آہ !مقیم الدین فاروقی
ماہ ستمبر ۱۹۹۷ء میں کمیونسٹ پارٹی آف انڈیا کے سکر یٹری جناب مقیم الدین فاروقی دل کا دورہ پڑنے سے انتقال کر گئے۔انا ﷲ وانا الیہ راجعون۔
مرحوم فاروقی بڑے ہی ملنسار اور ہمدرد ِقوم انسان تھے۔مفکرِ ملّت حضرت مفتی عتیق الرحمن عثمانیؒ کے زبردست معتقد تھے ان کے پرستار تھے۔یہی وجہ ہے کہ کمیونسٹ پارٹی میں رہنے کے باوجود انہوں نے کسی بھی مذہب اسلام مغائر حرکت کو نہیں ہونے دیا۔ مسلم پرسنل لاء کے معاملے میں ان کے خیالات اپنی پارٹی سے بالکل مختلف تھے اوروہ اس معاملے میں اس آل انڈیا مسلم پرسنل لاء بورڈ کے موئد تھے جس کے سربراہوں میں حضرت مولانا عبدالماجد دریاآبادی، مفکر ملّت حضرت مفتی عتیق الرحمن عثمانی ؒ،حضرت مولانا سعید احمد اکبرآبادی، حضرت مولانا امیر شریعت منت اﷲ رحمانی ؒ جیسے اکابرین کانام گرامی رہا ہے۔ اورجس کے موجودہ کرتا دھرتا حضرت مولانا سیدابوالحسن علی ندویؔ دامت برکاتہم کااسم مبارک نمایاں ہے۔ایم فاروقی بیشک کامریڈ تھے لیکن اندرسے وہ پکّے مسلمان تھے۔ان کادل و دماغ اسلامی تعلیمات سے منور وسرشار تھا ۔غریب پرور اوررحم دل تھے دوسروں کے کام آناان کااصل مقصد تھا۔
اﷲ تعالیٰ سے دعا ہے کہ مرحوم کی لغزشوں کودرگذر فرما کران کے ساتھ رحم وکرم کامعاملہ فرما ئے اوران کی مغفرت فرما کرمقامِ رحمت میں جگہ عطا فرمائے۔ اٰمین ثم اٰمین۔ [م۔س۔ب، ستمبر ۱۹۹۷ء]
In the present age, a great conflict has become the source of clash between Islām and the rest of the world, especially, the western world. The world of Islām is accused of having and breeding the fanatical elements, who help promote terrorism in the world. The Western world and the media leave no opportunity to malign the name of the most peaceful religion of the world. This article illumines that Islām is a peace loving religion and does not approve terrorism. Those elements, involved in disrupting peace are not the true representative of Islām. They make a very minor portion of the Islamic world. The majority of Muslims are peace loving people and they need to be given a due coverage by the media. This research article is an attempt to present a very soft, peaceful and noble image of Islām before the world, especially, the western world. The two main sources of Islām: al-Qur’ān and the sayings of the Prophet of Islām, the prophet Muḥammadﷺ, have been quoted extensively, to prove that the religion and the meanings of the world, ‘Islām’, all reflect peace, fraternity, friendship and altruism. The Western scholars have also been quoted appropriately to support the said premise.
This study aims to analyze the political landscape of Pakistan as it exists today and explain its structure, or lack thereof under the monumental changes brought about by the 18th amendment. In this regard, the textual analysis of 1973 constitution specifically, and the 18th amendment as a whole was carried out. Interviews from a selected sample of those directly involved and impacted by the amendment were conducted in order to address the research questions. Thematic analysis of the interview data was done so as to determine the general theme of responses and generate a discussion with respect to the specific research questions. Subsequently the final data was subjected to an ontological and epistemological study, to discover the underlying workings of the 18th amendment. This analysis was then subjected to reliability testing of the sample in order to cross examine the evidence and corroborate key findings of the research. The analysis of the 18th amendment reveals that the document itself is highly conducive to existence of a theoretically perfect model of federalism. The problem lies in the fact that the amendment has to undo decades of damage to the political landscape of Pakistan under the various rulers. Some of this damage is highly intangible in nature, which can only be erased with time. The major hurdles in establishing a grassroot level democratic government, seems to be the political parties in power within the various provinces. Years of autocratic and dictatorial rule has rendered those in charge of these parties unwilling to provide an environment truly conducive to the perfect model of federalism.