News & Comment
Reaction over Mumtaz Qadri Hanging
Shows How Much Muslims of Pakistan Love Islam and Hate Their Rulers

News

On 29th February 2016, Raheel-Nawaz regime hanged Mumtaz Qadri in Adyala Jail Rawalpindi. Mumtaz Qadri, an Elite Force commando convicted of killing former Punjab governor Salman Taseer. Qadri had stated in court that Taseer’s statements in support of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman charged with blasphemy, and calling the blasphemy law a "black law" had provoked him to kill the governor. As soon the news of his hanging spread, people throughout Pakistan came on streets in protest. The Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Pervaiz Rashid, on Monday 29th February 2016 said the decision against Mumtaz Qadri was given by the court and the protests over his execution are beyond comprehension.

Comment

The reaction over the Mumtaz Qadri hanging has once again proved that the Muslims of Pakistan deeply love Islam and strongly hate their rulers. The Raheel-Nawaz regime did not announce the date of the Mumtaz Qadri hanging, as they knew that Muslims will not allow his hanging. After his hanging, the regime sent stern orders to media houses that they must not prominently broadcast the news neither of his hanging nor of his funeral proceedings. However, these actions did not succeed in deterring people in Pakistan, nor Pakistanis outside of Pakistan, from attending his funeral. Hundreds of thousands of Muslims attended Mumtaz Qadri funeral in Rawalpindi, the garrison city.

Soon after Qadri’s burial, the Muslims of Pakistan started to show their hatred for their rulers. The Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Senator Pervaiz Rashid, became a "member" of the infamous "Shoe Club." He achieved "membership" at Karachi Airport on Monday night 29th February 2016, when he was there to fly for Islamabad. A group people saw him, started shouting “Go Nawaz Go” and suddenly an angry man hit him with his shoe. Later some of them barred their companions from not hitting him with their shoes, proclaiming that their shoes were more worthy than the federal minister. Similarly when the Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, and General Raheel Sharif visited Masjid Nabwi on 12th March 2016, they faced the wrath of the Ummah as people were chanting slogans in favor of Mumtaz Qadri.

The strong and deeply rooted love shown by the Muslims of Pakistan has stunned the secular ruling elite, for they are trying to change the desire of the Muslims of Pakistan from Islam to liberalism, under the banner of National Action Plan. This is so apparent that a liberal columnist in the country’s leading English-language secular newspaper admitted that there can never be success in trying to make the Muslims of Pakistan accept secularism. Notably, not a single secular party supported the government action, to avoid angry reaction from the people, instead opting to remain silent.

The Muslims of Pakistan on more than one occasion have shown that they love Islam and want to live under the system of Islam. It is also very clear that no matter how much the traitors in the political and military leadership strive to please their master, America, in trying to silence the voice of Islam, they will never succeed. It is just a matter of time that the people of power give Nussrah for the establishment of Khilafah "Caliphate" (Caliphate) upon the method of the Prophethood, as they have seen the strong desire for Islam in Muslims and hate for their rulers themselves. The only thing we as Muslims must continue to do is to follow the Islamic methodology to establish Islamic state. We must expose the treachery of the traitors, failure of capitalism and democracy, present Islam and its Khilafah "Caliphate" as a way of life and demand for Nussrah from the sincere officers of Pakistan's armed forces. And soon Allah (swt) will send victory as He (swt) did fourteen hundred years ago when Muslims established first Islamic state in Madina. And that day is not very far and to see it requires only patience.

(حَتَّىٰ إِذَا ٱسْتَيْأَسَ ٱلرُّسُلُ وَظَنُّوۤاْ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُواْ جَآءَهُمْ نَصْرُنَا)

“When the Messengers gave up hope and thought that they were denied (by their people), then came to them Our Help” [Yusuf: 110]

Written for the Central Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir by
Shahzad Shaikh
Deputy to the Spokesman of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Pakistan