Jamat-e-Islami Dharna

 In my diverse CV, during Higher Secondary years (1990-92), being City Nazim of Islami Jamiat Talaba is yet another chapter of my burning bridges and disappointments with organisations, institutions and individuals in our country. 

Why I joined them? They had the best mission statement that I ever came across. And I still maintain it is, except if they have true leadership and dedicated workforce like Tableeghi Jamat. The works of Maulana Modudi whether Tafseer or else (to the best of my understanding) are right on the money. Made few good friends. Learnt to be disciplined in religious obligations. My emotion and intent was genuine and guiding principle was manifestation of political Islam through The Book and Sunnah. Why I left then? Having a perfect mission statement is one thing and its execution is another. Since my exposure was restricted to IJT, so I’ll share my experience of association with it. They were pretty much gangsters less drugs; money and guns were part of their culture. Those youngsters mostly hailed from lower middle class who by default were angry with the system, emotionally charged which when combined with mob mentality and moral policing furthered the problem. Besides, calls for Jihad in Kashmir and Afghanistan were romantic and infatuating. Note that in 1971, Jamiat boys died in numbers in Bangladesh fighting alongside Pak Army. 

And this is the catch. Jamat-e-Islami’s eternal association cum subservience to the establishment except Syed Munawar Hassan and some of its founding members like Dr Israr Ahmed who eventually parted ways with JI. 

With this background in view, let’s throw some light on recent Dharna of JI because I served both JI & establishment in my younger years and am in a unique position to comment on their relationship.

One of the objectives of newly elected Amir JI, Hafiz Naeem through this Dharna was to announce himself at the national scene. 

Why he was allowed to carry out such a stir in the capital? Well, it seems that establishment is bracing for change in US. Since Pakistan (Establishment is Pakistan because nothing else matters whether people or institutions) has run out of options. Aid is not coming from any quarter. Change in US i.e. Trump assuming office with his idiosyncrasies and personal leaning towards IK, establishment would like to prepare grounds for it. They may let him go free before US elections since the result is quite predictable unless US establishment/ Zionist take Trump out.

So, this is how ‘we’ prepare in Pakistan before change in US. Firstly, Chabi Wala Khilona of TLP was launched in favour of Gaza. In a country, where carrying flag of Palestine was unofficially prohibited, its police welcomed TLP pro Palestine Dharna. It was obvious that now establishment was signalling to US/ west, give us money, otherwise these right wing Islamist parties can create trouble by mobilising people and may force us not to accept Israel. However, Senator Mushtaq of JI was not given any value because his was a genuine effort. But when it came to Hafiz Naeem, he escaped the iron heel of mis-adventurous (I coined this name for honourable CM Punjab a decade ago and can’t help using it) and parachute interior minster Mr Naqvi.

However, skeptical it may sound, Hafiz Naeem is the new ‘project’ for many reasons. 

He is loud because he is allowed to be loud. He is mobilising his troops because there is a tacit approval for it.

JI has always been a reliable political party of the establishment. 

JI/ HN shall act as counterweight to ruling coalition to keep them in check. 

JI/ HN may fill the political vacuum created by propelling unpopular ruling alliance into power and marginalising popular party with the (false) hope to bring back disenfranchised public into the fold. 

For this JI/HN is well suited to highlight petty ‘awami masail’ without touching upon  the only problem i.e. concentration of entire power into one office. 

Raising red flag by threat of right wing Islamist party like JI coming to power, may help raise ‘funds’ from the west. Resultantly, dumping of JI which is otherwise an Eastern wife material to establishment being submissive and compliant. 

May also give fair excuse for willy-nilly takeover under unavoidable circumstances in the greater national interest if approved by US. This one may be a long shot but we’re just unfolding things on battle board with all possible scenarios including the worst ones.  

Dharna ended with ten points agreement between Govt & JI including tariff cuts in electricity prices. And the next day, govt increased electricity price. So much for JI Dharna and Hafiz Naeem’s gung-ho launching at national political stage.

This piece is just a POV which (when I read back myself), I felt getting cynical. I’m certain, few good friends in JI & Estb may not appreciate. But that’s how things are. If we have to change, we’ve got to be brutally honest. Right diagnosis will help getting the prescription and medication right.

Only Allah knows the whole Truth. 

