islamic Clergy, or JUI, is a Pak Deobandi (Hanafi) political party. There are two main branches, one led by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, and one led by Maulana Samiul Haq. Fazl is active in Pak politix and Sami spends more time running his madrassah. Both branches sponsor branches of the Taliban, though with plausible deniability... (JUI-F) chief  Maulana Fazlur RehmanDeobandi holy man, known as Mullah Dieselduring the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty ... has said that his party would resist any move of the US and local agencies to plant their men in the next government through coming general election. "Our people are intelligent enough to understand the motives of media, which is supporting America and local agencies in planting their men in coming government. We would block their way and bring into power clean people through public support," claimed Mr Rehman while speaking at a public gathering here on Wednesday night. The gathering was held in connection with the joining of JUI-F by former federal minister Syed Qasim Shah and allotment of ticket to him for NA-20. He alleged that media was projecting those people who were against the Islamic ideology and philosophy of co-existence. "If we want to eradicate the menace of terrorism we must give equal rights to minorities and never reject point of view of even those who are not in majority," he said. The JUI-F amir referred to the betrayal of Azam Khan Swati and Sardar Mohammad Yousuf without naming them. "Those who betrayed the JUI-F in fact committed betrayal with the cause of Islam," he said and added that a lobby wanted to promote vulgarity in the name of 'Roshan Khiali' to weaken people's faith. He said that people following such a path should be rejected. Posted by: Fred 2013-04-06 |
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