Qazi Hussain Ahmad must be a Misunderstander of Islam: he seems to have gotten the idea somewhere that Islam, and specifically the Qur'an and Sunnah, entail a rejection of Western-style democratic pluralism, and the imposition of Sharia. Oh, Qazi, you Islamophobe!
"Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Former Emir of Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami: 'The Dawn of an Islamic Revolution is Around the Corner; This is the Era of a Global Muslim Renaissance – As Slavery's Shackles Are Breaking and the Enemies of Islam Are On the Retreat,'" from MEMRI, April 28 (thanks to James):
Qazi Hussain Ahmad, until recently the Emir of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, a religious-political party in Pakistan, recently wrote an article that was published by the Pakistani daily The News. In it, he argued that since Pakistan's creation in 1947, the majority of Pakistanis have wanted an Islamic system of government in the country. [...]
Tiny Minority of Extremists™ Update:
"The complete Islamization of Pakistan has been the genuine and long-standing demand of the overwhelming majority of Pakistanis.
"This demand surfaced as soon as the inception of the country [in 1947], since the driving force behind the Pakistan movement was the need for a separate country for Muslims where they could protect and practice their Islamic ideology.
Read it all: http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025882.php#respond
11 years ago
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