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Religious scholars declare Pakistani protests un-Islamic
Islam calls for protection of property and human life, scholars say
By Hasan Khan
2012-09-24
ISLAMABAD – September 21 protests in Pakistan against an anti-Islam film resorted to completely un-Islamic acts like killing and looting, religious scholars said.
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A stick-wielding protestor shouts slogans in front of a burning Peshawar cinema during a rally to mark Yaum-i-Ishq-e-Rasool (Day of Love) September 21. Demonstrators clashed with police as anger over insults to the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) boiled over despite calls from political and religious leaders across the Muslim world for peaceful protest. [REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz]
“The way people expressed their anger on Friday is totally un-Islamic,” Maulana Rahat Hussain, a former senator and senior leader of Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam, told Central Asia Online.
The ransacking of public or private property is un-Islamic and violates the teachings of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), agreed Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali, who runs a seminary in Peshawar and is linked to the Islamist political party Jamat-e-Islami (JI).
“It is obligatory on every Muslim to protect life, honour and property of fellow Muslims,” Chitrali said while quoting from the sayings of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). “As taking blood (life) of a human being is forbidden in Islam, so is (taking) property and honour.”
Widespread violence
On September 21 – a day the government designated as Yaum-i-Ishq-e-Rasool (Day of Love) – protests about the film “Innocence of Muslims” quickly got out of hand and turned violent. Clashes with law enforcement left 23 people dead and 200 injured.
At least five banks and five cinemas were burnt in Karachi and Peshawar. Vandals hit a mobile phone market in Karachi, where a hospital came under attack and restaurants were burned, media reports said.
Mobs nationwide, ignoring Islamic teaching, ransacked public property; looted business centres; and destroyed shops and petrol and compressed-natural-gas pumps, costing the economy billions of rupees.
Weekend protests in Athens, Turkey and Serbia continued to showcase Muslim displeasure over the internet film, but those demonstrations were mostly peaceful.
In the days since a trailer for the film appeared online, at least 49 people have been killed worldwide, including US Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens and several others in an attack on the US consulate in Benghazi on September 11.
While Muslim scholars and others say the people have a right to protest, they have broadly condemned the fact that the protests have turned violent.
Revulsion among scholars
Islam and the way (Sunna’h) taught by the Holy Prophet (PBUH) forbid destruction of property for any reason, Rahat said.
“A true Muslim shall protect the properties and lives of fellow Muslims at all costs,” Rahat said. “In Sharia, it is obligatory on every Muslim to protect lives and properties even of the believers of other faiths and their places of worship.”
The Friday protests were steered by raw emotion, not religious sentiment, he said.
“In Islam you have the right to protest but no right to damage property,” Rahat said.
Islam is a religion of peace, brotherhood and respect for the law, agreed Dr. Maulana Raghib Naaemi, a religious scholar and head of a seminary in Lahore.
“Islam never instigates believers to behave violently,” he said. “Instead, it asks for respect and decency in public behaviour.”
Chitrali, who is also the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa head of Jamiat-ul-Itihad-ul-Ulema – a wing of JI religious scholars – condemned the vandalism and destruction by anti-film protesters.
“We have the right to protest the shameful act of filmmakers but no right to destroy properties of other human beings,” Chitrali told Central Asia Online.
A widely circulated Urdu-language text message captured public sentiment.
“Wah Pakistan wah…Ishq-e-Rasool k pe Atish-e-Nimrod saja de. Dil Dukhaya gheron ne awr aag apno ko laga di.” (What a surprise that, in the name of love for the prophet, you start the proverbial fire of Nimrod [a king who confronted Ibrahim]. Heartbroken by others, you set on fire your own people.)
“The day (Friday) was marked by total anarchy from Peshawar to Karachi as violent crowds were ruling in the streets in absence of state authority,” Zaigham Khan, a social anthropologist affiliated with the Islamabad-based NGO Civic Action Resources, told Central Asia Online.
