OUR love with our Creator, His Prophet Muhammad (SAWW) is unconditional and beyond even the slightest shadow of doubt. Our religion teaches us where the sacred honour of the Almighty, His Prophet (SAWW) and His book is put in humiliation we should immediately move forward to sacrifice our lives upon honour of our Creator, His Prophet (SAWW) and the Divine book, Holy Quran. It is incumbent upon the Muslims of the world as well as the second largest body (OIC) after UNO to take steps to make sure that in future the religious sentiments of more than two billion Muslims are not desecrated. OIC, by virtue of its formation and objectives, is responsible to raise voice against the burn attempts of Divine Book and blasphemous attempts on our beloved Prophet (SAWW). Primarily it is incumbent upon the OIC to initiate unwavering, unflinching and hectic struggle against the blasphemers of European countries who dare blasphemy. Those countries that do not take concrete steps against blasphemers be boycotted till the severe punishment of criminals behind the desecration.
The Creator of the universe is the sole Supreme power to be worshipped and his Last Prophet (SAWW) is the sacred personality whom we give so much respect that every Muslim of the world is always ready to sacrifice his property and life over the sanctity of their Prophet. Being the Last Messenger of the Almighty, it is incumbent upon every Muslim to love him more than his loved ones, even his own soul. It is heart rendering to see that off and on some atheists plan to cause a split between Islamic States and the masses of same States. In Sweden an atheist had burnt the Holy Quran in a public place. This blasphemous act caused wide-spread flare up of religious sentiments amongst the Muslims all around the globe. Such blasphemous acts are repeated after intermittent to cause flare up amongst Muslims who agitate and demand their respective States to cut off relations with these countries where such blasphemous acts are committed.
The burning of the Holy Quran in Sweden is an uncommon incidence. Agitations are often staged in Egypt, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Tunis and African countries. The Organization of Islamic Conference is the second largest organization after the United Nations with a membership of 57 countries. The organization is the collective voice of the Muslim world. The organization was established upon the decision of historical summit which took place in Rabat on 12 Rajab 1389 Hijra (25 September 1969) following the criminal arson of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. Its permanent headquarters is in Jeddah and its primary aim is the protection of interests of Muslims all around the globe.
It is shocking to note that when Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto managed the Islamic Summit Conference in Lahore and the Islamic Summit countries decided to use oil as a weapon of economic war, the Europe suffocated the voice of Muslims head of states by the military and masses of their own countries. The strategy of unity among Muslim states was thwarted by the Europe by killing their leaders.
The atheists commit the blasphemous act, under the shelter of human rights but when someone refers to holocaust the Jews get infuriated under the pretext that the narration of holocaust disappoints the Jews. Publication of blasphemous cartoons, burning the Holy Quran, desecration of our religious symbols occur intermittently in Europe. The states only condemn these heinous acts but take no action against blasphemers. To commit heart breaking of 16million Jews is a crime but that of more than two billion Muslims is not a crime, the head of 57 Muslim States must ponder over this sarcastic situation. Are Muslim States so weak or head of these States do not think the burning of the Holy Quran a criminal act of atheists. Is OIC a weak organization to raise voice against such heinous offence- burning the Holy Quran or publication of cartoons of the Last Prophet (SAWW).
Seeing the insensitivity of Muslim rulers over the daring blasphemy acts of atheists one would be obliged to form his opinion that the Muslim rulers have no guts to put a barricade against the repeated occurrence of such heinous acts which aggravate the Muslim sentiments. Going deep down into the intensity of such occurrences we are constrained to form the opinion that present Muslim rulers do not represent the masses, sentiments as they have no guts to face European countries, they are actually vacillating between two opinions whether they should stand up against such heart rendering incidents or adopt compromising behaviour and exhibit themselves as liberals, who don’t care their religious sentiments.
To maintain and uphold our distinctive religious sanctity we will have to lift our country to the highest economic pedestal so that we may not be afraid of economic sanctions against us. I.M.F is the main tool of Europe to suppress our religious sentiments. If we have economic sovereignty, then we would be able to strangulate conspiracies of the West, which instigate the blasphemers to hurt the religious sentiments of Muslims all around the globe. Religion plays a pivotal role in the survival of a nation. Pakistan came into existence on ideological ground. Religion is the core base of Muslim States. If we cannot guard the sanctity of the most sacred Book, Holy Quran and the sacred personality Holy Prophet (SAWW) upon whom it has been revealed, then we have no right to claim ourselves-the Muslims.
—The writer is a journalist, author of an English Book on current affairs and independent analyst based in Islamabad.
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