A Letter without Reply
by: Munir Ahmed Khalili
by: Munir Ahmed Khalili
Professor Zubair Siddiqui is a nice and sweet man of Urdu speaking community with M. A. English degree and a vast study of Urdu poetry and prose. During mid-90s he was my BOSS in a prestigious educational institution in Abu Dhabi. Though he was known to be having profound knowledge about Islam, perhaps he practiced تقية, so he never showed he was staunch promoter of Ghamidi School of Thought. Now, while leading his retired life in America with his children, he enthusiastically advocates Ghamidi case at intellectual level. It seems that School of Thought has assigned him the task to regularly send comment on different columns of Urdu Dailies and also project ideology adopted by Ghamidi sahib. He reacts to whatever he sees against his views and admires the columnists whom he finds endorsing what he likes. I am thankful to him for sharing what he actually writes either to the columnists or to some people else. By mailing me his comments he gives me chance to learn something or have a fun from his writings. More often I reply to him on his email address. Because he writes in English and on laptop dashboard I have no facility of writing in Urdu. Thus I have to write with my weak English.
It is really very sad that main intent of the Ghamidi camp is to find or prove stains on the cloaks of genuine Islamist and particularly of Islamic Movements. Recently my dear Khurshid Nadeem, a well-known intellectual of this group wrote a column placing responsibility of current waves of militancy and terror acts on teachings of Maulana Maudidi and Syed Qutb رحمهما الله . To him it were none others but these two luminaries of Modern Islamic Thought, kneaded in past traditions, nourished terrorism. According to his 'research' both of these mentors of Islamic Movements were also behind presently developing trend of تكفيريت . Brother Saleem Mansoor Khalid sufficiently examined Khurshid Nadeem's views with perfect matter. Dr. Hussain Piracha also chased him with his solid arguments. Mr. Hussain Piracha has close acquaintance with Sir Zubair because sometime in past they enjoyed each other's company in Makka.
Zubair Siddiqui sahib, as usual, shared his comments on Mr. Piracha's column with many of his contacts, as his practice is. It left me with not doing except express my views on the subject also. Nadeem 'innocently' switched off the fact that the literature of the two luminaries started appearing about nine decades ago and the current waves of terror are the matter of only last two and half decade. This group intentionally ignores many other factors which inflamed the terror acts. They overlook the hypocritical and prejudiced attitude of big powers of the world toward the Muslim Ummah. They wink on the facts that our youth is now breathing down its neck how nepotism, plundering, corruption, political devilment, turncoat-ism(horse trading), conspiracies, favouritism, bribes, intercessions and political and wealth influence have become cancer in the reins of our collective life. On the other hand there is joblessness, lack of health and transport facilities, inflation, scarcity, energy crisis (load shedding, gas and water shortage), lawlessness, moral decline at every level is sufficient to fuel the radical feelings in disappointed young men. In FATA living worst condition is far above imagination of the intellectuals under discussion. One after the other 'operation' has made life more than difficult. Young generation, very sensitively, had been observing how Musharaf sold national interests for his personal gains. How Zardari and Nwaz Sharif have proved their submissiveness. Resentment cultivates extremism. Extremism is incentive of terrorism. Khurshid Nadeem and his group think Afghan Jehad to be mother of current horrible phenomenon and rich volumes of Syed Maududi and Syed Qutb (رحمهما الله) are mothers of Jihadi concept, so both the great 'beacons' of knowledge are indirectly responsible for whole terror mess. Khurshid Nadeem falsely related the desire of revival of Khilafat and implementation of Islamic Sharia'a to the militancy and terror acts. Will he tell who incited Noreen Laghari, a medical student in Hyderabad, to join ISIS (داعش)? Did she get instigation from the books of Syed Maududi and Syed Qutb (رحمهما الله)? In education institutions Islami Jamiat Talabah is follower of both the Syeds but latest reports collected by intelligence agencies show that in Punjab education institutions ISIS is rapidly taking roots through social media and its message is spreading. Larger number of the students getting affiliated to داعش are neither from مذهبى مدارس (Religious Seminaries) nor from genuine Islamic Movements. Then who is responsible? Syed Maududi and Syed Qutb (رحمهما الله)?
