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Today’s Murderer – Tomorrow’s Hero
By Aziz Bilal:
Remembering Abdul Qudoos
It’s been long since I did my Pakistan Studies course and learned that the Objective Resolution of Pakistan has as its leading contour;
“Whereas sovereignty over the entire Universe belongs to Almighty Allah alone, and the authority to be exercised by the people of Pakistan within the limits prescribed by Him is a sacred trust.”
I still recall the extreme honoured sensation while bearing in mind my existence in a realm which accepts the sovereignty of Almighty Allah. Sadly writing, I grew up to learn a complete contrary that it was a motherland that upkeeps the sovereignty of all but Allah. We neglect felony but fear felonious. Apparently we denounce crime but covertly titivate criminals. We regard the law where it suppresses weak and deride it when it collides with our vested interests. This delays justice and even denies it. This is the dilemma of our society and this exasperates the sufferers who by finding no way to vent their frustration opt for disrespecting law.
What to write, where to begin, I see injustices every now and then. The never ending soap serial of injustices started very few days after the demise of the founder of this land. We rejected his thoughts, we lost his vision. The saddening history of this land is marked with discrimination towards minorities – it is an irony that the people who based their struggle of independence on being a suppressed minority and aimed at protecting the rights of Muslims of India have themselves severely persecuted every minority. This dismaying history is marked with countless injustices towards Hindus, Christians, Shias and Ahmadis.
The latest episode of this unending malice ensued in the bereavement of Master Abdul Qudoos who belongs to the Ahmadiyya Community and was a resident of Rabwah – a city of 97% Ahmadi population. This time it is not the Mullah, but a state organ – the Police. He remained incarcerated for more than a month without any warrants or any formal charge against him. Let us go back to the constitution once again and have a look at the article 10 (2) it states;
“Every person who is arrested and detained in custody shall be produced before a magistrate within a period of twenty-four hours of such arrest, excluding the time necessary for the journey from the place of arrest to the court of the nearest magistrate, and no such person shall be detained in custody beyond the said period without the authority of a magistrate.”
Yes, we had a law that was breached by the ones responsible for its enforcement. Can anyone contemplate for a single moment that a constable or SHO could breach such a law on his own? Can anyone envisage this to be done by a common illiterate policeman whose ultimate provision is his twitches in uttering ‘SIR – SIR’ to his seniors? Certainly there was a hidden hand behind this. And this is what I am pointing to – the persecution of Ahmadis is different – it seems to be state backed.
For the ones who deny this, let me give them a deafening example of the incident of Lahore May 28, 2010 which resulted in 86 precious lives. This was covered by News Agencies that two of the six gunmen were captured by worshipers. Ahmadis straight away handed these two men to the security forces and since then we do not know anything about them. A year later we just heard news that some other men were also arrested – but where is the outcome? Where is justice? Yes, I admit that it is indeed challenging to capture the felons in such terrorist attacks – I admit that the government could not yet unveil the assassins of Mohtarma Benezir. But let me very respectfully say, Ahmadis themselves arrested two and handed over to you. The attack on Jinah Hospital a week later spoke of the authenticity of that arrest. It was simple to hang those culprits to serene the anguish of Ahmadis but what could one expect from a provincial government that could not even visit the tormented families. Sad and depressing.
Now, in this incident of Abdul Qudoos, they claim to have suspended the responsible policemen and then there seems to be a cover up – “they have switched off their mobile phones and are on run.”
Again it is not difficult to know their whereabouts. It is a matter of seconds. The responsibility lies on Punjab Police and Punjab Provincial Chief. Even more contrary to this the efforts from the government to reconcile is a clear example of avoiding this arrest. This is how we deny justice.
As ever Ahmadis run peaceful drives and patiently wait for justice. The thing I fear is that sooner or later these malefactors of the Lahore attack or murderers of Abdul Qudoos emerge out to become national heroes like Qadri. This would be a pitiable state and another entry to the saddening history of my beloved Land.
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Very well said. Already there’s another Qadri in the making, Maulvi Waqas, who took the life of an 80-year old man accused of blasphemy, after he was acquitted by the court. Sadly, your title is completely reflective of our bestial mindset today.
Is there something in kuran/islam itself that allows (makes) some murderers to become heroes?
Did Mohammad Iqbal not make a hero out of Ilam Din (who had murdered Pandit Lekh Ram)? Ilam Din was only 17 years old – so the real killers of Pandit Lekh Ram were muslim teachers and mullahs who instigated Ilam Din.
