SWABI, Nov 17: Muttahida Majlis-I-Amal chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad has accused President Musharraf of supporting what he called the world's biggest terrorist state, which is bent upon enslaving the Muslim Ummah and looting their resources.
Addressing a Khathmul Quran ceremony at Maddressah Tafheemul Quran here on Wednesday, he said that the world no longer remained safe because of the US global agenda against the Muslim world.
Qazi Hussain said that the US was targeting the Muslims of Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine and other regions and adopted different strategies at different times to divert the Muslims from their true religion.
He said the US had occupied Afghanistan and Iraq and the people of these countries wanted to retain their independence. Those who were fighting against the occupation forces should not be called terrorists, he added.
He called for withdrawal of US forces from Muslim countries and called upon the Muslim world to struggle jointly for the independence of the Muslim countries. There should be distinction between terrorists and freedom fighters.
Gen Musharraf, he said, claimed that Pakistan was in alliance with America in the war against terrorism but in effect he had been supporting the 'hegemonistic designs' of the US.
He said Washington and its allies considered the Ummah their number one enemy and were working together for their subjugation and elimination. The US, he alleged, had also pressurized Gen Musharraf to give up Pakistan's principled position on Kashmir which, according to the partition plan, should accede to Pakistan.
He rejected the proposals put forward by Gen Musharraf for resolving the Kashmir dispute. He said that more than half of the federal budget was being spent on acquiring sophisticated weapons still the president said that the armed forces were not ready for war.
"If the army is not ready for war then why a major chunk of budget was being spent on weapons", he said. The MMA, he said, worked for an Islamic revolution in the country and supported all those who wanted such a change in the country. He urged the people to participate in the movement, either physically or by providing financial assistance.
He rejected the allegations that mosques were used for political purposes. He said that his party wanted Islamic reforms and stood for changing the nation through Islamic teachings. He accused the NWFP governor of being the 'biggest hurdle' in the way of Islamization of the province.
Besides the governor, he said, the chief secretary and the inspector general of police were also nominated by the federal government who refused to carry out the agenda of the MMA government.
The federal government, he alleged, had created a number of problems for the MMA government and even refused to give the Rs145 billion royalty to the NWFP government. The madressah ceremony was addressed also by provincial minister Hafiz Hashmat, provincial naib amir of the JI, Maulana Mohammad Ismail, and general secretary Mushtaq Ahmad.
