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The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka
The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an
independentbranch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
amir
Syed Munawar Hassan... The funny-looking Amir of the Pak Jamaat-e-Islami. He joined the National Students Federation (NSF), a lefty student body, and was elected its President in 1959. He came into contact with the Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (IJT) Pakistan and studied the writings of Mawlana Syed Abul Ala Maududi,
The Great Apostasizer.As a result, he joined IJT in 1960 and soon he was elected as President of its University of Karachi Unit and member of the Central Executive Council. He was Assistant Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistain in 1992-93, and became Secretary General in 1993. After years of holding Qazi's camel he was named Amir when the old man stepped down in 2009...
has said that failure of the two major parties to reach a consensus on caretaker prime minister shows the incompetence of their leadership. He asked people to reject 'US agents' in coming election.
Mr Hassan was speaking at the two-day congregation of Jamaat Ishaat Touheed wa Sunnah (JITS) at Panjpir here on Saturday. Besides, Maulana Tayab Panjpeeri, chief of the JITS, the gathering was attended by its followers from all parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
, tribal belt and Punjab.
Earlier, the chiefs of the two religious parties held a meeting at Panjpir madrassa and discussed issues of mutual interests. The JITS has not participated in general election in past, but its leaders enjoys significant political and religious standing among masses.
Speaking at the congregation, the two leaders declared that they had been striving for the establishment of true Islamic system in the country. They said that other systems had failed in Pakistain and there was no need of more practices.