Lashkar-e-Toiba idealogue Hafiz Muhammad Sayeed has said the high-profile visit of the US President to Pakistan has strengthened their call for jihad. “Bush visit has failed, undermining the pro-US lobby in the country. But Mujahideens are happy. Time is ripe now for jihad,” he says.
In a report published in Guzva — a magazine published by Jamat-ud-Dawa, the parent organisation of the Lashkar — Sayeed said Bush’s visit has brought in the open the expedience of the US engagement with Islamabad and made it difficult for Pak rulers to sustain their US-friendly policies. “After 9/11, Pakistan made a U-turn in its foreign policy to accommodate American interests. It was said that backing US would help solve Kashmir and protect its nuclear programme. But none of this has materialised.”
“As was underlined by Bush’s visit, he had merely come to check Musharraf’s commitment on war on terror, rather than address Pakistan’s grievances. But we are happy. The situation is now more conducive for jihad.”
In fact, the website of Jamat-ud-Dawa also published the Friday sermon at the Alqadsia Grand Mosque in Chobarbee, Lahore where he acknowledges a “huge setback” delivered by Bush visit to the ‘‘Kashmir cause”. “Bush’s visit has dealt a severe blow to the Kashmir issue. Now there is strong pressure building up for the shutdown of Kashmiri jihad,” Sayeed told the congregation.
Dawa also terms the nuclear deal between India and US as a threat not only to China but also to Pakistan. “Conspiracies are being hatched against Pakistan’s atomic programme,” he said. “This is tragic. President Abdul Kalam who helped make India a nuclear power sits across to discuss matters with Bush, while father of Pakistan’s atomic programme Abdul Qadir Khan is rotting in a jail cell.” “It is better, our rulers give up their anti-jihad policies and re-orient the foreign policy of Pakistan according to tenets of Islam,” an editorial on the Dawa website said.
Red Corner notice
SRINAGAR: The Union Home Ministry has stepped up its efforts to secure an Interpol Red Corner notice for the militant idealogues based in Pakistan and Hafiz Mohammad Sayeed tops the list. In fact, Jammu and Kashmir Police has been asked to prepare dossiers on the leaders that also include Hizbul chief Syed Salahuddin, Jaish chief Maulana Masood Azhar and Al-Umar chief Mustaq Latrum besides several other commanders. — ENS
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