The government, however, urged the nation to remain peaceful during a peace conference in Islamabad September 21.
Certain forces encouraged jihadi elements and organisations to whip up anti-Western sentiment, Zaigham said. “Already these people (the anti-West lobby) have lost many options, and this was a golden opportunity for them.”
However, the government denied the anti-Western forces considerable momentum by declaring September 21 a holiday, Zaigham said, referring to the closure of schools, offices and public transport.
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zardari you will finish after five days I promis you
she is a great daugher of our nation and may she recover soon
we should follow prophet mohammad[p b u h].
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I love Prophet Muhammad [peace be upon him]. We will wage war of protection of Prophet's sanctity everywhere, God willing. Amen
i hate this video
story is different. actually there was group of some trouble maker who make the bad face of this peace full protest. Muslims never want to hurt any one as this is core preaching of our prophet Muhammad SAW. you will never see any Muslim hurting any non Muslim by this type of behavior but Muslims are being hurted by non Muslim very day every where. will like to request for peace full attitude.
malala is the very brave girl. i like her to much.may Allah gives happiness.
i like this because we are muslim and we love our nabi
i love my holy prophet [ peace be upon him ]very much .
prohet muhammed is finel masenger
Islam has had enemies at all times, and we know even without this film that they hate Islam. There may be more such attempts, but let's hold on to Islam and take blows with dignity.
ISLAM DOSE NOT TEACH US TO PROTEST LIKE THIS.ONE SHOULD RESPECT HIM.WE LOVE OUR PROPHET.
Recite praises of Prophet [peace be upon him] and all Satans will be eliminated.
they did a harsh mistak the weterns and after that we should think seriously about this issue. we respect every holy prophet thus, they should respect our great leader. otherwaise we will crush every one
one who insulted The Prophet Muhammad(PBUH) by making a film has hurt the hearts of muslims all over the world. Government of America should put him behind the bars at once and sentence him to death and should do some legislation to avoid such blunders done by anti -muslims
Islam teaches us to be tolerant, to avoid chaos and to protect lives and property of other people. And the people who violate them, they are not only detested socially but they are also sinners of ALLAH and His Prophet [peace be upon him].
holy Probhet(p.b.u.h)is the prophet of allmighty allah and we should love and respect to him...
Hazrat Muhammad peace be upon him is grate prophet and we all love with him
and protest was observed and too against the dogs, besides America protest should also be against india because if any country points fingers at us, India always inteferes unnecessarily, ..........
I am a Pakistani , being a Muslim and a Pakistani i just want to tell that these violent protest was not the solution of that issues helping to achieve the aim of these peoples because they want such a destruction in our country which we done..........
I love holy prophet (not in Russian)
we should protest against those that peoples who make that movie that shws the chracter of our Prophet HAZRAT MUHAMMAD P.B.U.H if we love hi.Sowe should bycot that websites and not seen that kindz of movies and banned the exported goods of that country.....
we should bycot all american goods and should protest against such film in a civilized manner. the govt should also protest against this film and should tell the american govt that they should respect islam. we condemn such blunder made by american
I am from Pakistan and I just want to tell everyone that these violent protests do not represent the whole of Pakistan.This kind of protest really un-islamici i love holy prophet(peace be upon him) very much AFI SANDH ! 08/10/2012
i love my prophet very much.i hate the film maker stupid act .our prophet is the great
please tell me about life of holy prophet
i really love with my prophet(S.A.W.W)too much.. plz dont try to attach with the bad country of the world america dnt help with it may ALLAH dishonour them zalilhonye kutty.......kaminy.....
It is wrong that we are killing our own people in the name of protests.
we love our prophet[peace be upon him]
muslim histor is witness in this this statement and verifythat when ever the holy prophet was humiliated intentionally then all muslims organized themselves to slaughter the concern disbeliever.so in this era the need of hour to show unity and solidarity in this regard in order to save the holy prophet (pbuh)respect and dignity.
