Religious scholars from the various schools of thoughts and religious parties under the Milli Yakjehti Council, at a meeting in connection with the advent of Muharram, vowed to make all efforts to maintain peace and harmony during the Ashura Muharram. They were of the view that all those who opted the path of Yazeed as against Hazrat Imam Husain would meet degradation and ignominy.
JI Secretary General Liaqat Baloch, who presided over the moot, urged the rulers of Pakistan, Turkey, Malaysia and Indonesia to jointly strive for ending the conflict among Saudi Arabia, Iran and Qatar. He said the Islamic forces should demonstrate unity and harmony to face the forces of Kufr. Pir Haroon Gillani said it was necessary to practically demonstrate sectarian love and harmony in order to end the sectarian differences in the Ummah.
He said that all the faithful were agreed on almost 98 percent of the Islamic creed and concepts and the difference is only on two percent of issues. He said some so called scholars tried to exaggerate these differences to achieve selfish ends and create chaos. Gillani said such elements were not sincere and all others should join hands to throw them out.
JUI's Maulana Amjad Khan said the Muslims could counter the enemy conspiracies only through unity. He said India wanted to plunge the region into war but the Pak Army was showing great restraint and tolerance. He said whenever there was trouble in any part of the Muslim Ummah, the religious forces came forward while the liberals remained silent spectators.
Allama Ibtisam Elahi Zaheer said on the occasion that Islam's enemies wanted to harm the unity and harmony of the Ummah but the Muslim rulers were acting as enemy agents. He said in such a situation, it was necessary for the elders of the religious parties to sit together and try to protect the Ummah from sectarianism.
Allama Arif Wahidi said Islam was the sole identity of the Muslims and it was only the true Deen in the eyes of Allah. As such, the believers should rise above differences and stand united on common objectives. Maulana Ameer Hamza, Syed Ziaullah Shah Bukhari and Allama Niaz Husain Rizvi, also spoke on the occasion.