Will Imran Government Arrest the Man Who Tutored His 4-Year Son to Threaten Hindus?
By S.
Arshad, New Age Islam
08July2020
Recently,
the Imran Khan led Pakistani government had approved of the construction of
Lord Krishna Temple in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan and had granted Rs10
crore for that purpose to the Hindu Panchayat. But the religious section and
some political leaders of Pakistan objected to the construction of the temple
on the ground that a new temple cannot be built in Pakistan as it is an Islamic
country and Pakistan aspires to emulate the Riyasat of Madina. Jamia Ashrafia
even issued a Fatwa declaring the construction of a Hindu temple in Pakistan
haram.
Source in.news.yahoo.com
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Bowing to
the pressure Imran Khan government halted the construction work and referred
the issue to the Ideological council. Ironically, the court refused to halt the
construction on the ground that the Constitution grants religious rights to the
religious minorities including Hindus and Imran Khan-led government's approval
of the construction of the temple was not against the Constitution. However,
the pressure of religious bodies brought the work to a halt.
It was an
ideological debate that was raging in the country and both the supporters and
opponents were presenting their arguments. But the issue took an ugly turn when
a video of a four-year-old boy addressing Imran Khan and telling him that if
the temple was built in Islamabad, he would kill each and every Hindu. The
child's father was beside him and apparently, he tutored his kid to threat the
Hindus as he proudly approved of his minor son's threat.
This
incident has sparked off protests and reactions from both Hindu and secular and
sane Muslim communities. This is in sheer violation of not only of the
Constitution of Pakistan but also of the Islamic principles.
The Hindus
had been demanding the temple in Islamabad for a long time and the government
of Pakistan had conceded to their demand within the purview of the law of the
land. The matter was now with the Ideological Council and the issue would have
been decided according to the law. But that a Muslim, tutors his four-year son
to issue threats to kill Hindus shows the moral degradation of the Muslims of
Pakistan. The Quran asks Muslims not to leave the path of Justice in the enmity
of a community. The Quran also asks Muslims to inculcate among their children
good morals and values and treat the minorities with respect and love. The
wellbeing and protection of the minorities is the responsibility of the Islamic
state. No Muslim can threat the members of the minority community in any
manner. If he does so, he will be booked under the Islamic Law.
This is not
the first incident of the show of hatred against Hindus and India. In October
2019, during a programme in Karachi, the Jamiat-e- Talaba-e-Pakistan had
encouraged students to spew venom against India.
This
incident has once again demonstrated the fact that the ideology of violence has
spread its tentacles deep down in the Pakistani society and small children are
filled with hatred of other religions. This hatred is causing immense harm and
damage to its own society as Pakistani Muslim society is divided into sects and
sub-sects, each baying for the blood of others. Hatred does not harm others but
the hater itself.
Let's recall
that around two months back, anti-Muslim comments were being made in the social
media by some communal minded Hindus in the Gulf states. The governments of the
gulf countries took strict action against them. Some Arab Muslims also posted
communal comments against the Hindus. The government arrested those Muslims as
well and booked them against the same laws. This prevented other Muslims to
show hatred of the Hindus. This was done in the interest of their own Arab
society because if the Islamic governments had allowed Muslims to post
obnoxious and hate filled comments against Hindus, it would first harm their
own collective moral character which would be harmful for their own society in
future.
By allowing
Hindus to say what they want against Muslims in India and allowing Muslims to
say or do what the Muslims want against Hindus or other religious minorities in
Pakistan, the governments in both the countries are actually pushing the Hindu
and Muslim societies in India and Pakistan to the mire of moral and social
degradation. The result was that when an 8 year old Muslim girl was raped by
Hindus in Jammu last year, the common people had rally in support of the
rapists and in Pakistan when Mumtaz Qadri was sentenced to death for killing a
Muslim politician, Salman Taseer, he was made into a saint by the common
Muslims.
Therefore,
if Imran Khan really wants to prevent the spread of hatred and culture of
violence among the Pakistani children and youth, it should order the arrest of
the man at whose behest, his son threatened to kill Hindus. It would be in the
interest of the Muslim community of Pakistan and would also save the global
Muslim community of the embarrassment the viral video has caused to them. But
can we expect this from a Prime Minister who openly said that Osama bin Laden
was a martyr and not a terrorist?
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