De-colonised Era - Part 4

Colonialism was synonymous to pillage by land grabbing. De-colonised era is continuation of western Imperialism. USA is the flag bearer of colonial legacy through neoliberalism and exceptionalism. However, the methodology has changed. Viceroys are replaced with American whip-dogs. Economic ecosystem is controlled through WB, IMF, Military Industrial Complex and The Eliteof physical occupation they appoint 

Tawaf of White House is more important Tawaf of Black House.

De-Colonised Era - Part 3

 De-colonial era in Muslim world is a hoax. From Arab Revolution of Sharif Hussain to Arab Spring, all began with an ostensibly noble cause and ended up serving post colonial imperial interests.

De-colonised Muslim world in its breadth from Morocco to Indonesia and from Caucuses in North to Tanzania in South is dealing with corrupt despotic regimes most of them are in the pocket of US and very few in Russian or Chinese camp.   

In order to keep control over their people and resources, Muslim rulers in de-colonial era have been ruthless and obnoxious. Just to get a measure of it, since 1950s, Israel and Morocco enjoyed strong ties. Late King Hassan of Morocco when confronted with political upheaval in his country took Mossad’s help to neutralise opposition including targeted assassinations in Europe. As quid pro quo, besides allowing Mossad to bug and surveil Arab League Summit in Morocco, facilitating migration of one million Moroccan Jew to Israel under King’s protection. 

Would be more appropriate to replace the term De-colonial with Post Colonial era. The very basis of a society’s outlook is weighed in terms of its education system’s ethos. In Muslim world, education is colonial which verifies and promotes Eurocentricity. Muslims apologetically continue to justify democracy aligned with Islamic  system of governance because western form of democracy has become an acceptable standard. Economy is colonial because all major trade partners of de-colonised Muslim world are their colonisers of the past. Political social order is thoroughly colonial. Same paradigm agreed upon extracting British, French, Belgian troops has been replaced by local troops trained by ex-colonisers. Religious discourse is colonial to the hilt. Past three centuries, Muslims have been trying to look modern by admission that they are in decline because orientalists thought so or labelled them as such. 

So much more on the biggest fraud of decolonisation in last hundred years or so in next parts.

De-colonised Era - Part 2

Please note these de-colonial pieces are woven around current situation in Palestine because it is the iconoclast moment in the history. So if any state, organisation or people who do not stand by Palestinians are on the wrong side of the history and shall remain so forever.  This movement is reaching a tipping point. A point where cause becomes larger than the cause itself and begins to challenge the elements of mainstream political, social, economic and cultural norms. Take for example social media imprints since October last year; on pro Israeli side the SMN imprint share was around 500 million whereas on pro-Palestinian side it was close to 25 Billion. These were not all Palestinians or Muslims alone but people of the world in general who believed that there was something fundamentally wrong. In the context of SMNs and their impact, just a quick comment on Pakistan, “We are well protected by the firewall”. There is no better pun to describe this, ‘Denial (The Nile) is not a river in Egypt’. 

Back to Palestine in de-colonised era, Muslims have not been the gatekeepers of this movement. The system of imperial colonial control tightened the noose so hard through their ruling representatives in Muslim world that post 9/11 Muslims could talk about any thing like Wuddu, Taharah, Sufism, Divine love and so on. Or play their favourite sport of sectoral divide. For Palestine, Muslim discourse was limited to emotional rhetorical appeal and nothing substantial, structured or organised due to serious want of centrality of efforts. Post October 7, 2023, the situation got even worse. Let alone, Zionist sock puppet rulers, there aren't any significant protests for the fear of incarceration by despotic regimes in Muslim World whether monarchies, democracies, dictatorships, dictatorial democracies or theocracies. In their respective countries, these rulers are loyal jail superintendents of Imperial Colonial Jail the world has become. 

Where does Pakistan stand in all this? Right in the middle of the queue of obedient superintendents. No encampments. No sizeable protests. Just a customary product boycott of Israeli sponsor corporations. This too is insignificant in the face of massive trade and logistics support system provided by significant Muslim countries to Israel. See for example, most of the supplies to Israel are coming through UAE and passing through KSA & Jordan. Turkey’s unabated trade with Israel continues which is approximately 7 Billion USD. The oil & gas supplies of Israel continue from Azerbaijan. Palestinians are not only facing the brutalities of Zionists, they are up against power of west and Muslim countries e.g. Egyptian closure of Rafah border & not to mention the spat between Israel & Iran which was no more than a lovers’ tiff. 

So much more unveiling of de-colonial fraud in subsequent parts.

