“When Muslims anywhere get weakened, jihad becomes obligatory for them. Our Kashmiri brothers, sisters and mothers have been affected… If you don’t have the guts to fight (against India), you will keep on getting defeated.”
Fight? What does jihad have to do with fighting? Doesn’t this Muslim cleric know that “authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran are opposed to every form of violence,” as that most learned of imams, Pope Francis, put it?
“Caught on cam: Pak cleric instigates crowd for jihad against India,” ANI, September 2, 2019:
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug 30 (ANI): Even as Pakistan continues to get snubbed on all fronts for propagating terrorism and internationalising Kashmir issue, Islamabad is still indulging in its nefarious and diabolic propaganda by openly calling for ‘jihad’ against India.
In a video that surfaced online, a cleric in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) is seen and heard addressing a crowd where he is blatantly calling for jihad or holy war in the wake of India’s decision to abrogate Article 370 that granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
“When Muslims anywhere get weakened, jihad becomes obligatory for them. Our Kashmiri brothers, sisters and mothers have been affected… If you don’t have the guts to fight (against India), you will keep on getting defeated,” the cleric was heard saying in the video.
The cleric also called out Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa for not fulfilling the Army’s ‘duty’ of jihad. As he addresses the gathering, the crowd raise slogans like —
‘India ka ek hi illaj, al-jihad al-jihad’ (There is only one solution for India and that is jihad).
The call for waging war on India does not end here. Recently, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan said he lead from the front if ‘jihad’ was ever formally declared for Kashmir…