Regards viewers. All these acts are meant to test the resolve of Muslims, and that to what extent are the Muslims still committed to teachings of Islam. May God keep us all steadfast on our religion.
to all pakistani dont make fire in your country dnt damge ur own country but damage amirica
i am muslim and i want to save my contry pakistan
The Teaching of Holy Prophet PBUH based on peace and equality in the whole world. whole Muslims Community across the world Condemned the Movie made by Americans. this shold be Removed from youtube. thanks.
No one can insult Prophet Muhammad(PBUH) because Allah has already gave him that respect that no human has gained or will gain.
ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF PEACE, LOVE AND MERCY,, PROPHET MUHAMMAD P B U H IS THE LEADER OF ISLAAM,. I AM A MUSLIM PAKISTANI AND I WILL PROTECT ISLAAM AS WELL AS PAKISTAN.
The govt, should not have declared a public holiday. This increased the strenth of the fake protesters.
God can forgive His rights but the rights of people will not be forgiven until the concerned person himself or herself pardons them. We have committed so many sins, may Allah forgive us. This is a moment of reflection, these were not the teachings of Prophet [peace be upon him].
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very very bad..
I LOVE HOLY PROPHET (PEACE BE UPON HIM) WITH CORE OF MY HEART
i am pakistan and i save a pakistan or i love mohammad SAW
I LOVE MY PROPHIT HAZRAT MOHAMAD SALALAA HO ALAIHAY WASALLAM EVER AND FOR EVER AND ALLAH WILL DISTROY THOESE WHO AGAINST THE ISLAAM SOON INSHAALLAH
Islam is a true religion ...Yes i agree in pk taliban if his not a terorest...
No doubt about it. Infact violent protests every where are Un Islamic.
i love prophet muhammad(PBUH)
May Allah ruin and destroy those who have tried to malign Islam.
The punishment of blasphemer is that he should be beheaded. If God willed, the fate of these tyrants will be worse than that of Yazid. Oh Muslims, where is your valor; nothing is more previous that Prophet Muhammad [peace be upon him] and this is world exists because of him.
please remove the video Prophet (pace be upon him) .i love prophet
p.b.u.h pe jan b qurban ha ,but this protest un-islamic
To, The whole humen of the Wold. It is the responcibalty of every human gives respect to the others, that is why, I think ,The people whoes are very Holy (Secpacialy Prophets sent from God,Are very honur able & respectful for Us).(So what they belong to any Belife of the wold. So I hardly & Heatly condem & Protest USA governament stop such foolish & stupit stapes. I & we Love Our Propht Muhammad PBUH
we love our prophet alot and we also respect every religion and values this is what islam teaches.
Nothing can harm the image of our beloved prophet but way we harm our own brothers and sisters and their properties. Think about it. Rana Waseem
Oh Prophet of Allah, may my parents be sacrificed for you
i love the last holly prophet muhammad and alay muhammad allah say me and my mlayka all time send darood on prophet muhammad and u all come with us subhanallah
We will sacrifice our lives for the sake of our beloved Prophet
yes i am agree in pakistaan talbaan if his not terorest
I love Prophet Muhammad PBUH, I can even sacrifice my life for the sake of my beloved Prophet peace and blessings of Allah be upon him
I strongly condemns all the rubesh which made in a film and yes its un islamic
“It is obligatory on every Muslim to protect life, honour and property of fellow Muslims,” . “As taking blood (life) of a human being is forbidden in Islam,
Protest is the right of every muslim who have faith in their hearts , but destruction of properties is not a part of showing love....And i think that peaceful protest is more efffctive then dsetruction, but some of the people want to blame ISLAM and PAKISTAN so it is not good job...
All Muslim have right to protest against anti islam voilance. All Muslims stricktly condemned anti islamic Movey.
really islam is the name of patience,love,peace nd non violent religion........... this matter could b solved without any violence nd destruction.............
