Jut one factor is missing from the otherwise near perfect statement from JI, and that is Hindus of Pakistan. It seems like - JI has tactfully avoided them from the equation. Is this another divide-and-rule policy?
Jiten Roy
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Subject: [mukto-mona] Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan---JI believes in service to minorities also
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Subject: [mukto-mona] Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan---JI believes in service to minorities also
http://jamaat.org/beta/site/general_detail/news/3158
JI believes in service to minorities also
LAHORE , Nov. 1: The Jamaat e Islami chief, Syed Munawar Hasan, has said that the JI believed in service to humanity irrespective of religious differences. Addressing a gathering of the Muslims an the Christians at Islamabad , he said that the Christians and other minorities in Pakistan are equal citizens and enjoy equal rights. He assured the minorities that the JI on coming to power would fully protect their basic rights. He also invited the Christians for a joint struggle against tyranny and oppression.
He said that the People of the Book were all brothers. However, he said the minorities and the Christians had genuine complaints that they were treated as second rate citizens. This was because a big chunk of the Muslims did not know basic Islamic teachings. He said according to the teachings of the Quran and the Sunnah, a Christian neighbor had all the rights given by Allah and His Prophet (pbuh). He said it was the responsibility of the Muslims majority to help the Christian brethren in their difficulty and try to mitigate their sufferings. He said if every Muslim knew basic Islamic teachings, he would make every sacrifice for his Christian brothers. Syed Munawar Hasan said that the JI had offered every possible help to the Christians in difficulties such as natural calamities such as floods, earthquakes, etc.
He pointed out that members of the minorities had also been elected to the assemblies on the JI ticket. He said that in Pakistan , the Muslim majority as also the minorities were equally suffering because of the corruption of the rulers, price hike, load shedding, and insecurity. He said that the tyrants were neither Muslims nor Christians and the entire nation must