 LAHORE: Qazi Hussain Ahmed, ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, criticised Pope Benedict's remarks on the concept of 'Jihad' in Islam, saying that it was against the teachings of Christ. Delivering a Friday sermon at Jamia Mansoorah, he said that the US was patronising colonial powers all over the world, adding that Islam was based on logic and rationale, which was attracting a large number of Christians in the West. He appealed to the Pope to urge Washington not to support Israel's military occupation of Palastine and military action in Iraq, Afghanistan and rest of the world. Islam was a religion of peace and the concept of Jihad was to help the oppressed, he concluded. |