ONE MULLAH IN EVERY CENTUARY AMONGST ALMOST TWO BILLION PEOPLE NOW IS PATHETIC. Al azhar the centre of Islamic jurusprudence has decalred fiqh jaffariya a legitimate school of thought, so has fatwa council of GB , sunni and shia have no fundamental diffrences, its mainly of juruprudence and theology. AZAM tariq was from aoutlawed deobandi group who were condemned by sunni shias alike etc, they present a great extremist view, its like me saying the HIndu Nationalists are the voice of all hindus.
You may not have noticed but while most of mosques in Punjab were run by the Braeilvis, during the Zia and post Zia period, majority were taken over by the Deobandis.
My friends are aware of my liberal outlook. One of them hoping to bring me back to true Islam lent me the book “Shias are Muslim or Kafir, you decide”. You are quite correct that Maulana Farooqi conveniently ignored thousands of Ulemas who thought otherwise. Nevertheless, the book was written for the sole purpose of giving the impression to people with less inquisitive minds that Shias are kafir and thus wajibul qatl.
Even Jews, the most educated group in the world are no different. Yagil Amir, the youngman who killed Israei Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin for sigining Oslo accord with the Palestinians, is considred a hero by the Likud; the very same party that Benjmain Natanyahu belongs.
I realize that ordinary terrorist is as much a victim as the people he kills; the poor guy thinks that he is doing Allah’s work. Main culprit is the callous master mind who pulls the strings.
Point I am trying to prove is that without doubt all religions preach tolerance and compassion. There are however, a significant number of scholars and institutions who openly preach eliminating anyone whose religious beliefs don’t agree with theirs. These people use religion as a tool to gain power, fame, wealth and whatever comes with it.
For example, who doesn’t know that Bal Thakrey preaches communal violence and is directly or indirectly responsible for killing hundreds if not thousands of Muslims? Nevertheless even secular Congress gov’t of Maharashtra dare not arrest him.
In Pakistan Azam Tariq was elected MNA from Jhang three times. He was released in 2002 in return for providing Zafarullah Jamali the one vote needed to form the gov’t. Who says preaching hatred doesn’t pay?