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Army operations may lead to civil war: JI leader
Army operations in Balochistan and Wana are trying to create a war-like situation but the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) will foil all such conspiracies, said JI General Secretary Syed Munawar Hassaan. "We did not react emotionally but tried to face the situation with patience and endurance," he said, while speaking at the party's world congregation at Azakhel Park on Saturday. He said that they did not want to create public resentment against the army to benefit the country's enemies.He said that after 9/11, a crusade-like war had been launched against Afghanistan and the religious parties had staged marches at various cities to condemn the brutalities perpetrated against the innocent Afghan people. "We condemn the US invasion of Iraq and will continue opposing the imperialists' subjugation of Muslim territories," he said. He said the JI was the only party that had resisted the rulers whenever they had acted against the national interest. Mr Hassan said when Gen Musharraf had humiliated the "hero of the country's nuclear programme, Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, at the behest the US," the JI had stopped the government from taking any extreme action against him. He said the JI fully supported the struggle of independence of the Kashmiris and the Palestinians. He said the allegations of cross border terrorism were baseless as the struggle was genuine as indicated by the 90,000 people who had been martyred and the thousands of women who had been raped. "Now as the Indian government claims a decline in the cross border terrorism, the struggle still continues," he said. "Every drop of our blood is for the people of Kashmir and Palestine," he said. Mr Hassan said JI had not changed its stance on Israel, but the government was indicating that they would recognise the Zionist country. He said that whenever people revolted against dictators, they had succeeded. He compared the JI congregation held in Islamabad in 2000 and the present one and said that the party's membership had increased. He said the JI women's wing had done a tremendous job by distributing more than 200,000 books free of cost and another 350,000 at reduced prices among women. Posted by: Fred 2004-10-03 |
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