Here this whole intellectual camp deliberately misses major historical facts. Can they deny the fact that the same desire of establishing Islamic System was the most stimulating element in Pakistan Movement? This desire became the heaviest motive of support for demand of a free and sovereign country by millions of the Muslims of India. Despite this burning desire the struggle of Pakistan moved to its set goal by peaceful means and in a democratic way. Maulana Maududi made the newly established country his destination and Jamat Islami has been working in Pakistan for last around 70 years with no weapons in hands. It raised no call of militant fight for establishing Sharia'a here. Not any of the bitterest opponents in politics and power was ever branded with Kufr (كفر) by Syed Maududi or his Jamat. Jamat Islami's political struggle neither ever remained underground nor with armed activities. Maulana Maududi himself and his party had been subject to tyrannical tactics of different governments. From a little after sad demise of founder of Pakistan until first half of 70s almost all the governments applied evil exercises on Syed Maududi and his party. Many times he was kept in jail. There was a time when death sentence was declared for him. Once his party was banned. But Syed Maududu never called for a violent revolt.
Ghamidi School of Thought and whole of the liberal and secular lot in our country keeps on cursing Afghan Jihad. They think it root of all evils. Let us cast a look on how and why this Jihad started? Did Maududi or his party ferment some elements to take weapons and revolt against the government in Afghanistan? No, not at all. A super power of the world had waywardly entered that country with the designs never to leave it. Liberating the land from the aggressors is universally admitted right of all the crushed communities of the world. Kashmiris and Palestinians are using the same right and fighting for freedom. The intellectuals of Liberal Islamist club deliberately miss many major historical points. With misapprehension about America's sincerity the Afghan groups got trapped and accepted its help with arms and dollars. America had its own mischievous designs of making its rival super power, Soviet Union, kneel down to the ground, so it used Afghan land and hands for the purpose. After Russia's defeat America took its devilish role for first not letting Afghan Jihadi groups unite and not letting Afghanistan to be established as a pure Islamic country.
Hegemonic policies of the super powers, particularly the power where our learned Sir Zubair settles with his children, worked in a worst way. Seeds of another great war in that calamitous country were sown just after the first Afghan war was over. America attacked and devastated Iraq and Afghanistan. Libya's land is there but it has ceased to exist as a state. There are serious reports about America's hand in creation of ISIS (داعش). Ghost of Black Water had been playing dirty role in Pakistan and CIA trampled sacredness of our land to kill Osama bin Laden. Chief of Liberal Islamist seldom condemn any of such acts. They know how many innocent children, women, elderly and young men became victims of drone attacks but they remained stuck by silence.
Malala Yusufzai is daughter of Pakistan as many other innocent children wounded and killed in terrorist and also in drone attacks. More than 150 students of APS slayed in their classes and campus, were our sons and their lives were as precious as of Malala. Very interestingly, two other miserable girls, Kainat Riaz and Shazia Rehman were also our daughters who were in the same school wagon with Malala Yusufzai and were seriously wounded. But neither the nefarious Western World nor secular, liberal and Liberal Islamist elements in our country ever mentioned them. See the report by Chris Cork published on Oct. 24, 2013. Why only Malala got idolized and granted status of the greatest of the greats? Why the West is continuously showering Awards on her and why she has got a 'pantheon' (ديوى) status in whole of the North America and Europe? Malala could have earn floods of love and sympathies from her own people but we see her position at home. The secular and liberal provincial and federal governments are stupidly dumb to observe that local people of the area are not ready to accept any educational institution bearing Malala's name. Why? Because the local population deems her daughter of اغيار (outsiders). It was really ironic that Muhtram Ghamidi sahib devotedly visited her in England to get pictured with her and her parents. It was posted in social media. What is it all? Was it to appease the powers patronizing Malala?
Two wars in Afghanistan were neither desire of the Afghans nor it was a wishful venture of Islamic Movements. But once Afghans were forced to take arms, do the liberal and Liberal Islamist groups think Afghans should have practiced what عيسى عليه السلام (Jesus) taught "If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, offer your shirt too." {Luke 6:29} Have ever the Christian West claiming to be the follower of Jesus, followed him in such a humiliating way? Did France and England practice this principle in face of Germany and its allies and did Germany and its allies practiced this teaching of Jesus when allied forces crushed them?
It is really very sad that main intent of the Ghamidi camp is to find or prove stains on the cloaks of genuine Islamist and particularly of Islamic Movements. Recently my dear Khurshid Nadeem, a well-known intellectual of this group wrote a column placing responsibility of current waves of militancy and terror acts on teachings of Maulana Maudidi and Syed Qutb رحمهما الله . To him it were none others but these two luminaries of Modern Islamic Thought, kneaded in past traditions, nourished terrorism. According to his 'research' both of these mentors of Islamic Movements were also behind presently developing trend of تكفيريت . Brother Saleem Mansoor Khalid sufficiently examined Khurshid Nadeem's views with perfect matter. Dr. Hussain Piracha also chased him with his solid arguments. Mr. Hussain Piracha has close acquaintance with Sir Zubair because sometime in past they enjoyed each other's company in Makka.
