If Pakistan Wants To "Fight" for "La illaha illallah," It Must Figure Out Which Side Allah Is On

 by Salina Khan

Despite their bravado, Pakistani officials seem scared out of their minds of an impending nuclear war with their arch enemy India.

"It's a fear, worry, that where are we headed?" Pakistan's Prime Minister told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). "If a conventional war starts between two countries, nuclear countries, anything could happen."

Stress of going up against another nuclear country Khan described as "seven times" bigger than itself is forcing Pakistan to make fear-based decisions that are getting in the way of helping free Kashmir from Indian occupation. In fact, Pakistan has yet to announce a clear Kashmir policy other than to "raise the issue of Kashmir at every global forum."

To avoid being "blamed" for "another Pulwama incident," the Pakistani government says it has "disbanded all militant groups," forbidden its people to "cross the border to join the Kashmiris," and limited protests to thirty minutes of standing in "solidarity with the Kashmiri people."

"Eventually, even speaking out for the Kashmiris will be illegal [in Pakistan]," Syed Jawad Naqvi, chancellor of the Islamic university Jamia Urwa-tul-Wusqa in Lahore, predicted in his September 27 Friday sermon.

To allay their fears, Khan and other policymakers who feel they are "sitting on a hot plate" need to review the inspiring Quranic story of Prophet David (A) and Goliath (Jalut). A small contingency of obedient soldiers defeated the tyrannical army of strongman Goliath after young and slender David (A) took out Goliath with a fatal slingshot aimed at the bright red ruby in the middle of the crown on his forehead.

Quran: "But those who were certain that they would meet Allah said, 'How many a small company has overcome a large company by permission of Allah. And Allah is with the patient.'" (2:249)

This scenario should be familiar to Pakistanis who are witnessing up-close-and-personal the defeat of another modern-day Goliath Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman at the hands of the poor and malnourished Yemenis. In this battlefield, unfortunately, Pakistani soldiers are on the side of the Saudi Goliath, who is armed to the teeth and supported by the U.S. Israel, and a coalition of 30+ Muslim countries led by retired Pakistani General Raheel Sharif. In a devastating attack this past weekend, the Yemenis reclaimed territory, seized armed vehicles and weapons, and captured thousands of troops in Saudi Arabia. Pakistani soldiers under the command of Sharif were among those captured by the Yemenis, according to Al Jazeera.

If the Pakistani government is set to fight in the name of "La illaha illallah" as Khan told UNGA, it needs to first figure out which side Allah is on.

Quran: "Certainly, your guardian (Vali) is Allah and His Messenger and those who believe who establish prayer and give charity while they bow. And whoever takes Allah and His Messenger and those who believe as his guardian (Vali), so surely the party of Allah will be victorious." (5:55)

The Yemenis recognized that the Guardian jurist (Vali Faqih) of our time is Imam Syed Ali Khamanei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and have achieved miraculous success by following his guidance and advice just like David (A) attained astounding victory after obeying his leader Saul (Talut), even if it entailed only drinking a sip of water from the river and enduring other hardships and sacrifices. If Pakistanis want to defeat Goliath Modi, they must turn away from other Goliaths of our time and seek out and follow Imam Khamanei's political advice, which has been rooted in the Quran and Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (S) for the past thirty years.

Khan, who has rushed to hold meetings with U.S. Saudi, and Emirati rulers to resolve the Kashmiri issue, should pay attention to what Yemeni leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi proclaimed to the Saudis:  If the US, Israel, and the Arab nations are on your side and you are still not winning, know that God is not on your side!

Indeed, Pakistanis must join the path of Vilayat to defeat Goliath Modi!

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Pakistanis, Beware of Anti-Iran PsyOps

Israel and the US will do anything to destroy Islamic Iran

Salina Khan

A PsyOps media campaign to instill enmity toward Iran in the minds of Pakistanis is in full swing as the American-Israeli-Saudi axis works relentlessly to pull Pakistan into their thickening plot to attack Iran from the soil of neighboring Afghanistan.

With Pakistan still reeling from an Indian incursion in February, angry and emotional influencers all over the Pakistani media are accusing Iran of collaborating with enemies to attack Pakistan.

