Azad Mulkh kay Zehni Ghulam. JKLF boarded the wrong train, hence the destruction and rapes. United JK.
Our Ultimate goal is the unification and independence of JK. The struggle must be peaceful and on the Pakistani side of the divide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syYC91Z8IF4
Pakistan kis ka Ghulam tha? Why did Pakistan refuse to implement the UN resolutions? Right of accession?
JK people never had the right to self-determination. We only had a right of accession. Pakistan foot soldiers spread lies and defame true nationalists.
Was Imran Khan part of the Plot? Future of Gen Bajwa and Justice Nisar?
Are all culprits arrested?
The future of Pakistan is still bleak. Operation clean-up has some pitfalls. Tanveer Zaman Khan analyses the dangerous situation in Pakistan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff5S1eBiUW4
Rapes in our societies, colleges, and universities. What should we do?
Should we cover up these horrific crimes or expose the culprits so that they could be punished? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfJIkn38QmM
How well are you prepared for this exam?
In August students eagerly wait for two results, A-level results, and GCSE results. After receiving the results some are jubilant about their success, and others are grumpy and disappointed.
On the Day of Judgement, we human beings will also be given results.
In Sura 69 the Holy Quran says:
Ayat 19 As for those given their records in their right hand, they will cry ˹happily˺, “Here ˹everyone˺! Read my record!
Ayat 25 And as for those given their record in their left hand, they will cry ˹bitterly˺, “I wish I had not been given my record,
Ayat 28 My wealth has not benefited me!
Unlike exams of GCSE and A levels, we cannot re-sit this exam but the reward and punishment of this is permanent.
How well are you prepared for this exam?
Who is responsible for London Bombing?
Dr Shabir Choudhry 17 July 2005
The people of London and Britain are trying to overcome the impact of the tragic events of ‘London bombing’; moreover Muslim population of Britain is trying to face new pressures. Muslims and non-Muslims have forwarded many theories about these bombers and their motives behind this tragic incident, and no one theory could encompass the whole truth.
No one in his right mind could justify the killing of these innocent people, but one has to remember that no one is born as a ‘terrorist’ or a ‘suicide bomber’. We are product of the society we live in, and different issues and factors influence our thinking and behaviour. As we live in a global village issues and events taking place elsewhere could also influence our thinking and behaviour.
The term suicide bombing has become an everyday term in our lives. As much as this act is hated we fail to see the root cause of the problem which has never been addressed by the relevant authorities. Increased security will not cease terrorism, but recognition of grievances displayed by these desperate acts will play a more positive role in trying to prevent these acts. It has to be said, nothing can be done to fight those who are willing to die for their cause, whether that cause is justified or not in view of others; and there is no protection against this phenomenon.
Tony Blair was warned by many, including this writer that the war against terrorism cannot be fought by terrorism itself. In a letter to Tony Blair dated 07 April 2003, I said, ‘that by this aggression you will create chaos and instability and you will give birth to future ‘terrorists’ as people will take revenge for barbarism unleashed in the name of ‘liberation’.
I further said that acts of aggression which are carried out in disguise of ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction’ and ‘war on terrorism’ will create thousands of more terrorists, and will make the U.K vulnerable to attacks. Apart from me, many other people wrote similar things, and if we, the ordinary people, could envisage this, the authorities with vast knowledge and experience could have also seen this; but strategic and economic interests were too high and these threats were ignored by the authorities.
The killing of innocent people in Iraq and Afghanistan has been disguised as ‘liberation’ and war on terrorism’. The killing of innocent people anywhere else is seen as an act of barbarity, but victims and those who are neutral in this struggle (crusade) question where is the distinction between the two?
Soon after the bombings in London Muslim scholars, community leaders and imams tried to take the lead in condemning these bombings; of course, members of other faiths and other communities and political leaders also condemned this act. Asian media, especially Asian TV channels held special programmes to condemn this and show solidarity with the government and the families of victims.
A vast majority of Muslims strongly oppose actions like this, and even though they had no prior knowledge about this incident, they feared that they would be accused of supporting or condoning this; and they felt they had to do more in order to show that they were not on the side of these terrorists.
I am among those who have opposed violence for many years and have paid a big price for this as well. I have no problem with these people condemning terrorism, but wonder if that is enough to stop terrorism. I also wonder if these people are sincere in condemning terrorism; or they just want to condemn terrorism in London because they fear it could possibly affect them.
