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| Sindh's plan to formulate Friday sermons for all mosques criticised |
| 2016-02-09 |
| [DAWN] The Milli Yakjehti Council has criticised the Sindh government's move to formulate Friday sermons for all mosques in the province, saying that "idealising Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... over this issue was not correct". Addressing a presser on Monday, Jamaat-e-Islami ... 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... 's Prof Ibrahim Khan, head of the council's 'Khutbat-e-Juma commission', said the government could not dictate the holy mans over what to say or not to say in Friday sermons. "This is not the right way," he said. "The government should seek guidance from the Learned Elders of Islam to implement Sharia in the country... ." Prof Khan said that no government should dictate holy mans. The commission was formed by the council to promote sectarian harmony and members of several religious parties are its part. Replying to a question about incidents in the federal capital where the authorities shut down mobile phone service to prevent a holy man from delivering a fiery ...a single two-syllable word carrying connotations of both incoherence and viciousness. A fiery delivery implies an audience of rubes and yokels, preferably forming up into a mob... Friday sermon, Prof Khan claimed that the step was taken on the basis of assumptions and over the conduct of one individual. "Whatever is happening in Islamabad is a result of flawed government policies," he said. "This system of forcing their voice and opinions through us is not fair." He said this was a way to "manipulate their politics through the mosques. If a holy man doesn't abide by it, then the government can use the law against him for not reciting the 'certified' khutba". |
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