“Iran, Israel, and India are standing together and they have one target — Pakistan,” claimed a host on a March 4 video of online current affairs channel, Haqeeqat TV, which has 1.6 million YouTube subscribers and over 500,000 followers on Facebook. The identity of the host is not disclosed but the channel says it aims to reveal “stories behind the Curtain” and from the “Deep Dark side of this world.”

Well-known Pakistani media personality, Orya Maqbool Jan of Neo TV Network, also maligns Iran in a mishmash rant during a February 18 video segment entitled “Iran… Foe or Friend of Pakistan?”

Spicing up his talk up with some Farsi and a Bollywood mention, he condemns Iran for varied transgressions, from insinuating Pakistan supports extremist groups to helping anti-Taliban factions to impoverishing Iranians living near the Pakistan border.

These videos are being viewed by hundreds of thousands of people and invoking comments like the following, “Iran don’t dare to think about attacking Pakistan again otherwise you will never see Iran in world Map… don’t Party with Israel and India… Beware.”

The anti-Iran hysteria is not random. It comes on the heels of a war summit in Poland in mid-February that was attended by officials from 60 countries to plan “war with Iran,” in the words of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (this man is currently facing charges relating to corruption). A number of leading European countries boycotted the anti-Iran hate summit in drab Warsaw.

Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir kicked off the blitzkrieg of Iranophobia in the Pakistani media during a press conference in Islamabad on February 18 when he accused Iran of being “the chief sponsor of terrorism” and declared his “wish to eliminate the scourge of terrorism from the face of this planet.”

In order for Pakistan to avoid becoming just another pawn in the game that is manipulated by the power club so that it can pursue its geostrategic Zio-American objectives, Islamabad needs to act decisively against imperialism and Zionism, and regard Islamic Iran as a kindred spirit in this effort, not an enemy.

The psychological warfare in the media, where lies, conjectures, and suspicions against Iran are repeated until they manufacture consensus, is aimed at stoking hate in Pakistanis so that they agree to send their loved ones to Afghanistan once again, this time to destroy Iran. Pakistan is being coerced to join the American-Israeli-Saudi triumvirate against Iran, and the attacks from India were coordinated to put pressure on Pakistan to oblige.

The Trump regime has set toppling the Islamic government as top priority and even created the Iran Mission Center inside the CIA in June 2017 after Donald Trump returned from trips to Israel and Saudi Arabia. That same month Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman declared he was going to take the “battle to Iran.” The reason for his opposition to Iran, “Its [Iran’s] logic is that Imam Mahdi will come and they must prepare the fertile environment for the arrival of the awaited Mahdi” and together they “will control the world,” MbS said.

There is only one way Pakistanis can quickly and effectively prevent the war propaganda from taking effect. Stop listening to the random talking heads in the Pakistani media!

Instead, Islam has given us a place to get weekly political news analysis filtered through a reading of the Qur’an and Prophetic Sunnah: the khutbah delivered during Friday Jumu‘ah prayers. Find and listen to scholars, irrespective of which sect they belong to, with correct political insight and follow their guidance. My three favorites demonstrate astute political insight every time and are available online: Syed Jawad Naqvi (Shi‘i) of Jamia Urwa-tul-Wusqa in Pakistan and Muhammad al-‘Asi and Afeef Khan (both Sunni) of the Islamic Center of Washington, DC.

Last month two US Congressmen wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post warning that the “Trump administration’s Iran policy… is pushing us to take military action aimed at regime change in Tehran.” They said they are drafting legislation to prevent an “unconstitutional attack on Iran.”

Thankfully, the Pakistani government is also resisting the warmongers; the Pakistani people should do the same.

 

Salina Khan

Pakistan must Resist Demands from “Friends”

Pressure in on to normalize relations with Israel

Salina Khan

Someone needs to send the Pakistani government a copy of the picture book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. In it, a pestering mouse asks a boy for a cookie, and after he obliges, the rodent escalates his demands until he is moved into the exhausted boy’s house.

Similarly, Pakistan is surrounded by a nest of mice, actually wolves in sheep’s clothing, pressuring the nuclear-armed country through a carrots-and-sticks policy to oblige and fulfill their demands to join the anti-Iran coalition. These countries include America, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, all bent on waging war on Iran and aware they can’t do it without cooperation from Pakistan.

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government has so far resisted pressure to join the war plan but the future looks precarious, unfortunately, as the government shows signs of capitulating under stress and altering policies to oblige outsiders.