Some of these people from Pakistani/Kashmiri back ground who are trying to take the lead in condemning terrorism in London are the ones who opposed us when we spoke against violence in Kashmir and advocated a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute.
It was these people who called us ‘anti Islam’, ‘anti movement’ and ‘anti Jihadi elements’. The blood of victims whether they are in Aldgate (London), Lal Chowke (Srinagar) or Faluja (Iraq) is red, and they are all human beings with brothers, sisters and parents just like all of us. We cannot say that killing of an innocent person in London is wrong, because we could feel heat as a result of this killing, and call it holy jihad elsewhere which must continue.
No doubt the people of Jammu and Kashmir have genuine grievances against both India and Pakistan, as their homeland is forcibly divided and occupied by these two countries. What adds salt to our wounds is the denial of our inherent right of self-determination, as both countries have clear territorial aims and want to deny us to exercise the right to determine our future.
Continued denial of this right has resulted in people resorting to violence, especially on the Indian side of the divide which was of course only possible with support of Pakistani agencies. We proposed a peaceful resolution of this dispute in mid 1990s, and we were criticised by those who wanted the pot to keep on boiling; but now all those who sincerely want to resolve the Kashmir dispute accept that there is no military solution to this dispute and that violence could only add to our problems.
The point I am trying to make is that we have to be honest in our approach to violence. We have to condemn all sorts of violence no matter where it is taking place, and no matter who is behind it. We cannot pick and choose, support it where it suits us and oppose it when the tide is against us. A terrorist has no more right to commit an act of violence any more than a nation-state has. The death of one innocent person is the loss of one innocent human being regardless of who committed this act and for what purpose.
Islam is the most misunderstood and misinterpreted religion of all times, and ignorance only breeds the misunderstanding to the point of hate. Islam does not state anywhere that killing of innocent people will guarantee you heaven in the afterlife nor does Islam state killing of innocent people is justified in any circumstances. Lack of knowledge allows the terrorists to hide under the shield of religion to justify their acts.
The teaching of Islam is very clear on killing of innocent people: if you kill one innocent person that is as if you have killed the whole humanity, and if you save one innocent person and that is as if you have saved the whole humanity. But if we use our knowledge and experience to justify one innocent killing in one area of the world, because it is convenient to us then we are leaving space for others to use their knowledge and experience to justify such actions in other parts of the world as well.
Similarly if we justify killing of innocent people in Baghdad and Faluja because it serves our national and strategic interests then we are leaving space for others to broaden the area of conflict to satisfy their interests, no matter how obnoxious and condemnable these interests are.
What surprises many is that when Faluja was on fire and forces of occupation were unleashing most advanced and deadly weapons, at that time community leaders, religious scholars, and managers of Asian TVs did not find it appropriate to have discussion on the situation in Faluja where innocent Iraqis were facing bombs from everywhere. They should have had discussions to work out strategies to prevent that, and moreover to work out plans to control minds and actions of Muslim youths in Britain and elsewhere in Europe.
Some people are surprised and shocked by these attacks. I am among those who are saddened but not surprised, because it was clear that our foreign policy has made us target of these kinds of attacks. Tony Blair and George Bush say that these people attack us because they hate democracy and the Western life style. This is not true. Once again they are trying to mislead people. If these terrorists hated democracies and Western lifestyles then why they are not attacking Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium and many other Western democracies. Answer is very simple: these countries have not committed aggression against Muslim countries and have not supported aggressions and tyrants; whereas Britain and America have led this aggression and caused death of thousands of innocent Muslims.
One wonders who is responsible for this carnage. Is it our foreign policy which is perceived as anti Muslims and anti Islam by many, partly responsible for making London a target of these attacks? Or are we, the members of the Muslim Community, especially from South Asia, partly responsible for failing to teach our children that Britain is our home, and anything which hurts Britain will ultimately hurt us too. Apart from that have we failed to teach our children that as Muslims we must abide laws of the country we choose to live in, and must not work against interests of that country?
Or are those people partly responsible for this, who condone acts of terrorism in certain parts of the world because it suits them? Or these young men were mad and destructive, and were born with evil embedded within them?
