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RAWALPINDI, March 26: In connection with the announcement made by Quaid-e-Millat-e-Jafariya Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi, in order to protest against the blasphemous act of burning the holy Quran at the hands of Terry Jones, a priest in the church of Florida; Friday has been commemorated as “Youm-e-Hurmat-e-Quran” i.e. the day to memorize the respect of the holy Quran.

On this occasion; several protests against disrespect of the holy Quran have been made under the auspices of religious representatives and the leaders of Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Fiqh-e-Jafariya throughout the country. Ulema-e-Karam in their sermons to the Juma prayers, threw light on the respect of the holy Quran and termed the ongoing European conspiracy of disrespecting the Shaa’er Allah (Signs attributed to Almighty Allah) as the biggest threat to the inter-religion harmony and peace. They demanded the international organizations to formulate strict rules to ensure dignity and respect of the divine books including the holy Quran, and all the religions along with their respective founders and heroes, while any kind of disrespect to them must be declared a crime, worth severe punishment. Seminars were held and rallies brought out by TNFJ, in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi to protest against the blasphemous act of American priest that he committed by burning the holy Quran.

Under the auspices of Hayet Talba-e-Islamia, a protest against the act of disrespecting the holy Quran was staged in Satellite Town Rawalpindi which was led by Allama Syed Waqar Hussain Naqvi, Mufti Basim Abbas Zahiree, Maulana Tehzeeb ul Hassan Naqvi, Allama Shehzad Hussain Sindi, and Maulana Aqeel Abbas Kazmi. While addressing to the gathering, Allama Syed Waqar Hussain al Qumi said that had Ummat-e-Muslima punished the blasphemous Rashdi; no one would have dared to demolish Babri Mosque, occupy the Al-Quds, or burn the holy Quran as done by the so called priest of the church of Florida. He further demanded that international organizations must fulfill their responsibilities to prohibit evil forces from disrespecting not only Islam, the holy Prophet of Islam, Heroes of Islam, and divine books, but all the religions of the world. He said that the protection of the respect of the holy Quran is our responsibility and therefore; anything would be sacrificed for this cause. Participants of the protest rally were carrying banners and placards on which, slogans against the disrespect of the holy Quran and statements about the sacredness of the holy books were printed. Afterwards, the participants of the rally dispersed peacefully.

A procession to protest against the burning of holy Quran by Terry Jones, was brought out from Imambargah Qasr-e-Abutalib (A.S) under the auspices of Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Fiqh-e-Jafariya Rawalpindi Cantt. The procession was led by Allama Syed Mohsin Ali Hamdani, Allama Qalb-e-Abbas Bukhari, Allama Fazal Abbas Hamdani, Maulana Faizan Kazmi, Maulana Tanweer Kazmi, president of TNFJ Rawalpindi Cantt. Syed Tayyab Moosavi, Chaudhary Mushtaq Hussain, Zakir, Mulazim Hussain, Qazi Mazhar Hussain Karbalai, Sajjad Yousuf Bangish, Syed Naseer Hussain Sabzwari, Amjad Ali Bangish, Syed Miskeen Hussain Shah, Mehmood Jafri, Syed Mazloom Hussain Kazmi, Raja Muhammad Afzal and other officials of TNFJ. The participants of the protest rally gathered at the last stop Tench Bhatta where Allama Mohsin Ali Hamdani addressed the gathering. While addressing, Allama Mohsin Hamdani said that in connection with the announcement of Quaid-e-Millat-e-Jafariya Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi, Shias of Pakistan are raising voice of protest against burning of the holy Quran by American priest, and therefore, commemorating this day as Youm-e-Hurmat-e-Quran. He strongly demanded that United Nations, Security Council, and other international organizations must take immediate notice of this act of terrorism, and the so called priest who burned the holy Quran must be brought to justice. He further said that Islamic world must formulate a joint strategy against continued attempts of disrespecting the Islam, its Prophet, and the divine books while a joint policy must be adopted about the states which are avoiding actions against those who are committing such crimes of disrespect.

Allama Fazal Abbas Hamdani, condemned the American attacks on Libya and use of force and aggression against the people of Bahrain and Yemen who are demanding their fundamental rights. On this occasion a resolution was passed which condemned the bowing of Muslim rulers in front of Americans and stated that had these rulers exhibited faithfulness, the colonial powers would have never occupied Iraq and Afghanistan, while Kashmir and Palestine would have been freed from the oppression and brutality. He said that the chief of colonial powers is working on a policy of disintegrating the Islamic countries so that it could obliterate them one by one. Afterwards, the participants of the rally dispersed peacefully. Meanwhile, protest rallies of Youm-e-Hurmat-e-Quran were brought out in Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Sakardu, Gilgit, Bagh, Muzafarabad, Faisalabad, Jehlum, Attock, D.I.Khan, Kohat, Haripur, Gujrat, Larkana, Haiderabad, and other cities of Pakistan.

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