By Atta Rasool Malik
The once
considered ruthless TTP is almost dead now. The back ground of most of the TTP
leadership shows that they were not Islamists. They neither attended any
religious seminary nor touched upon the basic principles of Islam. These
leaders included Hakimulla Mehsud (late), Abdullah Mehsud (late), Fazlullah
(sitting Amir based in Afghanistan), Sheikh Khalid Haqqani (Naib Amir based in
Afghanistan), Shakeel Ahmed Haqqani, Muslim Khan, Tariq Afridi alias Gider
(late), Shahryar Mehsud, teacher Waliur Rehman Mehsud (late), Khan Said Sajna,
Abdul Wali Mohmand, Asmatullah Muawiya alias Punjabi, Mufti Hassan Swati,
Mangal Bagh Afridi and Adnan Rasheed etcetera. As per the military sources
claim and endorsed by the locals, operation “Zarb-e-Azb” has
successfully destroyed the militant edifice in our tribal belt, FATA. The TTP
remnants have been left with a negligible space to hide and almost absconding
either in remote western parts of the country or the adjoining Afghan border
territory.
After
dislodging by Pakistan Army from the tribal area, the TTP has recently started
a new way of proxy war through a malicious propaganda to brainwash the
tribesmen against their homeland and Armed Forces. Out of frustration, they are
targeting the two nation theory, founder of Pakistan Quaid - e - Azam Muhammad
Ali Jinnah, the first Prime Minister Liaqat Ali Khan, Islamic character of the
Pakistani constitution and trying to raise doubts against Pakistan movement.
They are exploiting minor excesses of government and Pakistan Army in the area
to create a favourable space for them in the area. They are carrying out the
campaign through anonymous writings and leaflets in the area.
Suffered
from the earlier setback, the militants are bent upon destroying Islam by
misusing it for their personal agenda. Their claim of being Islamists, seem to
be a hollow one. On the eve of ongoing military operation, the country’s
prominent clerics declared TTP an un-Islamic militant group and declared
Pakistani constitution according to Islam. Maulvi Kifayatullau of JUI - F, in
one of his talk show said that Pakistan’s constitution is totally Islamic as it
was signed by his former party leaders Sheikh Shabir Ahmed Usmani and Mufti
Mehmud, after getting satisfied that it was Islamic in letter and spirit as
reflected in the preamble of 1973 constitution.
Keeping
in view our institutional and military strength, Pakistan is considered the
“Fort of Islam” and greatly respected by the Muslim Umma across the globe. Our
society is purely Islamic as compared to the class society in neighboring
India. Our past history including the wars fought with India and the role
played against former Soviet Union in Afghanistan with our meager resources is
a true reflection of Islam. The text of our present constitution declares
Pakistan as “Islamic Republic of Islam” and “sovereignty over the entire
universe belongs to Allah Almighty” and that “any law repugnant to Islam will
be declared null and void”. Moreover, the constitution declares that “steps
will be taken to enable the Muslims of Pakistan, individually and collectively,
to order their lives in accordance with the fundamental principles and basic
concepts of Islam”.
After
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Iran, Pakistan is the third Islamic country in the
world. The TTP remained unsuccessful to impose its own brand of Islam and
malign Pakistan. Their brutal acts against the minorities on both sides of “Durand
Line” reflect their extremist brand of thoughts which they are linking with
Islam. The blast in Peshawar Church, attacks against the Shia community in
Kurram Agency and Punjab as well as the destruction of historical Budha statues
in Bamyan province of Afghanistan in the past are evident of their frustration.
All such acts are neither Islamic in nature nor human.
The
militants prejudice for sectarian and political objectives can be
understandable which led them to join hands with the enemies of Islam and
Pakistan. Their ideology is based on intolerance and unconstitutional ways of
injustice and barbarity.
The writer is freelance
journalist
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