Tahirul Qadri is, excuse me, an actor. Today he is the self-appointed Sheikhul Islam. He even dons the cap of a Middle East Mufti Azam. Seeking publicity he once claimed that some people had fired shots at his home. When the Nawaz Sharif government instituted an inquiry commission and he was summoned to appear before it, he backed away. Later it was suspected that he had himself arranged for the shooting drama.As to phutwa, he is not the first. Under US and Saudi influence such phutwas have been issued before by “scholars” including Saudi scholars. But they haven’t caused the slightest dent in the “popularity” either of al Qaeda or suicide bombing. Reasons; One, people reject such scholars on the ground that when they cannot remove the casus belli, they have no right to restrain the avengers. Two, that in desperate situations Islam allows what is otherwise forbidden, such as even eating swine meat.

SUBHAN ALLAH!

You may be aware that last year a Fatwa was issued following a conference of Ahle Sunnah scholars from across Pakistan organised by the Jamaat Ahle Sunnat.

You may also be aware that one of the leading lights, Mufti Sarfraz Naeemi (RA), of the conference was later martyred by a suicide bomber at his Maddrasa in Lahore.

But they haven’t caused the slightest dent in the “popularity” either of al Qaeda or suicide bombing.

Reasons; One, people reject such scholars on the ground that when they cannot remove the casus belli, they have no right to restrain the avengers. Two, that in desperate situations Islam allows what is otherwise forbidden, such as even eating swine meat.