Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Muhammad Yasin Malik on Wednesday said that ultimate sacrifice of Imam I Hussain (RA) and his family at desolated land of Karbala is a glorious page of Islamic history that will always remain a source of inspiration for all those who stand against tyranny and oppression.In a statement issued to KNS, the spokesman quoting the party chief as saying that the resistance of the people of Jammu Kashmir is also a continuation of Karbala whose main lesson to humanity is to stand firm before tyranny and instead of bowing one’s head sacrifice it in the way of truth. “In battle between oppressors and the oppressed, Last victory always belongs to the oppressed people,” Malik said.The spokesman said that the ailing JKLF chief who was arrested by police on 8th July 2016 and is now lodged at central jail Srinagar in his message said that “Youm I Ashoora is a historical day which marks a distinction between truth and falsehood and this day makes us to recall and remember that in the continuing struggle between truth and false, oppressor and the oppressed, the last victory belongs to the oppressed and truth.”
He said that in desolated desert of Karbala nephew of sacred prophet (peace be upon him) Imam I Hussain (RA) and his companions, despite severe thirst, hunger and tiredness resisted the forces of tyranny and oppression and refused to bow before them.“This is the main lesson from Karbala that despite all hardships true follower of Imam I Hussain (RA) should never bow before tyrants and should never ever side with those who are oppressors or support oppression,” asserted Malik.He said that Imam I Hussain and his companions neither complained of being lesser in numbers nor of the hardships inflicted upon them by the oppressors but instead without compromising remained steadfast and sacrificed their lives in the way of truth and honesty.Malik said that Imam I Aali Muqam had two roads ahead of him. “One was to compromise and accept the hegemony of falsehood and save his life and the other way was to remain steadfast, challenge the untruth and sacrifice his head and the heads of his sacred family,” he said.He said that Imam (RA) chose the way of resistance, sacrificed his life and his family and thus became a symbol of resistance and truth for all times and generations to come.
Malik said that the ultimate sacrifice of Imam I Hussain (RA) and his family at desolated land of Karbala is a glorious page of Islamic history that will always remain as a source of inspiration for all those who stand against tyranny and oppression.He said that Karbala is the continuation of Battle between truth and falsehood and this battle will continue till hereafter in one form or the other.Malik said that the resistance in Jammu Kashmir and Palestine are also continuation of Karbala as oppressed people of both these regions are resisting the forces of evil, tyranny and oppression from a long time.He said that Shumar and Ibn Ziyad like forces are even now operating with impunity and these forces are killing, caging and humiliating humans shamelessly and main objective of these forces is to suppress freedom of humans, suppress their democratic voices and even ban mourning’s.Terming the ban on Aashoora Majalis and processions in Kashmir as undemocratic and tyrannical, Malik said that “last 70 years of illegal occupation have turned heaven of Jammu Kashmir into a hell. More than one lakh humans have been killed here, lakhs have been injured, property worth hundreds of crores has been destroyed, thousands have been killed in custody and thousands are absconding and thousands of unmarked graves and other signs of inhumanity are glaring examples of this aggression.”
Terming last about 100 days of resistance as other sign of ongoing Karbala, Malik said that “during last three months more than 100 innocents have been martyred, 18000 people among whom many lost their eye sights have been injured, properties worth crores stand destroyed, more than ten thousand people have been arrested and spree of arrests and injuries continues unabated.”He said that history bears a witness to the fact that tyranny and oppression tastes defeat at the end and it is the oppressed that stand victorious in the war between oppressors and the oppressed.Malik said that “Ashoora and Karbala teach us the lesson of steadfastness and siding with the oppressed and if today we in reality want to follow Imam I Aali Muqam (RA) we all will have to adhere to these principles and lessons.”While strongly condemning the ongoing spree of arrests and nocturnal raids, Malik said that last night police and forces unleashed a reign of terror in Chanpora and Rambagh areas and arrested many innocents including Abdul Qayoom Lone who is the brother of JKLF martyr Mushtaq Ahmad lone and also the only bread earner of his innocent family, Molvi Ali Muhammad Lone along with his two sons Reyaz Ahmad Lone and Ishfaq Ahmad Lone, two brothers namely Gulzar Ahmad Butt, Hilal Ahmad Butt and Muhammad Maqbool sheikh and many others. While condemning these arrests, JKLF chief termed these acts as undemocratic and anti-Kashmiri acts of ‘so-called’ rulers and appealed to international community and international human rights organizations to take a note of these human rights violations.He said that if international community fails to defend oppressed Kashmiris, common people will lose remaining faith in them and they will also be seen as the helpers of tyrants and oppressors. (KNS)