KARACHI: Scores of demonstrators in a rally marched from Quaid-e-Azam Mausoleum to Sea Breeze Plaza on MA Jinnah Road denouncing blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) chanted slogan against French President Emmanuel Macron who defended publication of sketches depicting Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
The rally was called by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and led by JI Karachi Ameer, Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman and Naib Ameer JI Pakistan, Asadullah Bhutto.
The demonstrators were demanding Prime Minister, Imran Khan’s government to give pitiless response to French President and cease diplomatic and economic relations with France.
“Boycott French products and call Pakistan foreign mission in France back and also ‘kick out’ French ambassador,” they demanded.
The demonstrators put on fire effigy of French President while they also torn out his pictures. In sheer utterance, demonstrators were expressing sentiments that whole Pakistani nation is ready to sacrifice and will never allow anyone to disgrace holiness of our Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
They were carrying banners scribed with warning to west and anti-Muslim forces to stop their monstrous designs and discontinue activities damaging Muslims sentiments all over the world.
Hafiz Naeem, while addressing the rally said, “Muslims rulers are playing in hands of western world masters as they have differences among them on self-interest”. And on the other hand, Hafiz Naeem said, we call upon such rulers not to harm sentiments of Pakistani nation by ignoring western designs and showing intolerance towards west’s offence. He urged upon Imran Khan to put this irreverent issue in United Nations and impress upon comity of nations to pass a declaration that sacrilege of our Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is ‘terrorism’. Every single Muslim in the whole Muslim world reveres the sacredness of Muhammad (PBUH) and always ready to defend his sanctity on all cost, he remarked.
Hafiz Naeem demanded government to announce boycotting French products officially and sending back French mission in Pakistan. He announced that in this connection, JI would bring out a women march on November 3.
Asadullah Bhutto in his address said that Muslims of the world are peace loving people and are unwavering in their faith and united on a single platform condemning this criminal act. We will chase evil forces to our last breath and not allow them to damage our Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) dignity.
“Muslims are like a single soul and Muslim world is ready to sacrifice all things for dignity of Holy Prophet (PBUH),” he asserted.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020