 Qazi Hussain Ahmed, the president of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, alleged on Friday that the deletion of religion column from machine readable passports (MRPs) was a government's conspiracy to seek access for Qadianis to Holy Mecca under the guise of Islamic names. However, he said that the nation would thwart the "plot".
| God forbid any Qadianis should set foot in Holy Mecca! |
Addressing a Friday congregation at Jamia Mansoora, Qazi said clerics all over the country highlighted the steps taken by the government for the deletion of religion column and blasphemy laws in Friday congregations. Qazi blamed that General Musharraf wanted blessing of the United States and other western countries by removing religion column. "Musharraf is a major ally of US in its war against the Islamic world. Waging struggle against him is a religious obligation of all Muslims," he said. Qazi said that confidence-building measures recently taken by India and Pakistan would harm the freedom movement of Kashmiris. Under the pretext of people-to-people contact, the secular elements of both countries want to set up a free society here, he said.
| A free society's anathema to Qazi. Islamic societies by definition are not free. But even Qazi usually doesn't come right out and say it... |
He went on to say that the nation was built on faith and General Musharraf wanted to confine it to Pakistan. |