...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’s (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 ...
on Monday opposed the "forced repatriation" of Afghan refugees residing in Pakistain saying "the move is likely to instill hate among Afghans against Pakistain.
"I warn the government of Pakistain against repatriating Afghan refugees through use of force,"Fazl said while addressing a gathering in the federal capital.
The JUI-F chief said, "It would not be appropriate to send the refugees back to the land of war, blood and fire after hosting them for around 35 years."
"Force repatriation of Afghan refugees will not benefit our cause, except making the Afghans an enemy of Pakistain," Fazl maintained.
He advised the government to make new friends in the World instead of turning everyone into an enemy of the country.
"We cannot afford to lose the sympathies of Afghan refugees by sending them back forcefully," Fazl added.
He was of the view that it was not the right time for repatriation of Afghan refugees as, according to him, "the security situation in Afghanistan was not suitable".
"We can take care of Afghan refugees for a year or more but cannot push them back to the valley of death," he asserted.