...Assembly of Islamic Clergy, or JUI, is a Pak Deobandi (Hanafi) political party. There are two main branches, one led by Maulana Fazlur Rahman, and one led by Maulana Samiul Haq. Fazl is active in Pak politix and Sami spends more time running his madrassah. Both branches sponsor branches of the Taliban, though with plausible deniability...
-Fazl (JUI-F) chief
Maulana Fazlur RehmanDeobandi holy man, known as
Mullah Dieselduring the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty ...
said that the war against terrorism in Afghanistan has engulfed Pakistain, Dawn News reported.
The JUI-F chief further stated that the sitiuation in Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
and Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
is very serious, where bodies are falling everywhere.
Speaking in Islamabad at the last session on the first day of a two day International Islamic Conference, Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that the leaders of Mohammedan countries do not properly reflect the views of the Mohammedan world.
He said that that the leaders of Mohammedan countries have adopted the war on terrorism as their own, whereas the masses view it as America's war.
The JUI-F chief said that after the rule of the British, the people have now been told to serve the United States.
When speaking about Balochistan, Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that there has been a failure to solve the situation in the province.
On Bloody Karachi he said that death is prevalent in the metropolis, which leaves the question as to which court will the people be able to take their grievances.
The JUI-F chief also said that it is a crime to implement Shariah at the point of a gun.