“Pakistanization of Indonesia”
Submitted by Rashid Jahangiri.
Here I’m posting link to article published in Jakarta Post, posted on PTH blog:
http://pakteahouse.net/2011/03/12/indonesiapakistan-pakistanization-of-indonesia/#more-12403
To save the article, i am also copy pasting it here:
INDONESIA/PAKISTAN: Pakistanization of Indonesia?
An article from Jakarta Post forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission
By Moh Yasir Alimi, Canberra
Jakarta Post, March 07, 2011-The anti-Ahmadiyah decrees in Pandeglang West Java and most recently in East Java have incited fears among many hearts that the country is heading towards “Pakistanization”.
Pakistan is “a laboratory of abuse in the name of religion” and Pakistan’s path of intense religious violence began with an anti-Ahmadiyah ordinance.
In 1984, president Zia ul Haq adopted Ordinance XX to criminalize the activities of Ahmadiyah followers. Pakistan used to argue that banning Ahmadiyah or declaring Ahmadiyah as non-Muslims would eliminate violence against Ahmadiyah and would stabilize the country.
The argument, now commonly used by Islamic hardliners and certain state officials in Indonesia, is nonsense, however.
The reality in Pakistan demonstrates this. A country built upon egalitarian values, Pakistan is now a place devastated by religious vigilantes, a place suffocated by the rancid smell of blood, a place where Ahmadiyah, Islamic sects and religious minorities are persecuted, a place where bombings take place every day, weakening the power of the nation to build.
In its current state, Pakistan is a failed state. The Human Rights Watch records that after the Ordinance XX declaration of Ahmadiyah followers as non-Muslims in 1984, the persecution of Ahmadiyah has significantly increased.
Like in Pakistan, the decrees in West Java and East Java will criminalize the religious activities of Ahmadiyah and will embolden religious extremists to further persecute Ahmadiyah followers. The ordinances look like a license to kill. As ideas never die, violence continues.
The experience of Pakistan demonstrated that such a cruel regulation bolstered religious vigilantism and weakened the state’s commitment to the constitution, the fundamental values upon which the nation was built.
The result is frightening. A country built upon egalitarian values, like Pakistan, can shift into a place of religious violence. Ali Jinnah, the founding father, was an ardent democrat, and he founded Pakistan on consensual and pluralistic grounds and belief that general supremacy would prevail rather than that of Islam per se. What is left of those ideals?
Pakistan’s experience showed that following the issuance of the regulation the violence against Ahmadiyah would pattern in many forms: murder before the police, mosque attacks, expulsions of Ahmadis from many state universities, more widespread violence, exclusion of Ahmadis from votes, arson attacks on their homes, businesses and mosques, desecration of their graves and more.
Ordinance XX in fact does not only criminalize “the religious activities” of Ahmadiyah, but also “the everyday life” of Ahmadiyah followers.
Then, the effects will go beyond the Ahmadiyah followers; the vigilante will reach other Islamic groups and government officials that they think are different or not in line with their agendas.
For example, a governor with moderate voice, Salman Taseer, was killed early this year because he criticized the blasphemy law which he regarded as a “black rule” inconsistent with the national constitution of Pakistan.
We fear that Indonesia can fall in the same situation. Indonesia is a nation with diversity, which is also reflected in the diversity of its Islamic religious practices.
There are many religious practices considered as bid’ah (innovation), widely practiced by Indonesian Muslims. After Ahmadiyah, it is only a matter of time before these homeland religious practices will be persecuted.
What are the other possible consequences? As the state fails to protect its citizens, many groups in society will create their own paramilitary armies to protect themselves. We can predict the consequence of such a situation.
Therefore, not only are the ordinances in West Java and East Java a blatant violation of international human rights law, the Constitution, the dreams of our founding fathers, but they will threaten our national security and the existence of the nation.
In the long run, the decree will surely strengthen religious vigilantes and weaken the power of the state. There will be more religious and political insecurity.