I know the trend since the London bombing has been to write against these acts and not to write to open the reader’s mind to acknowledge a problem that is so deeply embedded within the structure of our government that maybe we should blame the same government promoting terrorism by its own acts. No matter what the trend is, I have always spoken out in support of what I believe is correct.
I would like to end this article by leaving these questions for my readers:
Writer is a Chairman of Diplomatic Committee of JKLF and author of many books and booklets. Also he is a Director Institute of Kashmir Affairs. Email: drshabirchoudhry@hotmail.com
Open Letter to Tony Blair
09 November 2004
Right Honourable, Tony Blair, Prime Minister of Britain
10 Downing Street,
Westminister,
London.
Dear Tony Blair
Re: Your aggression in Iraq
Before your illegal war on Iraq and
indiscriminate bombing of heavily populated areas, which resulted in massive
human rights abuse, and killing of innocent people, we cautioned you in a
letter dated 07 April 2003, ‘that by this aggression you will create chaos and
instability and you will give birth to future ‘terrorists’ as people will take
revenge for barbarism unleashed in name of ‘liberation’. That has proved
correct, and you can see how unstable Iraq has become.
We also said that your aim was to invade Iraq
for other reasons and the so-called threat of weapons of mass destruction was
only used as an excuse. We pointed out that if you sincerely wanted to control
the spread of weapons of mass destruction then your first target should have
been Israel followed by North Korea. We said you will never dare to take any
actions against these states because they do possess these weapons and have the
ability to use them as well; and you and Americans only choose weak targets.
It was also pointed out to you in a letter dated
08 May 2004, that: ‘this theory that one can end terrorism with more terrorism
has not worked in the past and it is doomed to fail in Iraq as well, even
though manipulators like Tony Blair, Jack Straw, Bush, Powel and Rumsfeld are
subscribing to it and actively following it.’
In heart of heart you know what you are doing in Iraq in the name of ‘liberation’ and ‘democracy’ is totally wrong. The aim of your aggression was to find and destroy Weapons of Mass Destruction, not to change a government whose head has now refused to follow your and American line.
As long as he looked after American and British
interests, he was a ‘good boy’ in your books and was given everything including
chemical and biological weapons. When he was killing ‘his own people’ and was
fighting your war against Iran causing destruction and killing of innocent
people, your governments fully supported him.
Now Sadam Hussain is blamed for killing his ‘own
people’ and imprisoning thousands of Iraqis. Of course, he imprisoned and
killed all those who opposed his rule in Iraq, and we don’t support him for
that; please tell me what are you doing to those who oppose British and
American occupation in Iraq?
One can say that the only difference is that he
did not use a sledgehammer to crack a nut, meaning that he did not use F-16
fighters, helicopter gunships, dropped bombs weighing 2000 pounds and missiles
in densely populated cities.
Despite being proved wrong on Iraq and a ‘champion’ of illegal and immoral war in which victims are innocent Iraqi people, I am surprised you have nerve to say that only ‘criminals, killers and terrorists’ are creating problem in Iraq.
If fighting forces of occupation and subjugation is a ‘criminal’ act and ‘terrorism’ then what name would you give to those British people who fought against German occupation; or those Afghanis who fought against the Russian occupation?
Tony Blair, it is still not too late, you can
stop or at least reduce the suffering of the people of Iraq. You don’t have to
follow the Americans in international affairs. You could be proud in your heart
that you are a friend or an ally of a ‘superpower, but remember, Allah is the
greatest and no superpower could even remotely match His powers. Many tyrants
and leaders in the past who assumed themselves as head of ‘super governments’
were punished by Him and destroyed.
You need to ask yourself, are the people of Iraq
better off after this aggression? Is the world a more safer place now? Are
British interests and British lives safer now than they were before the start
of this aggression?
With military might you can crush resistance in
Faluja and other places but you will never win peace because your prescription
for achieving peace and democracy is flawed. You DONOT plant democracy by
occupying a country, by dropping bombs in civilian areas and killing innocent
people.
We are part of British society and want to see
peace and prosperity here, but we fear that your policies are having adverse effects
here, and Britain could be a target of retaliation.
I hope that you will do your best to win peace
and stability in Iraq and withdraw your forces so that innocent British and
Iraqi lives can be saved.
Yours sincerely.
Dr Shabir Choudhry
