We have monarchy, not democracy: Siraj

Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Chief Siraj-ul-Haq has said that Islamabad is the centre of all mischief and as long as the US loyalists and India’s friends are sitting in the federal capital, peace and prosperity could not return to the country.

“We don’t have democracy in the country, instead, it is a monarchy and there is no room for monarchy and dictatorship in Islam,” he said while addressing the concluding session of a weeklong Quran course at Ittefaq Town.

Haq said that the Qibla (centre of devotion and worship) of the rulers is Washington and not Makkah and they are ignoring the injunctions of Allah and his Prophet (PBUH) to please the US.

“The rulers are least bothered about the problems of the common man. Medicines are costlier than liquor in the country,” he remarked, and added that millions of people had to sleep on footpaths and there was no one to look after the orphans, widows and the destitute.

The JI chief said that the interest-based system, corruption and commissions had crippled the society. He said it was time to throw out the corrupt, land and drug mafias from the corridors of power and put them behind bars. He said that the unjust distribution of wealth had caused despair and unrest among the masses. The rich are getting richer and the poor are growing poorer due to the system.

He said that the people have lost faith in the judicial system, as the poor don’t get justice at police stations and in courts, while the criminals are roaming about freely. The things have worsened to such an extent that the people are looking up to the military courts for justice, he added. However, he said that the military courts are not the answer, and added that the people would only get justice when the decisions in the courts were made in the light of the holy Quran.

“It is a pity that even after 70 years of independence, we are not free from the slavery of the West. The British system still prevails in the fields of education, economy and judiciary. The medium of instruction is English and not the national language,” he said, and added, “If the decisions were made in the light of the Quran, the feudal lords, capitalists and vaderas would not be able to exploit the poor.

The JI chief said that as many as 14 innocent political workers were gunned down in the city of Lahore two years ago, but their families could not get justice so far. This is nothing but jungle law and added that whenever tyranny crosses all limits, the whole society has to pay the cost. He said that rulers’ claims of good governance have proved hollow. It is about time the rulers feared Allah and ensured the arrest of the killers to ensure justice, he said.