The decree is also against the fundamental principles of Islam (adh-dhoruriyyatul khomsah): hifdhu ad-din (to protect the freedom of faith), hifd an-nafs (to protect life), hifdh al-aql (to protect the freedom of expression), hifd an-nasb (to protect the sustainability of human being) and hifd al-mal (to protect the rights of property).
For religious and security reason, the central government, particularly the Home Ministry, should evaluate the regional ordinances to stop the march of “Pakistanization”.
Diversity remains the most valuable property the state leaders at any level could have. The central government should ensure that state apparatuses at many levels do not violate the National Constitution, and should embody diversity consciousness. It is the vein of modern Indonesia and the reason of our existence.
Indonesia has its own cultural characteristics and should not follow the dangerous path of Pakistan. History tells that a country built upon egalitarian vision can become a hotbed of religious violence when diversity consciousness is not nurtured, and when its officials lose sight of its founding fathers’ ideals.
The United Nations Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities has called on the Commission on Human Rights to pressure the Government of Pakistan to repeal Ordinance XX. It is ironic that Indonesia adopts such a regulation.
Like the case in Pakistan, religious clerics are also involved in the mobilization of anti-Ahmadiyah laws. To those clerics, I invite them to renew our faith in God, the Merciful (rahman) and the Compassionate (rahim). The clerics need to embody these two attributes of God, or else they will be spiritually impoverished.
The deepest moral crises take place when religious leaders do not embody rahman rahim in themselves or when they begin to see other people merely from their outer dress, not from their inner humanity. When these two characteristics are absent, the blessings of God will leave us.
The writer is a lecturer at Semarang State University (UNNES), a former coordinator of Majelis Kataman Quran Canberra Australia.
From Zahid Aziz:
Here is an example of the result of “Pakistanization” in the form of a completed fabricated history. I have posted below a comment received on this blog a couple of days ago from someone calling himself “Gunehgar”. The text is reproduced below verbatim exactly as received, with the original errors and mis-spellings.
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The accused police officer Saud aziz in the Benazeer murder case is a Qadiani
and it is has been established that Qadianies had occupied the idea of
a seprate
home land for muslims in south east asia, They killed 3 priministers of
pakistan ie; Liaqat ali khan when he was announcing islamic laws in
pakistan at Liaqat bagh in rawalpindi, zulfiqar ali bhutto for
declearing Qadianies as non muslims, ( they also killed his both sons
in abrod and pakistan) finally Benazeer bhutto in Rawal Pindi ,are
already involved in terrerisom in pakistan they are financing
pakistani taliban. mr saud is a son of Aziz ahmed Qadiani who had very
close relations with his religious leader mirza Tahir ahmed at that
times.Since the Qadianies were decleared non muslims, their head
quarter started conspirency to finish pakistan by declearing it as a
FAILED STATE in the world.If you are in dought for a person wether he is
Qadiani or not, you may confirm his name or his father name as ZAFAR,
BASHIR, AZIZ, MUBASHIR, SAEED, AITIZAZ TAHIR, NASIR, and ULLAH (last
name) etc;
If you are fimilier with internet you may search the Qadianies by
searching at Google,his name, prifession,and few little informations
about him the and you will find them easily.
The involment of Qadian in Pakistan is very old but their new
generation is spreading their religon and destroying the country
intelectually.
This is not an un usual, infact Qadianis were involved to creat a
seperate home land in sub continent they planned for a consperency
well before resoulution of pakistan after 1930. They made differences
between Mr Jinah and other muslim leaders of India and planned to
destroy 2nd round table conference in India.
