Nationwide protest against US attack: JUJ displays Matmi demo

By: Mujtaba Bukhari

ISLAMABAD, April 4: Jamiat Ulema-e-Jafariya District Islamabad displayed Matmi demonstration in front of the United Nations offices in a country-wide protest against American aggression on the oppressed Iraqi people and desecration of holy places in Najaf-e-Ashraf, Karbala-e-Muallah and Baghdad, Kazmain and Samra on the call of Quaid-i-Millat Jafariya, Pakistan, Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi.

Ulema, Waizeen, Zakireen and Khutaba participated in a large number in the protest that was led by Allama Mohsin Ali Hamdani chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Jafariya Pakistan, Allama Basharat Hussain Imami Markazi Khateeb Federal Area Islamabad, Allama Ikhlaq Hussain Kazmi Markazi Khateeb Islamabad City, Allama Muhammad Abbas Zaini chief of the Wahdat Ulema-e-Pakistan, Allama Saqlain Ali Bokhari Markazi Shia Khateeb Rawalpindi Division, Allama Matloob Taqi Markazi Khateeb Rawalpindi Cantt., Maulana Shaikh Ijaz Hussain, Maulana Qamar Abbas Kazmi and other ulema.

The participants of the Matmi procession were raising vociferous slogans of “Labbaik Ya Hussain (A.S.)”, “Al-jehad, Al-jehad - Labbaik, Labbaik”, “Stop desecration of holy graves”, “Oppressed Iraqis! Islamic world is with you”.

Ulema presented a memorandum to United Nations mission addressed to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan. The memorandum said that the way chief of the colonial powers America attacked Iraq ignoring the United Nations, and the way human and moral values are being trampled provide food for thought to the whole world of humanity. The American aggression on Iraq is not only an attack on the Iraqi people but also an attack and aggression against the United Nations itself, therefore, the United Nations should take strict action against America and her allies terming them terrorists if it desires to restore the honour and dignity of the United Nations, root out international terrorism, and turn the world into a hub of peace, it said.

The memorandum demanded economic sanctions against America and her allies, strict punishment for Bush, Blair and their agents Sharon and Vajpayee by running their trial in the ICC for war crimes for giving a blood bath to lakhs of innocent people. If the United Nations failed to do so then its role would become vivid and its fate would be worst than that of the League of Nations, it added.

The resolution made it clear that Iraq is the soil of Ambia in which holiest places of not only Muslim but that of other religions are also there including the signs of Abul Bashar Hazrat Adam (A.S.), Ahle Bait At’haar (A.S.) and Sahaba Kubaar. These signs are the joint inheritance of the whole humanity the protection of which is the responsibility of the whole world. The honour and dignity of these holy places is being trampled owing to insane bombing by American and allied forces as a result of which everyone was concerned about it without any discrimination on the basis of color, creed, religion and country, it said adding that the United Nations should therefore take concrete steps for the protection of these holy places and get the war stopped forthwith to save the oppressed Iraqi people and the asset of holy places.

Addressing the gathering on this occasion, Maulana Sheikh Ijaz Hussain expressed his concern that America and her allies were conniving to pollute the holy soil of Iraq with their indecent and dirty steps, which would be thwarted. Criticizing the criminal silence of the Muslim rulers, he said America could be taught an unforgettable lesson and Iraqi soil could become a graveyard for them, if they all unite against her.

American flag was shown torch at the conclusion of the demonstration while Allama Mohsin Ali Hamdani led the prayer (Dua) for supremacy of the Islamic World, rooting out of problems faced by the Iraqi people, solidarity of the motherland Pakistan and for the unity of the Muslim Ummah.

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