Zubair Siddiqui sahib, as usual, shared his comments on Mr. Piracha's column with many of his contacts, as his practice is. It left me with not doing except express my views on the subject also. Nadeem 'innocently' switched off the fact that the literature of the two luminaries started appearing about nine decades ago and the current waves of terror are the matter of only last two and half decade. This group intentionally ignores many other factors which inflamed the terror acts. They overlook the hypocritical and prejudiced attitude of big powers of the world toward the Muslim Ummah. They wink on the facts that our youth is now breathing down its neck how nepotism, plundering, corruption, political devilment, turncoat-ism(horse trading), conspiracies, favouritism, bribes, intercessions and political and wealth influence have become cancer in the reins of our collective life. On the other hand there is joblessness, lack of health and transport facilities, inflation, scarcity, energy crisis (load shedding, gas and water shortage), lawlessness, moral decline at every level is sufficient to fuel the radical feelings in disappointed young men. In FATA living worst condition is far above imagination of the intellectuals under discussion. One after the other 'operation' has made life more than difficult. Young generation, very sensitively, had been observing how Musharaf sold national interests for his personal gains. How Zardari and Nwaz Sharif have proved their submissiveness. Resentment cultivates extremism. Extremism is incentive of terrorism. Khurshid Nadeem and his group think Afghan Jehad to be mother of current horrible phenomenon and rich volumes of Syed Maududi and Syed Qutb (رحمهما الله) are mothers of Jihadi concept, so both the great 'beacons' of knowledge are indirectly responsible for whole terror mess. Khurshid Nadeem falsely related the desire of revival of Khilafat and implementation of Islamic Sharia'a to the militancy and terror acts. Will he tell who incited Noreen Laghari, a medical student in Hyderabad, to join ISIS (داعش)? Did she get instigation from the books of Syed Maududi and Syed Qutb (رحمهما الله)? In education institutions Islami Jamiat Talabah is follower of both the Syeds but latest reports collected by intelligence agencies show that in Punjab education institutions ISIS is rapidly taking roots through social media and its message is spreading. Larger number of the students getting affiliated to داعش are neither from مذهبى مدارس (Religious Seminaries) nor from genuine Islamic Movements. Then who is responsible? Syed Maududi and Syed Qutb (رحمهما الله)?
Here this whole intellectual camp deliberately misses major historical facts. Can they deny the fact that the same desire of establishing Islamic System was the most stimulating element in Pakistan Movement? This desire became the heaviest motive of support for demand of a free and sovereign country by millions of the Muslims of India. Despite this burning desire the struggle of Pakistan moved to its set goal by peaceful means and in a democratic way. Maulana Maududi made the newly established country his destination and Jamat Islami has been working in Pakistan for last around 70 years with no weapons in hands. It raised no call of militant fight for establishing Sharia'a here. Not any of the bitterest opponents in politics and power was ever branded with Kufr (كفر) by Syed Maududi or his Jamat. Jamat Islami's political struggle neither ever remained underground nor with armed activities. Maulana Maududi himself and his party had been subject to tyrannical tactics of different governments. From a little after sad demise of founder of Pakistan until first half of 70s almost all the governments applied evil exercises on Syed Maududi and his party. Many times he was kept in jail. There was a time when death sentence was declared for him. Once his party was banned. But Syed Maududu never called for a violent revolt.
Ghamidi School of Thought and whole of the liberal and secular lot in our country keeps on cursing Afghan Jihad. They think it root of all evils. Let us cast a look on how and why this Jihad started? Did Maududi or his party ferment some elements to take weapons and revolt against the government in Afghanistan? No, not at all. A super power of the world had waywardly entered that country with the designs never to leave it. Liberating the land from the aggressors is universally admitted right of all the crushed communities of the world. Kashmiris and Palestinians are using the same right and fighting for freedom. The intellectuals of Liberal Islamist club deliberately miss many major historical points. With misapprehension about America's sincerity the Afghan groups got trapped and accepted its help with arms and dollars. America had its own mischievous designs of making its rival super power, Soviet Union, kneel down to the ground, so it used Afghan land and hands for the purpose. After Russia's defeat America took its devilish role for first not letting Afghan Jihadi groups unite and not letting Afghanistan to be established as a pure Islamic country.