PROTEST SHOULD BE DONE BY THE GOVERNMENT BYCOTTING AMERICANS GOODS AND IN WRITTINGS TO THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS .ANY TIPE OF SO CALLED PROTEST SHOULD BE STOPPED BY FORCE ,SO KILLING AND LOOTING NEVER HAPPENED. BUT PAKISTANIS ARE A SLAVE NATION,COULD NOT DARE TO TAKE HONOURABLE ACTION .
At the time of the prophat SalAllah ho alay wasalm the enemies of islam used to misbehave with islam and the prophat SAW but the prophat SAW did no harm them and they pray for them to the right path. Although it is very sad incident but the muslim should leave it and forgive bcz of the teaching of islam.it should not be show all over the world .
I am from Pakistan and I just want to tell everyone that these violent protests do not represent the whole of Pakistan. However as a Pakistani I would apologize from everyone for whatever happened. Islam DOES NOT teach us to protest like this.
This kind of protest really un-islamic.
queen of self
i love holy prophet(peace be upon him) very much
the one should not make such kind of stupid film.our Prophet is greatest in the world.One should respect him.we love our Prophet
We are also doing a Islamic protests.But media cannot show it. here i am asking from media why they not show our islamic protests in front of world.?
Dears, all peace loving people should protest against this type of fake videos. MUHAMMAD PBUH is the most respectable for all religions. He is heart of world. THis world create only for him. ALLAH (GOD) says love him. this is not the freedom of speech. if hates the others that will not freedom of speech. You should make laws to stop this type of abuses. thanks. PEACE and LOVE ZINDA BAD
We condemn the violence
we want revege ,,we r not ready to bear this pain
its true that Islam means peace and we should not destroy each other properties we have to chose a way of Islam against our enemies because its also true that we love our prophet Muhammad too much and its not possible to leave the enemies of Muhammad free....thanks
this what the mind behind film-making wanted to achieve. responsibility rest with every individual, who is accountable on the day of Judgement.
opinion should be given in soft words toavoid hurting sentiments of concerned
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WE PAKISTANIS THINK THAT INSULTING ATTITUDE AGAINST OUR PROPHET MUHAMMAD (SA) CAN NEVER BE JUSTIFIED IN ANY CASE.AT THE SAME TIME WE THINK IT WRONG TO DESTROY THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS.FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN RELIGIOUS MATTERS SPECIALLY REGARDING ALL THE PROPHETS SHOULD BE PUNISHABLE.
we are muslims.muslims and we can,t bear any word any pic any video in against of holy prophet muhammad(s.a.w)
yes it is.......!!
yes i am agree in pakistaan talbaan if his not terorest
scholers realization are right bcz islam is the religion of peace and islamic teachings depend upon peace , protection, patience ,humbleness and respect for others religion too.This is something very tragic that v pakistanis has lost their rope of islamic teaching and they became violent.say this method of violence to nooooooooooo/ bcz our ROPHET PBUH never teaches us to became violent and His whole life the code of good condaut.plz dont follow satanic way bcz it will make happy to enemies
i m sobia jutt my prsnl wies abuot this that its not so good that thy do
I strongly protest the conspiracy that hurt the feelings of all the Muslims
u do bad
We have right strongly to protest againts native production also condemned distruction to properties.
Please remove video of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) from Youtube site.
i am a muslim my name is Mursaleen I want to search prophet mohammad saw life
people desire this we all love muhammed i agree with this proposal
ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF LOVE,PEACE AND MERCY.PROPHET MUHAMMAD P B U H IS THE LEADER OF ISLAM.
i am a muslim and want to save pakistan.
We should help poor people
As reprted it was shameful violent show by the anti Muslim and anti Pakistan elements to bring defame for both.The condmnation by Learned Ulema against these violent incidents are encourging and apperciable