Analysis, Side Feature, South Asia

Pakistan Headlines – 21 April 2017

Headlines:

  • Kashmir is Burning whilst Pakistan’s Rulers Beg for “Normalization” with India
  • Shameless Rulers Turn Islamic Lands into Crusader Military Testing Grounds
  • Panama Papers Verdict Proves Democracy is the Guardian of Corruption


Kashmir is Burning Whilst Pakistan’s Rulers Beg for “Normalization” with India

As reported in Al Jazeera dated 9 April 2017, at least eight civilians were killed on Sunday when security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir opened fire on protesters during a by-election, according to officials. Local rebel leaders had called for a boycott of the vote, which was held to fill a vacant seat after a member of parliament resigned to protest against the killing of civilians during a sweeping security crackdown last year. Since July 2016, after the martyrdom of the young liberation fighter, Burhan Wani, Indian Occupied Kashmir has seen horrific atrocities perpetrated by the brutal Indian regime, in the form of curfew, killings of dozens with injury of hundreds. Women, children and the elderly have been beaten, pellet guns have severely wounded many, including blinding, food shortages have deepened hardships and the banning of internet and social media have left protestors without a voice with which to alert the world to their plight. The hatred within the Muslims of Kashmir against the Hindu regime during these months has been heightened and in response, to suppress the Muslim voices, the brutality by the Indian troops during this period has reached extremes.

In the build-up towards the by-elections of 9 April 2017, the authorities suspended the internet services and sent 20,000 paramilitary forces augmenting to the already stationed troops of around 500,000. As the Muslims boycotted the election, the turnout was 6.5% which is the lowest ever recorded in the valley. The troops resorted to brutal force, fired bullets and shotgun pellets upon Muslims who protested against these by-elections, resulting in the killing and injuring of many of them. After the by-elections, the Indian troops resorted to more brutality, wherein Muslims were arrested and tortured in front of cameras, whilst in another event a Muslim was tied-up in front of jeep and paraded as a human shield.

Kashmir is burning whilst the leaders of Pakistan are bent on serving the US-project of making India the dominant regional power by “normalization” of its relations with India and burying the Kashmir issue. The cries for help of the Muslims of Kashmir fall upon the deaf ears of the deceitful leaders of Pakistan. The treacherous regime in Pakistan will never mobilize the Muslim armed forces for the liberation of Kashmir but will instead exploit them for the American projects. It is only the Khilafah upon the Method of Prophethood which will mobilize the Muslim armed forces in liberating Kashmir and defending its Muslims. It will unify the Muslim lands of the region and elsewhere. With the establishment of Khilafah the American plan of making India a dominant regional power will be eradicated. The Khilafah will ensure the supremacy of Islam and the defeat of Kufr, not only in the region but across the world. Allah (swt) said,

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ تَنصُرُوا اللَّهَ يَنصُرْكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَكُمْ

O you who believe! If you help in the cause of Allah, He will help you and strengthen your foothold.”

(Surah Muhammad 47:7)

 

Shameless Rulers Turn Islamic Lands into Crusader Military Testing Grounds

As reported in Dawn dated 16 April 2017, the powerful non-nuclear bomb dubbed “mother of all bombs” which was dropped by the US on an area in Afghanistan also left impact on this side of the border, damaging buildings in Kurram Agency, locals said. Wide cracks appeared in several houses, a mosque and an Imambargah at Malana village in the foothills of Speen Ghar also known as White Mountain. The GBU-43/B or MOAB, known as the “mother of all bombs”, is the largest non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal, at a length of 9.1m whilst weighing 22,000 pounds. It was dropped by the US in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, near the Pakistan border killing more than 90 people who were alleged to have links with Islamic State (IS). The bomb was used for the first time in a combat mission and was dropped not in some open field but in an inhabited area with shock-waves even felt in areas far-away. As expected, the US was very proud of this barbaric development on a human population. As reported in the Independent, Donald Trump has said he was “very proud of” dropping the “mother of all bombs” in Afghanistan. Mr. Trump praised the US military and said the mission was “very successful”. He said, “Everybody knows exactly what happened and what I do is I authorize my military. We have the greatest military in the world and they’ve done their job as usual. So, we have given them total authorization.”