After failure of 2nd round table conference in india,Quaid e azam
left the india and re move to London and re-started his legal practice
there.The Qadianis (who were planning for a seperate Qadiani state to
spread up of Ahmadiyya azam in muslim states) were well aware of
Jinna’s telents and leadership so by the instructions of their
political and sprutual leader Bashir uddin mahmood, sir zafar ullah
qadiani qadiani flewed to London where Abdul Rahim Dard, who was the Imam of
their masjid Al-Fazal (so called masjid) at London. Both the persons
persistantly in brain washing Mr Jinah and ensured full support of
Qadianis.Soon after this meeting Mr Jinah adress the Qadianis at Msjid
Al- Fazal and accepted their proposal to return back to india for a
great cause where chaudhri Rehmat ali Qadiani was waiting with the
name of Pakistan.
They also selected pakistani antem without any word of Pakistan or Allah.
Since that day sir zafarullah and his Qadiani fellows were in
continous touch with me jinah till announcement of Pakistan resoultion
1940,cration of pakistan 1947 and taking the oath of a very sensetive
and important post of foreign minister of pakistan. Sir Zafar ullah
had also assisted mr Jinah for preaperation of Pakistan resoulution
and he was standing behind mr Jinah on the occasion of the resoulution
day. Sir Zafarullah was a genius, loyel (to his religion) and was
domainating Qadiani figure at that time. So he himself selected the
holly date 23 march; MASIH O MAUD DAY.
day of Qadianis) for resoulation of pakistan ie; 23
March.(none of muslim knows that this is a historical and special
significant date for every Qadianis).According to the qadianis own website
<a href=”http://www.jaam-international.org/eng/fs/KJ_23” rel=”nofollow”>http://www.jaam-international.org/eng/fs/KJ_23</a> Mar2007_eng.htm ”
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad started taking Baït on 23rd March. The
first person who took Baït was Hazrat Maulvi Nurruddin, who later
became his first caliph” More over due to special significance of this
date, the formation of Jamat e Ahmadiyya e Hind was also announced on
23 Maech 1889 (Reference wikipedia website
<a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirza_Ghulam_Ahmad” rel=”nofollow”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirza_Ghulam_Ahmad</a> )
Being the agent of jews,Qaianis had great relations
with Britishers at that times, Mr Qudrat ullah shahab , a senior
beaurucrate of India found a very secret file with an astonished NOTE
for replacement of all muslims with non mulims from higly important
posts of Civil and Armed bearucracy with non muslims well before
cration of Pakistan. so he rushed to Qaid e Azam to inform him about
this file but he was dicureged by Qaid e azam at that time. However
since then
Qadiani establishment made mass
promotions of thousands of officers in civil beaurucracy (mostly
Forein affairs, finance ministry interior ministry CBR etc, Armed, Air
, and navel forces, and till to date they are heading finance secretry
by Salman Bashir as secretary finance and Navel chief Noman Bsheer and
many many more…
of district managment police CBR,state corporations Atonomus bodies
and authorities like police including PIA, OGDC CAA, (whose at least
12 DGs ,Chairmans and MDs were Qadiani) and
till todate they are on it. Qadianies were also involved in mass
industrialzation, trades and other businesses after getting billions
of rupees from govt swift loans. After decleartion of Qadianis as non
muslim they taken this ordinance religiously, and planned to fail the
PPP and IJI in last days of Bhutto
regeim and throgh their Qadiani Army Generals and civil beaurucracates
they suceeded to disolve the democratic govt of Bhutto and taken all afforts to
take full revange of declearation of qadianis as non muslims.So they
disolved the democratic govt of Bhutto and taken all afforts to
take full revange of declearation of qadianis as non muslims.However
after sending Bhutto for death sentance they planned to cresh the
President Zia aeroplane because now ziaul haq was towards Sadi Arab
(same like Liaqatali khan)
for complete Islamization in pakistan. So they attatch
a Qadiani women Naheed khan as personal secretery of Be Nazeer
Bhutto,the future priminister of pakistan
for watching the Qadiani intrests and so she was with her all times
till her death(same as they had attatched a Qaiani personal secretry
with Allama Iqbal).They also inducted Pervaiz Musharraf whose wife
Saheba who was the daughter of a Qadiani Chaudhry Fida Muhammad
belongs to Okara punjab and was setteled in Delhi at that times.
