Pakistan expresses shock over Advani's resignation as BJP chief

Hindustan Times ^ | June 7, 2005

[Yo-Yo]

Pakistan reacted with shock after Opposition leader and BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani offered on Tuesday to resign as chief of the party, having drawn fire for praising Pakistan's founding father.

"I am shocked and surprised over the reaction," information minister Sheikh Rashid told the agency.

Advani returned to New Delhi on Monday from a week-long visit to Pakistan, where he was quoted as saying that the country's founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah was a "great man" who had favoured a secular state to an Islamic Pakistan.

"Advani's image in Pakistan was as a hardliner and a hated man. But he proved otherwise and left a positive image. Why it caused problems within India is difficult to understand," Rashid added.

Advani's visit had also helped the peace process between India and Pakistan, who have gone to war on three occasions in the last six decades, the minister said.

A senior leader of the ethnic Muttahida Qaumi Movement, which represents some of the Pakistanis who fled India after the partition of the subcontinent in 1947, said Advani had done a "very honourable thing".

"He preferred resignation over withdrawing his statements, which will help in reducing the tension," said Nasreen Jalil. The party warmly welcomed Advani's visit.

However, the Karachi chief of Pakistan's main fundamentalist party, Jamaat-i-Islami, Merajul Huda, said Advani's resignation showed that hawks were still in charge of his Bharatiya Janata Party.

"The resignation clearly showed that the hardline Hindus have not accepted Pakistan and when Advani adopted a realistic approach, they forced him to quit," he told the agency.

[Gengis Khan]

*"However, the Karachi chief of Pakistan's main fundamentalist party, Jamaat-i-Islami, Merajul Huda, said Advani's resignation showed that hawks were still in charge of his Bharatiya Janata Party."*

But I thought Advani WAS THE "hawk" and A.B. Vajpayee was the moderate. Ok so now who is the "hawk"? Or maybe the Pakis will discover new "hawks" within BJP ranks now.

And look who is talking? Jamaat-i-Islami? Hah!

[Gengis Khan]

For those who dont know much about the Jamaat-i-Islami and its reputation for notoriety here is a brief info:
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=17342

"The reality here is that these Islamist groups are waging a civilizational battle to transform the Middle East and do so with help from legitimate political figures and nations. One such group is the Jamaat-i-Islami, a renowned fundamentalist group with ties to terrorism that was formed through the leadership and teaching of Maulana Abul Al Maududi and is prominent in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Another group allied to the fundamentalist cause is the Muslim Brotherhood, which was formed by Hassan Al-Banna. The Brotherhood is mainly prominent in Arab countries; however, the Islamist movements frequently share ideas and use each other’s works to consolidate their ideology. The first Jihad in Afghanistan, for instance, was a major factor in the blending and co-operation of Islamist designs.

The JI and the Muslim Brotherhood have been vocal in spreading Shari’a law and in their rejection of all western ideologies and institutions. They have stated that they want to defeat western liberalism and secularization, which they see as the greatest threat to the Muslim world. But every time these groups have managed to gain power in countries like Afghanistan and Sudan, their anti-Americanism is accompanied with the abuse of human rights and the promotion of hatred and intolerance. "



"The British government has thus engaged in a type of appeasement by negotiating with groups with suspected links to terror. The Islamic Foundation is the UK branch of the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), a known fundamentalist party which has ties to the Taliban, and many JI members themselves have ties to Al-Qaeda and other Jihadi groups[2]. Khurshid Ahmed is a senior leader within the JI and is also the chairman of the Islamic Foundation. He has written appraisals of the use of terror on the JI website: “In the verse to strike terror (into the hearts of, the enemies, of Allah and yours enemies) is stated the objective of these preparations which is to keep the enemies of Allah and yours, terrorized so that they dare not attack considering you a soft and easy target.”[3] Khurshid Ahmed goes on to endorses the Jihad culture and promotes it in the same document: “The foundation stone of defense policy should be to defend our faith and country…history of Islam stands witness that the sprit of Jehad alone can make a smaller nation’s defense invincible from threats and assaults of a powerful enemy.”



Ahmed also believes that there is a global conspiracy by the West to make India invade and control Pakistan. This promotion of fear acts to consolidate the JI’s power and helps recruit for Jihad. The UK government’s co-operation with the JI serves to endorse their radical politics. Surely, this is more likely to legitimize the use of violent pre-emptive Jihad[4].

But the effects of such negotiation and cooperation do not stop here, but potentially pose a dire treat to western culture itself. It has been rumored that the Islamic Foundation will have a major input into the curriculum of Islamic schools in the UK[5]. In this sense, such negotiations can seriously jeopardize western values of education with the ironic twist that British taxpayers might have to front the bill for Islamic faith schools with an Islamic curriculum influenced by Khurshid Ahmed and the JI."

And here is something right from the devils mouth:

http://www.jamaat.org/Isharat/archive/1097.html

Note the anti-Isreali vitriol:
"The creation of Israel was itself a dagger in the heart of the Muslim world."
"Israel has a significant role in fomenting nasty plans and conspiracies against Pakistan. "