De-colonised Era - Part 1

 I couldn’t write. What was there to write. You get to hear everything on Vlogs, podcasts and analyses of your choice and liking. For me, the flight of this country has taken a nose dive and we are all waiting for the plane to hit the ground while these Vloggers, podcasters and analysts get more likes, views and dollars. What a horror show!!!

So let’s unearth what actually is happening? Let’s take a look at the world with a different prism. A clearer worldview may help us better understand the quandary we are in neck deep. The whole world has become an imperial colonial jail and Pakistan is no exception.

In de-colonised era of post colonial and post World War Two system of control, the Imperial Colonialism has taken a new shape and much horrible form. Take for example iconic western universities like Oxford, Yale, Harvard etc, where we yearn to go and get our customised leadership from, are not bastions of knowledge. They may claim to have academic freedom and discourse of liberal understanding. In reality, these institutions operate under controlled environments espousing dominant aspects of political landscape. The end product i.e. graduates are programmed to fit into politics, military industrial complex and mainstream media discourse. They indoctrinate generation next with the narrative of colonial discourse and prepare them to carry the baton of colonial legacy.  The faculty consists of embedded intellectuals who are thinkers, writers, motivators, explainers and justifiers of colonial imperial legacy. De-colonial studies and institutional de-colonial studies are two different streams. Institutional de-colonial scholars remaining within the ‘framework’ are completely silent over what is happening in Gaza. This should give you a measure of how system works. These universities have big buckets of grants worth billions of dollars out of which academia get their fair share through book publishing, pays, perks, pensions and promotions. Whereas, de-colonial academia working outside the ‘framework’ are marginalised and cancelled due to power and influence of Zionist lobbies. Student encampments against Israeli atrocities in Palestine was not part of the playbook. To the horror of Zionist, marginalised de-colonial academias got to speak to students at university encampments. Student encampments are a watershed moment of our times. This event was like those out of syllabus conceptual questions which were a nightmare for rote learners. The whole facade of western liberal values came crumbling down. The ugly face of neo-literalism slowly got unmasked. The very kids that system of control was brooding as next generation imperial clones, refused to be brainwashed. They carried out police action and tried to gag them. This shook the edifice of the control system and shall have far reaching consequences. 

The credit must go the lion-hearts of Hamas who woke the world from its opioid slumber of de-colonial fraud. If nobody else, at least, for me personally it was a rude awakening. 

Lot to say on this in next parts.

Al Kahf and present times

 Assalam o Alaikum wrwb. Shab-e-Juma Mubarak. A polite reminder to recite and understand whole or part of Al Kahf. This Surah is our protection against evil that rules the world right now and it’s only going to get worse. 

Strange times to be alive. Lately, it became suffocating in Pakistan. It was shocking when I played the video of Fiona Lali demolishing Suella and my ten years old said,’ Have they not picked her yet’. اسے ابھی تک آٹھایا نہیں۔. So well done those who have the tenacity to mock the sacred text ‘by striking the terror’ in the hearts of entire generation. I don’t know how long will it take to remove this impression from an innocent observant mind. Allah willing, I will. 

In bigger picture, the world is no different. Capitalism (Zionist tool) is like mistletoe (آکاس بیل) and funny enough that in the west it is seen as a sign of fertility and love notwithstanding the fact that it’s Anglo Saxon meaning is poop-twig. In reality, it is a parasitic plant that grows on other trees and keeps eating up on them until they die and even then it remains green. How ironic!!!

Greatest loser in this matrix is Christianity because Zionist have been able to creep through their ranks giving birth to an oxymoronic Christian-Zionist ideology. Morality and values are molested by Zionist. Personal freedom is allowed in the Zionist controlled world as long as people bow to capitalist principles at the cost of morality. Kids can negate their genders, babies could be killed in the wombs, degeneracy is new normal and family values are plummeting. Atheism is only a byproduct which predominantly includes Christian and very few Muslims. The only ideology that robustly defends against this insane onslaught against humanity is Islam. For this, Zionist devised an elaborate scheme to demonise Islam. They keep fuelling sectoral divide and encouraged rather gave patronage to extremism. Convinced confused western Christian for crusades against Islam through malicious propaganda and manipulative media. Zionist ‘Replacement’ strategy is in full motion where larger Christian and Muslim populace diminishes by nullification of each other. 

