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The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) is passing through
a crucial phase. All eyes of the masses across the country
are on this situation. However, under the prevailing situation
there are a few simple and god-fearing people in the province
who follow true Islamic norms, which is not acceptable to
anti-Islam forces as a result of which all foes and friends,
innocent and mischievous have come into action against them.
It is not the end that reports are being lodged against them
in police stations, the entire police set up has come into
action, station house officers are restless in adopting strategies
against these true Muslims. Every possible tactic, which is
considered cheap and anti-humanity and against the civilization,
is being adopted to apprehend them and bring them to book.
But, in our homeland, this system is adopted considering it
‘need of the hour’. Democracy and fascism, consultation
and dictatorship, selfishness and hypocrisy, independence
and slavery, and logistic support to the anti-Islam powers
have been mixed up in a way that makes it difficult to understand
where one begins and where the other ends.
The topic under discussion was of those people who in present
day’s scenario when all bigwigs, affluent, elite, business
tycoons and other high ups are busy calling ‘America,
America’ they have rosary in their hands and repeatedly
reciting nothing else but ‘Allah, Allah’. “They
are unable to understand that the present era is not to make
world follow them but to mould themselves in the way the world
wants. It is not right time to change the direction of air
but to join the race of present world. This is not the time
to take decisions independently but only to celebrate Independence
Day. This is not the time to follow the teachings of the Holy
Prophet (sallallahu `alaihe wasallam) but to celebrate the
Eid-e-Milad (the birthday of the Holy Prophet). It is not
the time to make the Jews and Hindus annoyed but to keep them
happy by any means.”
These are actually the people of primitive thoughts. They
are unaware of modern demands of the world. They are illiterate
to understand what does ‘need of the hour’ mean.
They only know that come what may, they have to keep the Allah
Almighty happy. They have vow to expand the circle of supremacy
of Qur’an and Sunnah, which they consider above all
laws on the earth. Their desire is to take the teachings of
Qur’an from the mosque and Madrasah (religious institutions)
to the business place, workplace and to the assemblies. They
do not think that Azaan (call for prayer) and prayer is the
religion only but they take society, economy, government and
politics as part of Shari`ah. They do not only consider the
‘Imamat-e-Sughra’ their destination, but they
eye the ‘Imamat-e-Kubra’. They know that human
being has been created to rule and the demand of this responsibility
varies. They do not only see the verses of Holy Qur’an,
which stress for strict adherence to Namaaz and Roza (prayers
and fasting), amelioration of lifestyle, maintaining decency,
but they also follow the verses of the Holy Book which clearly
point out the responsibilities towards the society, collective
efforts, and role in the politics.
They know very well that giving or accepting bribe has been
termed war against Allah Almighty and His Holy Prophet in
the Holy Qur’an. They know that Qur’an declares
gambling and use of liquor ‘satanic acts’. At
some places in the Holy Qur’an the strictest punishment
for theft has been the amputation and at some places the whipping
has been advised as the only punishment for the rapists. At
some places appropriate punishment is advised for the accusers.
Not only this, those who do not make decisions according to
the laws, defined in the Holy Qur’an, have been declared
atheists. Every Muslim has been bound to follow the teachings
of Holy Prophet from house to the market, from marriage to
the divorce, from happiness to the sadness, from ailment to
the recovery of health, and during the travel. And those who
ignore these instruction and Divine Orders are warned of strictest
punishment.
Allah Almighty says in the Holy Qur’an: “They
cannot be true Muslims unless they herald the Divine Order
at the time of their internal rift.” These simple Muslims
have strong Islamic belief in their hearts and souls. When
they read these Divine Orders and warnings, they start shivering
with high fear of stronger punishment in the life and thereafter.
They await a time when it will be Allah’s laws everywhere
even from the police station to the courtroom. When no innocent
would be heard screaming due to brutal treatment at jails
and when no one with bad reputation would be put to rule.
Law and justice would prevails all around and everyone would
get justice without any discrimination. A number of generations
have met their end while waiting for such a time. However,
after centuries, we are witnessing a ray of hope in our neighbourhood
where religious norms were confined to the Madaris only. With
the inception of Islamic laws, interest-based business was
banned. Liquor shops and bars looked deserted. Those who had
singing and thrilling as their profession became jobless.
Thieves were amputated. Rapists were awarded punishments according
to the Islamic laws. Military men and policemen started offering
prayers five times a day. Ministers and advisors were answerable
to people. The upper and lower houses echoed with the recitation
of Holy Qur’an. All seemed in identical dresses and
all dined at one table. Glittering metals and precious stones
did not attract the simple and god-fearing people. But alas!
Today this seems as a dread. However, those fortunate who
witnessed this era when Islam really prevailed all around,
when tell the stories of their time, no one stays without
paying tributes to them.
Pakistanis living in the border areas have also seen the glimpses
of these scenes and have felt the charm of this system. How
come it is possible that the fragrance of rose and jasmine
is in the air and no one would feel it. This type of fragrance
amused and attracted the honourable Pukhtoons of NWFP. They
warmly took part in the general election and eliminated the
worldly culture in which the poor people were considered animals.
The laws which were fabricated on the basis of wealth and
influence were changed. Those who were confined to Madaris
and mosques only got an access to the assemblies. Now under
this situation, how come these people would have ignored the
stricter implementation of Islamic laws. It was not possible
that while sitting in the assemblies they would not come up
to the expectations of people who voted them to power.
Now when the NWFP Assembly has accepted Shari`ah Bill with
greater majority to declare the Shari`ah the Supreme Law,
the upper house is witnessing uproar on the issue. Instead
of praising the efforts of NWFP Assembly, instead of hailing
their efforts for the supremacy of Islam, pro-West high ups
started mourning. In order to make the NWFP government failure,
cheap tactics are being adopted. A pressure has been mounted
on the bureaucracy to turn down provincial government’s
proposals. Journalists on the payroll of rulers have been
using their skill in condemning the NWFP government’s
efforts. Their only mission seems to promote the pro-West
rulers and nothing else. This proves that the first and the
only provincial government that introduced true Islamic system
of justice is being subjected to state victimization for its
efforts to implement Islamic laws and Shari`ah.
The height of opposition is that an advisor in the Federal
Shari`ah Court has challenged the proposed Shari`ah Bill in
the Supreme Court and requested the honourable court to bar
the NWFP governor from approving any such bill in the assembly.
People must not forget that since the NWFP assembly has passed
this bill with greater majority, no body has any right to
oppose this bill. The gesture of the advisor who has challenged
the NWFP’s Shari`ah Bill in the Supreme Court seems
that the sacrifices our forefathers have rendered to keep
up the garden would go waste and under this situation we never
know what is the fate of that flower garden which we inherited
from our ancestors. How come a garden can bloom when its gardener
himself is bent upon ruining it. Somebody please make such
people understand that Pakistan is our garden which came into
existence on the name of Islam. The foundation of our country
is Islam and if this foundation is damaged then how the building
can stand?
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