TIMERGARA, May 22: Former chief of Jamaat-i-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmad on Sunday asked the government to end its alliance with the US as according to him the ongoing war against terrorism was American war against Islam and the Muslims.

He was addressing a function organised by the JI Lower Dir chapter at the completion of courses of students at its seminary.

A large number of party workers, clerics and elders of the area attended the function. The JI vice chief and former provincial senior minister Sirajul Haq, district chief and former MNA Maulana Asadullah, Maulana Hidayatullah, Maulana Buzar Jamhir and others also spoke on the occasion.

Without naming the Taliban or foreigners the former JI chief said the religion of Islam could not be established or imposed through bomb blasts and terrorism. He said only innocent civilians were being killed in such blasts.

“This is occurring due to wrong policies of our rulers as they are fully supporting the US war against the Muslims across the globe,” Qazi said while talking to media on the occasion. He demanded that causes of bomb blasts and those orchestrating them should be pinpointed.

“Pakistan is 'darul-Islam not 'darul-harb' (the home of war) and there should be lasting peace in the region as Islam asks its followers to be peaceful and loving,” the JI leader said.

Qazi said that Islam was spreading fast in America and Europe before the 9/11 incident, which he claimed, was not done by the Muslims but was staged managed to defame Islam and the Muslims in western states. He remarked that the US and its allies succeeded in their mission.

He said the JI wanted to mobilise the people against a big conspiracy being hatched by Jewish and American states against the Muslims.

He said drone strikes were being carried out despite huge opposition by the Pakistanis, regretting that the rulers had been tight lipped.

Strongly condemning the Abbottabad operation by US commandos, the JI leader demanded of the government to end its ties with America as according to him the US was not a friend of Pakistan but a foe. “Pakistan can find new friends in the world if we quit the American policies,” he argued. Over a hundred students completed their religious courses at the Ahyaul Uloom Balambat.