PTI Leader Files Blasphemy Complaint Against Khawaja Asif For Saying All Religions Are Equal

[uberkoen]

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Zafarwal tehsil, Qamar Riaz Sulehri, has filed a blasphemy complaint against Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) stalwart Khawaja Asif for saying that all religions are equal in the light of the constitution.

The PTI leader took to social media to post the photo of the compliant, wherein it was stated that the PML-N senior leader committed blasphemy under sections 295-A and 298-A. Qamar Sulehri maintained that Khawaja Asif has ‘hurt’ the sentiments of the Muslims by equating their status with that of non-Muslims.

On Thursday, the PML-N stalwart on the floor of the House said that the constitution of Pakistan provides equal rights to all citizens irrespective of their caste, creed, and religion. He criticised a group of lawmakers for opposing the construction of a temple in Islamabad.

“The people who were against the temple belong to a group that had labelled Muhammad Ali Jinnah– the founder of Pakistan– as kafir-e-Azam.” He added that no religion was superior to the other in the light of the constitution, adding that as representatives of people, it was incumbent upon lawmakers to promote harmony and tolerance in the society.

Source: https://nayadaur.tv/2020/07/pti-lea...waja-asif-for-saying-all-religions-are-equal/

 

[uberkoen]

This is the political party that is supposed to be our saviour!

 

[MenInG]

This is the political party that is supposed to be our saviour!

Your threads are getting a bit repetitive now.

Suggest look to comment on positive stuff about Pakistan too.

 

[uberkoen]

Your threads are getting a bit repetitive now.

Suggest look to comment on positive stuff about Pakistan too.

There's a lot of positive things being posted. However, we should also be aware of the negative things and not just ignore them. It is important to understand the mindset of the people running our country.

 

[last_knight]

If not all of it, significant part of Zafarwal area are included in constituency that Khawaja Asif represents.

More of a local-politics motive behind this and doesn't look to be order of party.

 

[Slog]

Idiot

 

[Syed1]

Quite a stupid move. Seems like this person is going against party line, this is what Fawad Chaudhry had to say:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ur" dir="rtl">سیاسی اختلافات اپنی جگہ ،خواجہ آصف نے کہا پاکستان کے آئین میں تمام مذاہب کوبرابر کی آزادیاں ہیں ان کی یہ بات بالکل درست ہے، اس کو لے کر خواجہ آصف کیخلاف فتویٰ بازی کرنیوالے مودی اور بھارتی شدت پسندوں کی سوچ کے حامل لوگ ہیں ایسی سوچ کو یکسر مسترد کرنے کی ضرورت ہے</p>— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) <a href="https://twitter.com/fawadchaudhry/status/1282339772351098891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[UP]

Didn’t the PM said we will show Modi on how to treat minorities?

The time’s here to construct a backbone and speak against this publicly and apologize to Asif and force his party members to withdraw the case.

These are the same kind of people who demand masjidein in kafir’s land.

 

[Bigboii]

Quite a stupid move. Seems like this person is going against party line, this is what Fawad Chaudhry had to say:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ur" dir="rtl">سیاسی اختلافات اپنی جگہ ،خواجہ آصف نے کہا پاکستان کے آئین میں تمام مذاہب کوبرابر کی آزادیاں ہیں ان کی یہ بات بالکل درست ہے، اس کو لے کر خواجہ آصف کیخلاف فتویٰ بازی کرنیوالے مودی اور بھارتی شدت پسندوں کی سوچ کے حامل لوگ ہیں ایسی سوچ کو یکسر مسترد کرنے کی ضرورت ہے</p>— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) <a href="https://twitter.com/fawadchaudhry/status/1282339772351098891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

My feeling also I mean if the top guy is saying we will show modi how to treat minorities (you can say that it's all a facade but still)
But the guy is doing something else so I don't think he is following the manifesto of the party

 

[Local.Dada]

I thought blasphemy laws only applied to minorities, I mean if an influential Muslim politician in the Islamic republic of Pakistan can be accused of blasphemy, that shows uniformity and secularism in a weird way. Kudos to the PtI guy who Invoked this .

 

[last_knight]

Move on.

This has nothing to do with Party or State.
This is about a potential opponent from Khawaja Asif constituency.

 

[Abdullah719]

PML-N leader defends his NA remarks on minorities

ISLAMABAD: The parliamentary leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in the National Assembly, Khawaja Mohammad Asif, has defended his remarks last week in the House about the rights of minorities, stating that his speech was “in accordance with the Quaid-i-Azam’s vision and the rights granted to minorities by the Constitution”.

“For the past few days, there has been an ongoing debate regarding my last speech in the National Assembly. My entire speech was in the context of Pakistan’s Constitution which grants equal rights to all citizens irrespective of their religion, faith and ethnicity,” said the PML-N leader in a statement here on Tuesday.

Mr Asif said he had made this clarification on the floor of the assembly the same day as well.

Islam is a “perfect religion” and the final message of God Almighty through His last Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), he said, adding that the primacy of the religion was the cornerstone of faith of every Muslim.

Spoiler

“Trying to misinterpret my statements, narrating them out of context for political gains is extremely irresponsible and wrong,” he remarked.

The speeches of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah served as a guiding principle in this regard, he said. The two-nation theory evolved as Muslims were persecuted as a minority prior to partition, he added.

The lawmaker, who had also served as the country’s foreign minister in the previous PML-N government and known for his close association with the Sharif family, said he supported the rights of the minorities as enshrined in the Constitution. “It is our responsibility to represent the minorities also because we have a joint electorate where everyone votes in the general election,” he said.

He said Islam taught Muslims to protect all humans irrespective of their class, colour and creed.

He said Islam made it imperative upon all to raise their voice against injustice and inequality without any fear.