The world is enslaved by Zionist. The ‘establishment’ in every part of the world is under their control with the exception of China and Russia. The world should be grateful to Hamas that they helped unmask evil face of international establishment. Sacrifice of Gazans must not go waste. It has sparked a worldwide anti-establishment drive. Every state in the world is overtly, tacitly or covertly supporting re-enactment of holocaust in Gaza. Thanks to social media and growing awareness, people have been able to cut through the smokescreens of media outlets and sycophant journalists.

Let’s relate this with what Al Kahf has to offer. First story of Kahf Boys is about Tauheed. Important preparatory phase to Dajjal’s arrival is complete, religion/ Tauheed is under attack. Capitalism - relate it with the second story. Third phase, too much information and minimal knowledge as depicted by the story of Musa & Khizer AS. We are right in the middle of this phase. Last phase is about to begin. Relate it with last story of Zulqarnain. Appearances of antagonists -Mehdi & Isa AS along with Dajjal culminating in Armageddon. Last phase is no ordinary phase, it’s the ending of a story written by none other than the King of Heavens and Earth. 

No matter how you interpret Quran and Hadith; who you choose to trust in eschatology- Dr Israr, Sahil or Imran Hussein- end of times is around the corner. Prepare yourself and your generations for things to come because every Prophet has warned about tumultuous times ahead. Al Kahf has the answers.

May Allah be our guide and guardian. Ameen

Hamas - The Party Pooper

8 October 2023 morning, on gathering news of Hamas’ intrepidity in Southern Palestine and Gaza Envelope, my immediate reaction was, ‘Party Pooper’.

Party was on for sometime and last few guests were eagerly awaited to join in namely Pakistan, KSA & UAE. Zionists thought they were in the game. But Hamas with the help of The Master Planner, had other plans. 

Genesis of every conflict could be traced in Economic reasons. Guised in political and/ or ideological reasons, Petrodollar gave birth to many crisis in 20th and 21st Century. Any state or faction trying to breakaway from hegemony of dollar would found itself in a plethora of conflict(s) or crisis. Israel is a colonial outpost in Middle East whose patronage shifted from British to American influence over time. The impediment to Israel’s legitimacy in the ME has been its acceptance by significant Muslim countries in and around the region. After years of efforts, the stage was set to remove these obstacles particularly if Pakistan, KSA and UAE could announce formal acceptance of Israel. It had to start from Pakistan for its geopolitical location, sizeable army and massive impact being an ideological state per se. 

Why couldn’t Pakistan say no to this proposition and stand by its stated stance of not accepting Israel? Answer lies in its shambolic economic situation. People often question why state of Pakistan failed to show spine when needed? It doesn’t have economy to support its ideology or principle stances. Whosoever is entrusted or forces his way to power or controls sock puppet parliament in Pakistan cannot steer it out of dire straits for obvious reason of economic weaknesses. Besides, there is serious dearth of leadership since Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Those who believe in cardinal of democracy,‘Government of the people, by the people and for the people’, need to align with the reality. There is no governance or constitution neither are there any institutions or politicians. We have never been a democracy nor is there any glimmer of hope anytime soon. This is not to further despondency but to keep it real. There is hope. Couple of generations down the line, things may change. This will require consistent effort on thought and action. 

Back to the topic. How Hamas pooped party viz-a-viz Pakistan?

Lot many ways. Our former Chief Executive went to Russia for cheaper fuel and wheat which indirectly challenged hegemonic petrodollar economic model of US and its agency states of GCC. Deal was to remove this Chief Executive and billions of dollars would have poured in with caveat to accept Israel, rollback CPEC and accept Indian ascendancy remaining perpetually subservient to US. Hence, we heard echoes of 75 Billion Dollars that would have changed the fate of this country. 

But the manual states,  [30:08]

وَيَمْكُرُونَ وَيَمْكُرُ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ خَيْرُ الْمَاكِرِينَ 

So the Zionist plan could not be executed. No dollars. Things have been downhill since then. Impression of false hope and the state of denial are eating up on the very edifice of Pakistan because the food of poor is off the table, middle class relegated to lower middle class, lower middle class being most vocal is at the verge of extinction and the only growth recorded in past one year was in poverty; from 90 million to 100 million went below poverty line (World Bank).

It didn’t work according to the plan because Hamas pooped the party but if we get out the state of denial and utter disregard of reality only then we might be able apply mid course corrections and realign with our political realities which may result in economic revival. Taking everyone onboard will help resolve economic issues in mid and long term. Grabbing dollars from here and there in exchange for keeping country’s future ransom to US, IMF, WB or rich gulf ‘brothers’ will keep us vulnerable and abay.

May Allah help Pakistan. Ameen