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The mujahideen have a right to cross the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir to fight a jihad against Indian forces, Professor Hafiz Saeed said at the close of a three-day Jamaat ud-Dawa congregation on Friday. âThis cannot be called infiltration because Kashmir is the jugular vein of Pakistan and fighting for freedom is not a sin,â Mr Saeed said in a fiery speech to a large gathering at the Markaz Yarmok here. âWe deduce our military and jihad planning from the Holy Quran and one day the Almighty will give us Khilafah and the government.â
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He said if President General Pervez Musharraf wanted to end the political deadlock brought about by the Legal Framework Order (LFO), he should suspend the constitution and declare the Quran the supreme law of Pakistan. âMoreover, military training should be declared compulsory for every child of five years and above so we are able to combat the infidels and establish the rule of the Quran,â he said. âWe will never let Hindus to construct a temple to Ram in Ayodhya. The Muslims of India will reconstruct the Babri Mosque instead.â He predicted that India would soon crumble and âeach of its parts will become a Pakistanâ.
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He admitted that JD activists were fighting in India and other parts of the world. âJihad is our obligation and we will sacrifice everything for it. We are not just fighting in Kashmir, but also in Afghanistan, Iraq and Chechnya,â the Jamaat ud-Dawa chief said.
Mr Saeed urged the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to fight a jihad âin defenceâ of Islam. âIf it does not wage jihad, it is useless for Muslims and Islam. The OIC should establish a united force with Pakistan as its nucleus and introduce a joint currency,â he added.
However, he was against jihad within Pakistan. âThose who associate us with jihad in Pakistan are agents of Satan. We have directed our Mujahideen not to use weapons against any Muslim in Pakistan,â he said.
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More than a hundred thousand people including women and young children attended the Jamaat ud Dawa congregation to hear their chief speak. Some of the veiled women attended Friday prayers carrying their infants. JD activists armed with clubs maintained security in and outside the congregation, while young men armed with Kalashnikovs and other guns kept a lookout on temporarily erected posts in the centre. Hundreds of banners, many urging people to take up arms in jihad, were hung up. In front of each camp was a box asking for donations to fund jihad and for the families of those killed fighting it. At the end of the congregation, JD leaders made repeated announcements asking for contributions.
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Mr Saeed was scheduled to meet journalist at the end of the congregation, but cancelled the meeting without explaining why. Former Inter-Services Intelligence chief General (r) Hamid Gul and others attended the congregation on Friday and met Mr Saeed. |