Colonialist powers like the US and Russia have been testing their military weaponry upon Islamic Lands and Muslims. They have authorized their armed forces to use Islamic Lands as their testing grounds and kill Muslims at will, whilst the shameless rulers of Muslims sit on the side-line as spectators or facilitate them in their heinous plans. The bomb’s blast was felt in the tribal areas of Pakistan, however the shameless leaders in Pakistan did not mobilize our forces against this aggression. These rulers have chosen to serve the Kufr system and Kuffar rulers over Islam and Muslims, even though Allah (ta’ala) has ordered that the enemy is taken as an enemy,

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لاَ تَتَّخِذُوا عَدُوِّي وَعَدُوَّكُمْ أَوْلِيَاءَ تُلْقُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ بِالْمَوَدَّةِ وَقَدْ كَفَرُوا بِمَا جَاءَكُمْ مِنْ الْحَقِّ

O you who believe! Choose not My enemies who are your enemies as friends showing them affection even when they disbelieve in that truth that has come to you”

(Surah Mumtahina 60:1)

Were the rulers of Pakistan sincere to Muslims they would have treated America and the crusaders as enemies. Only upon return of Khilafah upon the Method of Prophethood will the foreign hostile nations be dealt with on a war footing. Their officials will be expelled from the country as one of the steps towards challenging and ending their hegemony. The Islamic lands will be unified and Muslims across the globe will be defended. Only then will Islam be restored to its rightful place, as a beacon of guidance for all of humankind.

وَلِلَّهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَلِرَسُولِهِ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَكِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

But honour, power and glory belong to Allah, and to His Messenger, and to the believers, but the hypocrites know not.”

(Surah al-Munafiqoun 63:8)

 

Panama Papers Verdict Proves Democracy is the Guardian of Corruption

On 20 April, the drawn out Supreme Court (SC) case probing the Sharif family’s alleged corruption in the Panamagate case ended today as the court ordered the formation of a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to probe how the family’s money was transferred to Qatar. The prime minister and his party breathed a collective sigh of relief, as the fear of an ‘extreme verdict’ — the premier’s ouster — dissolved and gave way to celebrations.

The impending investigation drama is only to bring some cosmetic changes at most. However, the real cause of misery and humiliation, Democracy, will remain firmly in its place. Just as in dictatorship, corruption, misery and humiliation is produced by democracy itself. Just like dictatorship, in democracy too the sovereignty to legislate, deciding what is right and wrong, lies with men and not Allah (swt). So self-serving individuals know that once they are elected into the democratic system, they can make laws to secure their interests. Any corrupt one amongst us, regards his “investment” of millions of rupees to become a public representative through elections, a wise investment because it will give a good “return.” The assembly is not about taking care of the people’s interests, but a way for these corrupt elements to look after their own affairs and the affairs of those who selected and groomed them to rule, the colonialists.

A thousand verdicts and investigations in this democratic system will never close the doors to our misery and humiliation. The elected rulers and assemblies are allowed to issue hundreds of laws and policies that openly violate the commands and prohibitions mandated by Allah (swt). We must turn our faces away from the corrupt system of democracy that produces corrupt rulers and corrupt laws, as if it were a factory, just as we turned our faces away from dictatorship. In democracy, traitors enslave others to their own whims and desires and those of their colonialist masters, ignoring the Kitab of Allah and the Sunnah of RasulAllah. Allah (swt) said,

وَأَنِ احْكُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَاءَهُمْ وَاحْذَرْهُمْ أَنْ يَفْتِنُوكَ عَنْ بَعْضِ مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ

“And judge between them by what Allah has revealed, and do not follow their desires, and beware (O Muhammad) that they might seduce you from some of what Allah has sent down to you.”

(Surah Al-Maaida 5:49)

We will only find prosperity and security, once we rid ourselves of democracy and implement Islam through its ruling system, the Khilafah. Only the Khilafah closes the door in the face of the colonialists and their agents because the constitution and the laws are extracted from the Quran and the Sunnah exclusively. So, the elected men and women of the Majlis-e-Ummah, will not make laws. Instead, they will advise and account all the rulers on the basis of their ruling by Islam, in a system where Allah (swt) alone is Sovereign. And the Khaleefah has no right to implement any law other than according to what Allah has commanded and forbidden.