Last month, for example, under global pressure to rein in terrorists, the government seized hundreds of institutions run by banned outfits and apprehended their leaders. That is the right thing to do, of course, but should have been done earlier, on principle and not under duress. Buckling under pressure sends signals to others that if enough force is applied, Pakistan will come around and do as told.

High on the American-Israeli-Saudi axis “to-do” list for Pakistan right now is normalizing relations with Israel, something most Arabian countries have done de facto but are waiting for 200-million-strong Pakistan to do first so they can declare it officially. Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah refused to recognize Israel in 1947, and that has remained the country’s policy ever since.

While getting Pakistan to change course on Israel is a tall order, especially with Pakistani officials accusing Israelis of involvement in India’s foiled attacks on Pakistan on February 26, the pressure is on nonetheless, and has intensified since Khan took office last year. Khan insists normalization with Israel is not on the table but some in his government have already succumbed to the normalization narrative.

In order for Pakistan to avoid becoming just another pawn in the game that is manipulated by the power club so that it can pursue its geostrategic Zio-American objectives, Islamabad needs to act decisively against imperialism and Zionism, and regard Islamic Iran as a kindred spirit in this effort, not an enemy.

In February, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told an Israeli news portal that “Pakistan is interested in advancing its relations with Israel,” according to media reports. Last November, parliamentarian Asma Hadid tried to coax colleagues to support Israel during a meeting of the National Assembly. The media also claims that the Pakistani government allowed a plane carrying a senior Israeli official to fly into Islamabad from Tel Aviv last fall. And although the Pakistani passport says it is “valid for all countries of the world except Israel,” a Pakistani Jew was allowed to fly to Israel for the first time in January.

Others pushing Pakistan to establish diplomatic ties with Israel include:

• military men – Pakistan’s former president, retired General Pervez Musharraf, told reporters in Dubai, again in February that “there is no harm to establish a relationship with Israel” as it will help “counter India,” buttressing the arguments of those who say India’s attacks were the “sticks” to get Pakistan to normalize relations with Israel.

• the media – Pakistan’s English-language newspaper, The News International, editorialized in early March that Pakistan should explore ties with Israel as the two “are not enemies.”

• the lobbies – the Pakistan Israel Alliance (PIA) of London “seeks to build bridges and better understanding between Israelis and Pakistanis,” according to its Facebook page. PIA — an unfortunate abbreviation that Pakistanis are quite familiar with because it also stands for the country’s airline, although its reputation and service have declined in recent years — offers ways of “maintaining relations” off-the-record, including the pre-revolution Iranian model (recognize Israel secretly like the Shah of Iran), Jordanian model (close political and military ties without official recognition), or Chinese model (establish military contacts before political relations), according to a February 2018 post on its Facebook page.

• literature – PIA’s publishing arm, Pak Israel News releases books in Urdu celebrating Zionism, such as Zionism, Israel, and Palestinians and The State of Israel: In War and Peace and Islamic Terrorism.

Even if Pakistan does sell its soul and recognizes Israel, demands on the country — like those on the boy in If You Give a Mouse a Cookie — will not stop until Pakistan too is weakened to the point of collapse. These demands include helping the American-Israeli-Saudi axis wage war on Iran and the nuclear disarmament of Pakistan. Scholar Syed Jawad Naqvi predicts Pakistan will eventually be pressured to shut its nuclear program and sell its technology to Saudi Arabia.

Pakistan can learn from the disastrous effects of capitulating to outside pressures on Tehran. The Islamic Republic of Iran’s economy suffered greatly after agreeing to curb its nuclear program under a 2015 deal with the US and five other countries. Not only did the US start demanding that Iran stop its missile program (that is purely for defensive purposes) but Washington backed out of the agreement altogether and imposed stringent new sanctions on the country.

The Rahbar (leader of the Islamic Revolution), Imam Seyyed Ali Khamanei, had warned politicians that acquiescence to demands would lead to attempts to “bring the country’s decision-making… centers under their control.”

“The point is Iran doesn’t follow arrogant powers,” Imam Khamanei said in 2016. “In this war, willpowers are fighting. The stronger willpower will win.”

Pakistan, too, must strengthen its resolve and resist outside pressures. That is the only way to frustrate the best-laid schemes of mice and men.