Even Mohammad (your so-called prophet) is on record as having extolled or encouraged certain killers.
Do you muslims have the honesty and courage to confont these bitter evil truths inherent in your so-called grand-final-perfect religion?
Aziz, I agree. It really is painful when criminals are deliberately overlooked, rather protected well by the state. May your voice be heard.
I find it necessary to also write down the excerpt from the ‘CODE OF CONDUCT FOR PUNJAB POLICE OFFICES’ that has badly been exploited in the case of Master Abdul Qudoos. This is what I mentioned in the picture at this blog but is not clear enough to be read.
K. PROTECTION OF HEALTH IN CUSTODY:
a. Police officers shall reasonably ensure protection of the health of persons in their custody and in particular shall take immediate action to secure medical services for all persons held in custody; this condition applies to all across the board and is mandatory. Access to a qualified medical officer is available every where. Sick or injured persons held in custody who require medical treatment should be transferred to specialized institutions or to civil hospitals. Police officers must obtain and comply with the advice of qualified medical practitioner when he recommends providing the person in custody with appropriate medical treatment.
b. Police officers must ensure the rights & privileges available under the law in respect of persons taken into custody. Information about persons arrested must be communicated to the person of his choice, as envisaged in the Police Order, 2002. During custody no Police Officer must inflict, instigate or tolerate any act of torture and degrading treatment with the accused.
Detailed instructions contained in Chapter 26 of the Police Rules, 1934 must be strictly adhered to.
full document can be found at:
http://punjabpolice.gov.pk/system/files/Code-of-Conduct-for-Punjab-Police-Officers.pdf
The State of Pakistan has nothing whatsover to do with Islam. It is a State of complete ‘Jahilia’!
Killing any innocent person is bad be it Qadiani or Muslim.
The Qadiani’s do not seem to feel the same towards people of Muslim faith killed which is surprising as well as pathetic.
“Whereas sovereignty over the entire Universe belongs to Almighty Allah alone”…………Molana Mohd Ali and Shaukat Ali stuck to this stance and lost their Khilfat case.
Qadianis must accept the Constitutional declaration about them and should stop blowing their own horn. They must realize that a Muslim in one who believes in Islam not only by word of mouth but also at heart.
Needless to say that which is in the Qadiani heart can be sensed without difficulty by their word of mouth and acts….they must accept this reality and stop perpetrating propaganda about their selves and professing themselves as Muslims which they are not as exemplified by their lack of empathy over those innocent beings belonging to other faiths getting killed. Also, they must also stop portraying Pakistan or Muslims as bugaboo’s.
If state of mind of Pakistanis is what portrayed by “abukashif”, then God help this country. It is going to need a lot of help.
Thanks for sharing such a nice article with us,
Force can bend heads but not minds
sword can win territories but not hearts
No doubt, Ahmadis are sacrificing for a true cause.
Intisar, Truth is always bitter and you people are evidently averse to difference of opinion and only want to impose your beliefs on others. Be broad-minded and talk about humanity and not just Ahmadi’s….
@ Amin (April 15, 2012 at 10:12 pm)
//…The State of Pakistan has nothing whatsover to do with Islam. It is a State of complete ‘Jahilia’…//
True. And to call a “Jahiliyya” state “Islamic”, amounts to calling Islam “Jahiliyya”. Therefore calling Pakistan an “Islamic Republic” is an insult to Islam. Let us stop doing this insult.
I realy like it….
Thanks for writing a truely realistic article. Ahmadi Muslims are being
tortured in exactly the same way as were the early Muslims and early Christians. ‘ Patience and prayer’ are the ‘weapons’ of Ahmadi Muslims. The last law-bearing Holy Prophet Muhammad saw was given special permission to fight back in defence only otherwise the early Muslims would have become extinct. That does not exist anymore. Now the real war is with the pen and through dialogues, discussions and interfaith speeches. Only then can peace be achieved in this world. As the Pakistan nation has totally done away with the values of true Islam ( peace, harmony, justice, respect, equality of genders and special status of women) and that of its founder Mr. M.A. Jinnah, the nation’s cursed now and is heading the same way as Afghanistan. Only prayers to God Almighty and Promoting brotherhood and respect of human brings can save the current barbaric republic of Pak.
God Bless the highly intellectual, intelligent and honourable writer of this article. May God always up him and guide him! Love for all, hatred for none- true motto of Islam as preached by the Holy Prophet saw. Islam itself means peace which is meant by submission to GOD. And that is the truth and what Ahmadi Muslims believe in!