Ashrafuddin Pirzada
PESHAWAR: Tanzeem-e-Ahli Sunnat and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf district Khyber chapters jointly arranged protest rallies on Friday against the blasphemous Crime took place in Sweden.
The protest rallies started from various mosques after Jumma prayers in Landikotal and Jamrud and gathered at Bab-e-Khyber.
They were holding PTI, Pakistani, and Tanzeem-e-Ahli Sunnat flags in their hands. The protesters also torched Swedish flags and chanted slogans in favour of Islam. Later, all the protest rallies gathered at Bab-e-Khyber.
Speaking on the occasion, Tanzeem Ahli Sunnat district Khyber vice president Allama Muhammad Adnan Qadri said that it was an unfortunate plot by the so-called democracies in the European Union, where repeatedly they committed the blasphemous acts. He said it was a question mark on the faces of those who pretended to be secular and respect religions.
Qadri said freedom of expression did not mean taking steps to violate the rites of Islam. He added that it did not happen for the first time that someone challenged the sentiments of billions of Muslims around the world, but Islamic phobia got rooted in Western countries.
He lamented the world Muslim leaders who have not taken concrete steps to force the European countries to take strict action against the perpetrators.
“Those cowards who commit the crime must know that the Quran is in the hearts of billions of Muslims around the world”, said Adnan Qadri.
Qadri demanded that the government expel the Swedish ambassador from Pakistan. He said Imran Khan had openly told the world at his United Nations address that Muslims will react if anyone goes against Islam and its rites.
PTI leader Muhammad Saddiq, Allam Ihsanullah Junaidi, Allama Shoaib Qadri, Chairman Shamsher Afridi, Nazim Islamuddin, Shakir Afridi and Haji Iqtidar Afridi also spoke on the occasion.
