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Nuggets from the Urdu press
Quoted by Nawa-e-Waqt, Jamaat Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad visited the Banuri Masjid complex in Karachi and accused the government of killing two clerical leaders of the mosque, Mufti Shamzai and Mufti Jameel. He said the government had done nothing to catch the murderers of Mufti Shamzai after it had been given information about the murderers. He said the killing was curious because when Shamzai was killed the police had disappeared from the scene to clear the way for killers. He said Mufti Jameel was killed even though he had kept his arrival in Karachi secret, arriving one day earlier than the known schedule, but even then he was killed on the basis of inside information. What is 'etekaaf'? According to Dr Abdul Rauf in Khabrain, etekaaf [divine trance] is a constant focus on Allah for a period of time not less than one night and one day continuously; but it could go on for days. The idiom is etekaaf par bethna. It has to be done in a mosque where collective prayer is offered. Etekaaf is not obligatory but is sunnat or practice of the Prophet PBUH. It is compulsory to fast while in etekaaf which can be done in Ramazan or in any month. During this divine trance all namaz prayers are to be offered interspersed with readings of the Quran and its exegesis. It is however very important not to be distracted. The obligation of tatti-peshab (urination and defecation) has to be gone through quickly some place near the mosque and care should be taken to get it over with in one minute. Similarly, it is forbidden to indulge in jama (fornication) during etekaaf. It is also forbidden to go to the doctor for long diagnosis because it breaks the concentration. It is better to call the doctor to the place of etekaaf. To be silent and not to read or recite anything destroys etekaaf and is a sin. Judges in 'divine trance' According to Jang, two judges of the Lahore High court had sat in divine trance (etekaaf par baith gayay) which meant they would not be available for work for a number of days. The paper also reported that a cleric doing the trance in Shuja Abad was savagely clubbed in the head by someone. A large number of people had requested the government for giving them permission (on payment) to do the trance in Faisal Mosque in Islamabad but the government was scared that they could be attacked by terrorists. According to daily Pakistan 3,000 people had sat on etekaaf in Lahore's Data Darbar mosque. Killed for refusing 'jama-talashi' According to Jang, one man was killed and another injured after quarrelling with a committee asking people to allow body search before entering a mosque in Rawalpindi. The two young men became angry that they were being asked to submit to body search (jama-talashi) because they were fasting and were in sacred rage. After the quarrel a fight ensued in which one man was killed. America will be destroyed! Sarerahe quoted ex-ISI chief General Hameed Gul in Nawa-e-Waqt as saying that the victory of George Bush would destroy the United States because Bush had divided the nation. He said the American nation was now fragmented and had lost its ability to make important decisions. Quran insulted, hospital burned According to Jang people of Dalbandin found that pages of the Quran were scattered in a jungle. They became greatly incensed and came to the conclusion that a local NGO must have done the evil deed on orders from America. Three thousand citizens gathered and went to the nearest hospital run by the said NGO. They burned the hospital down, destroyed all the machinery and as their last sacred act stole the surgical instruments. The levees were called in but the incensed crowd threw stones at them too. According to daily Pakistan the incident took place near Chaghai where Pakistan tested its nuclear device in 1998. The ulema in divine rage said that the Quran was insulted as a result of a conspiracy of the Jews who were running the NGOs. They said that if any representative of the UN came to the area they would shoot him full of bullets. Dalbandin is where the Arab princes shoot bustard. Posted by: Paul Moloney 2004-12-10 |
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