Hegemonic policies of the super powers, particularly the power where our learned Sir Zubair settles with his children, worked in a worst way. Seeds of another great war in that calamitous country were sown just after the first Afghan war was over. America attacked and devastated Iraq and Afghanistan. Libya's land is there but it has ceased to exist as a state. There are serious reports about America's hand in creation of ISIS (داعش). Ghost of Black Water had been playing dirty role in Pakistan and CIA trampled sacredness of our land to kill Osama bin Laden. Chief of Liberal Islamist seldom condemn any of such acts. They know how many innocent children, women, elderly and young men became victims of drone attacks but they remained stuck by silence.
Malala Yusufzai is daughter of Pakistan as many other innocent children wounded and killed in terrorist and also in drone attacks. More than 150 students of APS slayed in their classes and campus, were our sons and their lives were as precious as of Malala. Very interestingly, two other miserable girls, Kainat Riaz and Shazia Rehman were also our daughters who were in the same school wagon with Malala Yusufzai and were seriously wounded. But neither the nefarious Western World nor secular, liberal and Liberal Islamist elements in our country ever mentioned them. See the report by Chris Cork published on Oct. 24, 2013. Why only Malala got idolized and granted status of the greatest of the greats? Why the West is continuously showering Awards on her and why she has got a 'pantheon' (ديوى) status in whole of the North America and Europe? Malala could have earn floods of love and sympathies from her own people but we see her position at home. The secular and liberal provincial and federal governments are stupidly dumb to observe that local people of the area are not ready to accept any educational institution bearing Malala's name. Why? Because the local population deems her daughter of اغيار (outsiders). It was really ironic that Muhtram Ghamidi sahib devotedly visited her in England to get pictured with her and her parents. It was posted in social media. What is it all? Was it to appease the powers patronizing Malala?
Two wars in Afghanistan were neither desire of the Afghans nor it was a wishful venture of Islamic Movements. But once Afghans were forced to take arms, do the liberal and Liberal Islamist groups think Afghans should have practiced what عيسى عليه السلام (Jesus) taught "If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, offer your shirt too." {Luke 6:29} Have ever the Christian West claiming to be the follower of Jesus, followed him in such a humiliating way? Did France and England practice this principle in face of Germany and its allies and did Germany and its allies practiced this teaching of Jesus when allied forces crushed them?
Syed Maududi and Ikhwan, of course, brought intellectual awareness about Islam to be a complete code of life and perfect system, encompassing all the spheres of life. When a conscious young generation of Islamic mind stood with the CAUSE of living with Islam, the rulers applied their tyrant hands to crush their desires. Big powers always helped the local ruling elites in mashing the will of the people who want to live under Islam. Moreover, for ideologically supporting the secular rulers, the foreign powers bred an entity with liberal and secular thoughts in Muslim societies and fully lorded over this entity for decades. Liberal Islamist is the latest brand of this kind. It remains favorite since Nawaz Sharif's second tenure. My dear Khurshid Nadeem was then member of PMLN media cell. Musharaf period was golden time for our Liberal Islamist brothers when Ghamidi sahib was raised almost as the شيخ الاسلام . I do remember how enthusiastically Sir Zubair used to argufy in favor of Musharaf in his writings. When Zardari came in power, this also proved a blissful time for our friends. To spiritually enhance them Zradari took some of our dear friends to visit كعبة الله to perform free Umrah with him from state treasury. If Zardari spent from his pocket, our brothers needed not bother from where heaps of wealth Zardari had amassed? After Zardari they are again top favorite list of Nawaz Sharif. They show little thought about Panama leaks and costly properties in London and abundant of wealth gathered in the country and abroad by Sharif family.
Now let us have a view of Egypt and Ikhwan case. I think the environment the Ikhwan have passed last 70 years in it, our Liberal Islamist brothers might have not courage to breathe for 70 minutes in that woeful condition. In spite of all that, as an organization, Ikhwan never endorsed violence. They have been constantly endeavoring for democratically change the political atmosphere. They want change through ballet and not with bullets, but very sad, they themselves are made targets of bullets. Abdul Fatah Al-Sisi is the fourth most furious Egyptian dictator, now making them subject to his authoritative tricks. They are going through all trials and troubles. عزيمت و استقلال is their chosen way. A revolution with shedding the blood of their country men and of their own workers is not their objective. For last about 70 years, they are victims of authoritarianism. Hundreds of Ikhwan activists got death penalties and many of them succumbed to death in torture cells. Many of them got their business ruined and families destroyed. Many of them had to go in self-exile and live abroad.
