Certain things may indeed be unwanted by (or unacceptable to) Javed
Iqbal Kaleem (or is it M.J.Iqbal?!), a member of the Jamaat i Islami,
which is an extremist organization with deep rooted connections to the
Talibans and the Al Qaeda. But that doesn't make them unwated/
unacceptable to the civilized world. Moderate Pakistanis understand
this simple truth on their own, but others need it to be hammered into
them. An example of the latter is General Pervez Musharraf who
candidly confesses in his ghost-written autobiography that he was told
in no no uncertain terms right after 9/11 that he had to be either
against terrorism or for it. Faced with the ultimatum from a low level
US state department official, the General quickly agreed to be against
terrorism (though, on the sly, he still maintained relations with
them).
General Pervez Musharraf, of course, belongs to the cabal of
kleptomanic Kakul graduates who have made it a career to show off
their valor only against civilians, be it in East Pakistan or
Balochistan. But essentially they are cowards who know that it is the
better part of valor to surrender to forces that can fight back. That
is why the Kakul graduates had surrendered within two weeks in East
Pakistan when they faced the Indian army after having a field day
against unarmed civilians for nine long months. And that is why
General Pervez Musharraf quickly capitulated to the ultimatum ("you
are either against terrorism or for it") from a low level US state
department official. What else can you expect from the General who
didn't even have the decency to claim the dead bodies of his soldiers
after the Kargil ignominy?
The Talibans, the Lashkar i Toibas, the Jamaat i Islamis etc. are not
well wishers of USA (or of civilized society) by any stretch of
imagination. They are all willing and ready to re-enact the 9/11 at
the slightest chance.
USA is well within its rights to speak up or even take unilateral
action against terrorists who have not only taken refuge but even
continued with their terrorist plots from within foreign countries.
Tough luck if Jamaat i Islami member Javed Iqbal Islam (or is it
M.J.Iqbal) finds that unwanted/unacceptable. He'll just have to learn
to live with it.
And as for Sharia law in NWFP (or in Saudi Arabia, for that matter),
it has nothing to do with justice and everything to do with upholding
the tyranny of male supremacists. The male supremacists in Saudi
Arabia, for example, exhibit unabashed determination to monopolize the
driver's seat both literally and figuratively. UN would be well
within its rights to use force to annul the cruel laws of Saudi Arabia
and NWFP.
On Apr 23, 2:47=A0am, Javed Iqbal Kaleem <JavedIqbalKal...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> From: "Javed Kaleem" <javediqbalkal...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:10:53 +0500
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> Subject: Unwanted and Unacceptable US intervention in Pakistani
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> *The US =A0government has expressed its displeasure over release of old
> TNSM
> leader, =A0Soofi Muhammad, after many years of =A0imprisonment. Firstly
> it is
> none =A0of =A0 America's =A0business =A0whom we =A0imprision and who
=A0we=
set
> free.
> Secondly =A0it =A0does not make =A0 any sense as to why =A0US =A0hates
=A0=
so
> much =A0a
> weak and =A0fragile =A0old man in his seventies. What great damage will
be=
> caused to USA if =A0a small part of NWFP is governed by sharia law.
>
> http://www.dawn.com/2008/04/23/top6.htm
>
> Swat was a small independent state which joined Pakistan at the time
> of
> partition. The state was governed by sharia law. It is a natural law
> which
> suits everyone, but especially the Pathans. =A0Justice is quick, simple
> and
> final. The British system is in fact no justice at all. It causes very
> long
> proceedings, spread over years and even then there is no guarantee
> that the
> justice would be provided to the victim. Because of false witnesses,
> clever
> lawyers and obliging judges.
>
> The Pashtuns live in small villages. If someone from their family is
> killed
> and they do not avenge his death they feel a great shame. Under the
> British
> system, they see the killer and his relatives everywhere in the
> village and
> feel ashamed for not having avenged their dead. It goes on for years.
> Therefore the simple and straight forward justice ensured by sharia
> suits
> them. The killer is destined to be killed and fast. =A0Otherwise,
> instead of
> one killer they kill many of his family. His family retaliates and
> kills
> many of the victim's family and this goes on until one of the parties
> is
> left with no male members.
>
> Therefore when Soofi Muhammad demanded implementation of Shariat law
> in
> early ninetys, most residents of Swat sup****ted him. The provincial
> government could have passed =A0an administrative order or legislated to
> make
> Sharia the law of the former state and resolved the issue once for
> all. If
> it succeeded, it could havel become a role model for the whole
> country.
> After all Pakistan came into being to make Shariat its governing law.
> But
> the puppet government of PPP resisted the movement compelling them to
> raise
> arms against the state authority. The rebellion continued. Sufi
> Mohammad was
> arrested and imprisioned, but the struggle continued. And when Taliban
> took
> over Afghanistan, their demand for implementation of Shariat became
> even
> more logical and strong.
>
> Religion has become a history in Europe and USA. Most people have
> turned
> athiests and many churches have been sold out to become bingo halls or
> even
> masajids. Therfore they want us to follow suit. It is as if a blind
> person
> compelling others to become blind to create uniformity.
>
> Islam declares those with no knowledge of Divine Guidance as the
> blind.
> These blind people want to guide others. As Jesus Christ has said:
> Blind
> leading the blind will cause them both falling into the ditch.
>
> Javed Iqbal Kaleem*
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