Pakistan Defies Saudi Arabia by Backing Tablighi Jamaat After Saudi Ban
The Punjab assembly in Pakistan where PM Imran Khan’s party PTI is in majority unanimously adopted a resolution calling the Tablighi Jamaat a force for good.
Pakistani security analysts have written in detail about how former Preachers of Tablighi Jamaat we’re responsible for forming some of the most heinous terror outfits like the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen.
In 2010 a massacre that had taken place at a mosque in Lahore in which 94 Ahmadiyya Muslims were killed after being taken hostage.
Thereafter the minister of law in the Punjab province had gone on record to state that the attack was facilitated by members of the Tablighi Jamaat.
In January 2016 the Punjab assembly had banned Tablighi Jamaat from universities. It had also banned it from mosques surrounding all universities since lawmakers thought the Tablighi Jamaat was sympathetic towards terror outfits and would try to mislead young students.
Now about two weeks ago Saudi Arabia had banned the Tablighi Jamaat. It is a trans-national Sunni Islamic movement which Riyadh said posed a danger to society.
The Saudi regime calls Tablighi Jamaat a gate to terrorism while prohibiting all its activities on Saudi soil.
However, in total defiance Pakistan has now passed a resolution supporting the Tablighi Jamaat. The Punjab assembly in Pakistan where PM Imran Khan’s party PTI is in majority unanimously adopted a resolution calling the Tablighi Jamaat a force for good and a non-political peaceful organisation.
The gesture of solidarity with the Tablighi Jamaat is being widely seen as a retaliatory move against Saudi Arabia, the very country which has been financially bailing out a bankrupt Pakistan, time and again.
The statement said: “Tablighi Jamaat is a global organisation. It has nothing to do with terrorism. History has shown that these people have never been involved in such activities. They are earning goodwill for Pakistan with the preaching of Islam all over the world.”
After five years on, the Punjab assembly is even praising the Tablighi Jamaat lauding it for bringing goodwill to Pakistan.
Pak PM Imran Khan has recently struck peace deals with almost every extremist outfit in Pakistan. He struck a failed ceasefire agreement with the Tehreek-e-Taliban. The former Pakistan cricketer also bowed to the demands of the Tehreek-e-Labbaik.
Pakistan will be facing another election in 2023, therefore PM Imran Khan is eyeing his vote bank but who will put in dollars in his begging bowl when he next goes on a begging tour?
Also what about the FATAF black list? This time India and France both must insist on solid action.
