Maulana Sherani announces new faction, lashes out at JUI-F chief Fazl
Senior religionist Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani addresses a news conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, December 29, 2020. Geo News/via The News
Sherani says JUI-P would "tolerate and hear what people say" but "will attempt to isolate such liars"
Claims to "have inherited the JUI-P party from great leaders"
Advises companions to make a decision on "whether to please God or to follow their own desires"
Under "conditions on our programme" with Fazl's faction, JUI-P's participation shouldn't be questioned
ISLAMABAD: JUI leader and therefore the CII's ex-chairperson Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani said Tuesday he had "inherited politics from great leaders", announcing the separation of what he claimed was the first party from Maulana Fazlur Rehman's group.
The development came days after Sherani, also as Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, another senior JUI leader, were expelled from Fazl's faction over controversial statements against the party leader.
In a news conference here within the federal capital, he said Fazlur Rehman formed his "own group called the JUI", clarifying that neither he nor his followers were ever a neighborhood of the JUI-F or the faction created by Fazlur Rehman, who now also leads the Opposition parties' anti-government coalition under the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) banner.
"We have always been and can always remain members in accordance with the constitution of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam," Sherani, the previous chairperson of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), stressed.
'Devoid of truth and honesty'
The former CII boss underlined that none of the JUI-P's members would ever take any action against the teachings of Qur'an and Sunnah which his companions needed to form their own decisions on "whether to please God or to follow their own desires".
"What is occurring now's barren of truth and honesty," he said, slamming Fazlur Rehman for differences among the party.
"We have inherited politics from great leaders [but] these members are not any longer members of this party," he added.
No political worker would be pressured under the JUI-P's party discipline, Sherani underscored. "God's curse is on liars and traitors."
Speaking of future action, he said there would be three points and another seven on "our role during this regard". "First off, nobody will take any step against the Qur'an and Sunnah; no political worker are going to be forced to try to to any work; and that we should encourage all colleagues to not separate the party or be stubborn.
"We tolerate and hear what people say about us but we'll attempt to isolate such liars," he added.
New JUI-P notification to be submitted to EPC
The religiopolitical leader, however, stressed that his party would have "certain conditions on our programme" with the Fazlur Rehman faction, including ensuring participation if invited to an occasion and discouraging questions over such attendance.
"Negative attitudes got to get replaced with positive ones," Sherani added. "A resolution should be passed to cancel the JUI-F's notification and a replacement one be issued under the JUI-P's name.
The new notification from the JUI-P should be submitted to the committee of Pakistan (ECP), he added.
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