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Hakimullah Mehsud not a martyr: fatwa
[Pak Daily Times] The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) on Friday denounced the title of martyr for the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain's slain chief Hakimullah Mehsud, saying he had killed thousands of innocent Mohammedans and cannot be called a martyr, media reports said.The SIC said such a title for the slain krazed killer commander was against the teachings of Islam. The Council, which is a political coalition of numerous religious groups hailing from the Sunni tradition of Islam, issued two fatwas based on the opinion of around 30 muftis on Friday. SIC Chairman Hamid Raza Rizvi announced that the collective opinion from all the muftis said calling a man responsible for the loss of so many lives a "martyr" went against the teachings of the holy Koran and Sunnah. Earlier this week, Jamaat-e-Islami ... The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... Chairman Munawwar Hasan and the JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman had remarked that TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsud was a "martyr", considering the circumstances of his death. Rehman had gone to the extent of saying anyone killed by the US would be a martyr, in his opinion. The SIC disapproved of this comment, and in a second fatwa, also rejected the idea of justifying killings in the name of Dire Revenge™ for drone attacks. The Council maintained that the inhuman drone attacks represented the worst violation of laws, morals and basic tenets of humanity, but killing innocent people as a way of "avenging" them was unacceptable. Chairman Hamid Raza also asked Rehman to take his words back. Speaking at a party meeting, Hamid Raza claimed that the United States started a crusade against the Mohammedans. He further said that the drone attacks cannot justify terrorism. The SIC chief claimed that TTP has proved its enmity with Pakistain by appointing Mullah Fazlullah  ...son-in-law of holy man Sufi Mohammad. Known as Mullah FM, Fazlullah had the habit of grabbing his FM mike when the mood struck him and bellowing forth sermons. Sufi suckered the Pak govt into imposing Shariah on the Swat Valley and then stepped aside whilst Fazlullah and his Talibs imposed a reign of terror on the populace like they hadn't seen before, at least not for a thousand years or so. For some reason the Pak intel services were never able to locate his transmitter, much less bomb it. After ruling the place like a conquered province for a year or so, Fazlullah's Talibs began gobbling up more territory as they pushed toward Islamabad, at which point as a matter of self-preservation the Mighty Pak Army threw them out and chased them into Afghanistan... as the TTP chief as he is always busy making terrorist plots against Pakistain under the shelter of US, sitting back in Afghanistan. Hamid Raza urged a ban on groups having armed wings. Posted by: Fred 2013-11-09 |
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