Present situation is that military general Al-Sisi overthrew the elected president Dr. Morsi and for about 4 years Morsi is in jail with his comrades. Only very recently most revered elderly Ikhwan leader Sheikh Badi', already in jail with week health, got عمر قيد (life sentence). Do our Liberal Islamist brothers not remember tragedy of رابعة العدوية (Rabaa' massacre)? Bulldozers were run over the supporters of Dr. Morsi massacring 638 people at the spot. All this happened under the nose and with backing of America and whole of the so-called 'civilized world'. Did the great scholar Javed Ghamidi raised any voice of protest on that ferociousness or uttered some sympathetic words for Ikhwan? Did Khurshid Nadeem write any mourning columns and Sir Zubair made some favoring comments? Are the Ikhwan just for poisonous stings of sarcastic remarks by our Liberal Islamists?
Now let us have a view of Egypt and Ikhwan case. I think the environment the Ikhwan have passed last 70 years in it, our Liberal Islamist brothers might have not courage to breathe for 70 minutes in that woeful condition. In spite of all that, as an organization, Ikhwan never endorsed violence. They have been constantly endeavoring for democratically change the political atmosphere. They want change through ballet and not with bullets, but very sad, they themselves are made targets of bullets. Abdul Fatah Al-Sisi is the fourth most furious Egyptian dictator, now making them subject to his authoritative tricks. They are going through all trials and troubles. عزيمت و استقلال is their chosen way. A revolution with shedding the blood of their country men and of their own workers is not their objective. For last about 70 years, they are victims of authoritarianism. Hundreds of Ikhwan activists got death penalties and many of them succumbed to death in torture cells. Many of them got their business ruined and families destroyed. Many of them had to go in self-exile and live abroad.
Present situation is that military general Al-Sisi overthrew the elected president Dr. Morsi and for about 4 years Morsi is in jail with his comrades. Only very recently most revered elderly Ikhwan leader Sheikh Badi', already in jail with week health, got عمر قيد (life sentence). Do our Liberal Islamist brothers not remember tragedy of رابعة العدوية (Rabaa' massacre)? Bulldozers were run over the supporters of Dr. Morsi massacring 638 people at the spot. All this happened under the nose and with backing of America and whole of the so-called 'civilized world'. Did the great scholar Javed Ghamidi raised any voice of protest on that ferociousness or uttered some sympathetic words for Ikhwan? Did Khurshid Nadeem write any mourning columns and Sir Zubair made some favoring comments? Are the Ikhwan just for poisonous stings of sarcastic remarks by our Liberal Islamists?
My dears and respected ones! Go on with your 'thoughts'. Do what Semuel Marinus Zwemer, a missionary from Vriesland, Michigan, who came to the Middle East in last decades of 19th century and short after became Chief of the Christian Missions, to do. After a long journey and stay with his missionary goals in the Middle East, when he had to admit that ...'the Arabs (and Muslims in different parts of عثمانى خلافت) could not be converted', he advised his Missions to create moral hollowness in young Muslim generations and make their sensitivity about their Faith gradually dwindled to zero. In this way they would remain nothing but a 'Jaw without Teeth'.
Dear and respected Liberal Islamist brothers! You also want this Ummah to be a Jaw without Teeth. You spare no moment in using your dagger to damage Maududi and Seyed Qutb (رحمهما الله). Do enjoy favors, get awarded, make foreign trips with the rulers, perform free Hajj and Umrah with them, do every thing to come in 'good books' and appease the powers abroad, but please, be realistic. Be mindful that your blames and taunting make no harm to prestige of Maududi and Syed Qutb (رحمهما الله)
Dear and respected Liberal Islamist brothers! You also want this Ummah to be a Jaw without Teeth. You spare no moment in using your dagger to damage Maududi and Seyed Qutb (رحمهما الله). Do enjoy favors, get awarded, make foreign trips with the rulers, perform free Hajj and Umrah with them, do every thing to come in 'good books' and appease the powers abroad, but please, be realistic. Be mindful that your blames and taunting make no harm to prestige of Maududi and Syed Qutb (رحمهما الله)
And what will be the reply of this writing, very pleasantly I know, so thanks in anticipation.
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