| Submit your comments on this article |
| India-Pakistan |
| Abduction of children for jihad condemned |
| 2007-05-31 |
| In a tumultuous session of the District Council Upper Dir, the members condemned what they called the abduction of schoolchildren for ‘Jihad’ and the subsequent lethargy of the government to bring the perpetrators to justice. A member, Hashim Hussain raised the issue of alleged abduction by a Jihadi organisation from a private school and told the council that the parents were not aware that their sons were taken for ‘Jihad’ and they were running from pillar to post to recover their loved ones. The sons of a doctor and a radio mechanic were abducted and their parents after hectic efforts recovered the boys from Jihadis, who had allegedly taken them for the so-called training, he told the council. There was huge pandemonium in the council when the issue was raised and a number of other Nazims, including the district Nazim, also joined Hashim in condemning the act. “Schoolchildren are taken from private schools for ‘Jihad’ without permission of their parents, which is un-Islamic, unlawful and immoral. The district administration knows that the children’s lives are being ruined in the name of Jihad but no action is being taken,” he alleged. “I strongly condemn the abduction of schoolchildren for jihad. The parents should register FIR in this case and should inform me, DCO and police,” District Nazim Sahibzada Tariqullah said. The issues of threatening letters and bomb blasts in CD and barbershops also came up for discussion and the police were severely criticised for failing to uncover the elements behind the incidents. The district Nazim said he had raised the issue with the governor in a meeting. He said the threatening letters and bomb blasts were the spill over effect of Afghan war. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 “Schoolchildren are taken from private schools for ‘Jihad’ without permission of their parents, which is un-Islamic, unlawful and immoral. If you don't have your permission slip, you simply can't go! |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-05-31 07:02 |
| #1 So there are limits to jihad? Can I get a second opinion on that? Another fatwah, please? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-05-31 06:28 |