 The Hasba Bill has been wrongly portrayed as meant to Talibanise the NWFP when its actual purpose is to regulate government functions via an ombudsman, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal President Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said in an interview with BBCâs Hardtalk programme.
| "Oh, we'd never do nuttin' like dat! Who? Us?" |
The JI chief agreed that there were some madrassas in Pakistan teaching bigotry and hatred, but did not support the reforms introduced by the president. âPervez Musharraf is not a legitimate ruler, his rule is a continuation of martial law and he is not even an elected president,â he said. He said Gen Musharraf was a âusurperâ who had broken his promise to the MMA to quit as army chief in 2004.
| "So we shouldn't do anything he says, whether it makes sense or not!" |
Qazi said he and his party supported peace with India, but not at the cost of Kashmirisâ right to self determination. He said with India deliberately delaying resolving the issue, Kashmiris were left with no option but to start an armed struggle™. âWe want to resolve the issue of Kashmir according to UN resolutions and support the Kashmirisâ right to self-determination,â he said.
| Where's the UN resolution that sez to start an Armed Struggle™? |
The MMA chief criticised the US-led war on terrorism and urged all âjust and peace-loving nationsâ to stand up to Washington. âWe want Americans and Westerners to march on the streets against the war on terror, against the US flouting the UN,â he said. âThe innocent people of Kashmir, Palestine, Chechnya and Iraq have no one but themselves to resist the invading forces.â
| "... as long as the Soddies keep providing the money." |
Qazi said suicide bomb attacks were not legitimate in Islam in a peaceful society. Even in a state of war, violence was regulated by the Sharia and not by individuals, he said. Suicide bombings in London, New York, Pakistan and in other peaceful societies were not legitimate. âWe have categorically condemned the London bombings and violence in any other peaceful society. We want to live in peace with the whole world.â He said he did not believe that Osama Bin Laden was capable of carrying out the âsophisticatedâ September 11 attacks on New York and Washington. âThe Zionists must be behind the attacks as they were the only beneficiaries of the September 11 incident,â he said.
| See, now, Qazi, when you lie through your teeth like that, nobody's going to believe your other, more believable lies. |
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