Qadri Issue - Need for an Islamic Judiciary

Mumtaz Qadri Hanging Underlines Need for an Islamic Judiciary

Mumtaz Qadri, an Elite Force commando convicted of killing former Punjab governor Salman Taseer, was executed at the Adiala Jail at around 4.30am on 29 February, police said. In a 40-page statement submitted to the court, Qadri had stated that Taseer’s statements in support of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman charged with blasphemy, and calling the blasphemy law a "black law" that had provoked him to kill the governor. The court had warned that in Islam a false accusation can be as serious as the blasphemy itself, and that calls for blasphemy law reform “ought not to be mistaken as a call for doing away with that law”. Hundreds of men and women gathered to pay respect at Mumtaz's house, and mosques could be heard broadcasting news of the execution. Protests against the hanging of Mumtaz Qadri broke out all over Pakistan and the Islamabad Bar Council made a strike call in protest against the hanging. People were angered by the apparent double standards in the current kufr, secular system. They are incensed that when the American assassin, Raymond Davis, killed Muslims in open daylight, the rulers called for tolerance and forgiveness, whisking him out of jail back to America, whilst in the case of Mumtaz Qadri, he was hanged for taking the law into his own hands.

Amidst the chaos and confusion surrounding the hanging of Mumtaz Qadri, it is clear that Pakistan is suffering because of the absence of an Islamic judiciary. It was upon the judiciary to take action against Salman Taseer, a ruler at the time, for clarification over his well-publicized, repeated statements over the blasphemy law, which evidently provoked strong religious sentiments. The judiciary did not take the law into its hands, playing the role of a stone statue, moving only to condemn to Qadri for taking the law into his own hands. The current judiciary does not care enough for the issue of blasphemy because it is a secular judiciary which is based on the detachment of religion from life. As for the regime, it is more anxious to present a "moderate" face to its Western masters in return for their praise and support for continued rule.

The State of Khilafah the protector of Islam and Muslims, it is the protective shield and the real fortress of Islam. Its return only will clearly and unambigiously protect the honour of RasulAllah (saaw). We must remember today amidst the chaos and confusion that in the late nineteenth century, namely in the year 1890 CE, an incident happened when a French writer produced a play to be shown in a French comedy theater and the play was containing an abuse to the Messenger of Allah (saw). As soon as the Khaleefah Abd al-Hameed II (rh.a) knew that such a play was to be shown, he asked France to ban the release and presentation of the play, not only on the Francis theater but on all other theaters of France. So, France complied and took the decision accordingly and sent a letter to the Turkish Sultan (Khaleefah) stating: "We are confident that this decision, we have taken in response to the wishes of your Excellency the Sultan, will enhance our cordial relations…", and when the playwright (dramatist) tried to exhibit the play in England and made preparation to show it in a prominent theatre, as soon as Sultan Abd al-Hamid got wind of it, he called for its ban and so it was banned. In addition, England who was the superpower at that time apologized for the preparation which was being made for exhibition of the play… and that's prior to its public show! We must all pledge ourselves to re-establish the Khilafah so that there can never again be such neglect of the issue of blasphemy.