Mr Asif thanked those who understood his statement and defended him at various forums.

The PML-N leader in his speech on the opening day of the National Assembly session last week had raised the issue of a social media drive against religious minorities.

His remarks that ‘no religion is superior’ under the Constitution had been criticised by the religious circles. Soon after his speech in the National Assembly, Mr Asif was confronted by a number of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) lawmakers over his remarks.

Speaking on a point of order, Mr Asif highlighted what he termed a “planned campaign against minorities” being run on the social media in retaliation for the Indian atrocities against Muslims in India-held Kashmir.

“If minorities don’t feel safe in Pakistan, then it is a matter of shame for us. It is our responsibility to protect their places of worship,” the PML-N leader had stated.

Pakistan was a tolerant society until the 1970s, but “it was after the 1980s that extremism crippled our thinking [...] fault lines have been created which can be damaging for the country”, Mr Asif added.

He said there was a church in Boston where Muslims offered Friday prayers and that once he had himself offered Eid prayers at a church in New York.

“But we can’t imagine such a thing happening in Pakistan,” he remarked.

This is a country of 220 million people, he said, adding that under the Constitution, everyone had equal rights irrespective of their religion.

“As public representatives, it is our responsibility to promote tolerance in the country.”

After the PML-N leader’s speech, the Minister for Human Rights had promised to take action against those running the social media campaign against non-Muslim communities and later on Monday she informed the House that her ministry had already initiated action.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1569046/pml-n-leader-defends-his-na-remarks-on-minorities

 

[saeedhk]

PML-N leader defends his NA remarks on minorities

ISLAMABAD: The parliamentary leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in the National Assembly, Khawaja Mohammad Asif, has defended his remarks last week in the House about the rights of minorities, stating that his speech was “in accordance with the Quaid-i-Azam’s vision and the rights granted to minorities by the Constitution”.

“For the past few days, there has been an ongoing debate regarding my last speech in the National Assembly. My entire speech was in the context of Pakistan’s Constitution which grants equal rights to all citizens irrespective of their religion, faith and ethnicity,” said the PML-N leader in a statement here on Tuesday.

Mr Asif said he had made this clarification on the floor of the assembly the same day as well.

Islam is a “perfect religion” and the final message of God Almighty through His last Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), he said, adding that the primacy of the religion was the cornerstone of faith of every Muslim.

Spoiler

“Trying to misinterpret my statements, narrating them out of context for political gains is extremely irresponsible and wrong,” he remarked.

The speeches of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah served as a guiding principle in this regard, he said. The two-nation theory evolved as Muslims were persecuted as a minority prior to partition, he added.

The lawmaker, who had also served as the country’s foreign minister in the previous PML-N government and known for his close association with the Sharif family, said he supported the rights of the minorities as enshrined in the Constitution. “It is our responsibility to represent the minorities also because we have a joint electorate where everyone votes in the general election,” he said.

He said Islam taught Muslims to protect all humans irrespective of their class, colour and creed.

He said Islam made it imperative upon all to raise their voice against injustice and inequality without any fear.

Mr Asif thanked those who understood his statement and defended him at various forums.

The PML-N leader in his speech on the opening day of the National Assembly session last week had raised the issue of a social media drive against religious minorities.

His remarks that ‘no religion is superior’ under the Constitution had been criticised by the religious circles. Soon after his speech in the National Assembly, Mr Asif was confronted by a number of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) lawmakers over his remarks.

Speaking on a point of order, Mr Asif highlighted what he termed a “planned campaign against minorities” being run on the social media in retaliation for the Indian atrocities against Muslims in India-held Kashmir.

“If minorities don’t feel safe in Pakistan, then it is a matter of shame for us. It is our responsibility to protect their places of worship,” the PML-N leader had stated.

Pakistan was a tolerant society until the 1970s, but “it was after the 1980s that extremism crippled our thinking [...] fault lines have been created which can be damaging for the country”, Mr Asif added.

He said there was a church in Boston where Muslims offered Friday prayers and that once he had himself offered Eid prayers at a church in New York.

“But we can’t imagine such a thing happening in Pakistan,” he remarked.

This is a country of 220 million people, he said, adding that under the Constitution, everyone had equal rights irrespective of their religion.

“As public representatives, it is our responsibility to promote tolerance in the country.”

After the PML-N leader’s speech, the Minister for Human Rights had promised to take action against those running the social media campaign against non-Muslim communities and later on Monday she informed the House that her ministry had already initiated action.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1569046/pml-n-leader-defends-his-na-remarks-on-minorities

Khawaja Saab is a brave person. Need many more like him in the NA.

 

[SpiritOf1903]

It's a blasphemous comment for sure. Theology aside it goes against Islamic principle ...

 

[Bigboii]

It's a blasphemous comment for sure. Theology aside it goes against Islamic principle ...

He said according to "constitution" he wasn't judging it based on religious law or something

 

[Syed1]

It's a blasphemous comment for sure. Theology aside it goes against Islamic principle ...

He meant to say as per constitution people of all religions are equal, but had a slip of tongue and ended up saying all religions are equal.

 

[Gharib Aadmi]

This is the political party that is supposed to be our saviour!

One person in the party made that statement. This is the same party that tried to put a well qualified Ahmadi on the economic Advisory Committee, and all the other political parties decided to play political games. Imran Khan is not an extremist.

 

[Gharib Aadmi]

Khawaja Saab is a brave person. Need many more like him in the NA.

Where was he when Atif Mian was getting kicked out of the economic advisory committee, thanks to his party among others. Where was the tolerance then? In this case the Ulema Council has already backed the mandir. Nothing brave about what he did. It would be brave if he says that Ahmadis have the right to call themselves Muslims.