Qaiani Generals including
Gen Aziz brought Musharraf as Cheif Executive of this country in
1999 after finding Nawaz Sharifs’ secret involvement with Saudi Arabia
for Islamization in pkistan and replacment of name of priminister to
be Ameer ul momineen in Pakistan.
From the conclusion of past it has been established that they are not
in favour of existance of pakistan any more.
Musharraf, in his last periods had some reservations with Qadianies to
take back the decission of Qadianis as non muslims so they decided to
remove Musharraf and for this purpose they brought Chaudhry Atizaz
Ahsan (Qadiani) to flairup judical issues in the country.The also purchased or leased 90% of our tv channels and also
establised TV channels like
Atv,express news and DunyaTV TVone etc and placed Mubashir Rana, Mubashir Luqman
and Najam Sethi and many more and all are trained Qadiani.They mostly
discusse the voilence and sopisticated religious issues on their
programmes
From Tariq:
Good grief!! The person who wrote this comment has identified himself as Gunehgar – a sinner. I seriously think the gunah (sin) of this person was that he was under the influence when he wrote it.
What else can one say to such drivel.
Tariq
From Shazad Khan:
he has explained all facts about Qadiani conspiracies. Keep it up Gunehgar..
From Shazia:
Yes Gunehgar you are right for Qadiani names, the guy ZahidAziz who has re produced and criiticized on your articale is himself a Qadiani
From ikram:
Pakistan, Ahmadiyah and democracy
Sanaullah, Jakarta | Wed, 03/16/2011 12:33 PM | Opinion
[Ambassador of Pakistan.]
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Reply:
Ikram, USA | Tue, 22/03/2011 – 13:03pm
The post above of the Pakistan Ambassador is typical of a bureaucrat with his head in the sand, toeing the official line where everything is hunky dory.
Lets not forget the number of casualties the ambassador himself admits to is a natural consequence of Z.A. Bhutto bowing to the religious bigots and declaring constitutionally who is a non-Muslim while unable to define what it takes to be a Muslim, because no two Mullahs will agree on one definition.
Once you let the camel’s head into the tent, he then moves in for the full warmth. So it started from thereon where hate mongers in the name of piety and religion now have a strangle hold on the “land of the pure” which translated into English is Pakistan. Taking cue from Conan Doyle’s “Silver Blaze,” which is based on the fundamental “curious incident of the dog in the night-time” where despite its usual habit it did not bark, because the dog belonged to the killer, which in this case using the ambassador’s word “the extremists” belong none but to the Mullahs. No wonder, we never see street protests against such carnage from such religious leaders who otherwise would scramble to the microphone to declare anyone a non-believer on the slightest of a misgiving. Here scores of innocents believers are killed daily and there is an absolute moral silence from the pulpit. Yes the chickens have come home to roost.
Indonesia, beware, this plague of extremism might be creeping on your shores in the garb of pseudo piety. Stop it before it consumes you. It will find a foothold in the name of Islam with the target “Ahmadiya” but then it will not stop there. It will target your women i.e. half of your national human potential, then it will climb up the political ladder and suppress your science and technology, then it will ooze into your neighboring countries in the name of Jihad. All the undoing contrary to which the absolute last of the prophets, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) stood for.
As far as Ahmadiyya issue is concerned there are two sub-schools i.e. Lahoris and Qadianis. Lahoris believe in the finality of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and their views and literature can be accessed at http://www.ahmadiyya.org and their belief http://www.ahmadiyya.org/our-ideo.htm
Whereas, in the case for Qadianis the finality of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is somewhat murky and their web site can be looked at for clarification http://www.alislam.org/
Let each one of you be the judge for yourselves. Do not let anyone else decide for you be it the government whose political vulnerabilities may make it choose expediency over fairness and case in point of Pakistan is in front of you. If at all, let a court of law with a Judge presiding decide who is a Muslim given the evidence of the Quran with support from Hadith.
Peace be on you all.
-Ikram.