Muslim Ummah is rendering sacrifices to free itself from colonial powers:Munawar Hasan

Lahore: Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Syed Munawar Hasan, has said that the holy month of Ramazan was starting at a time when the Muslim Ummah was  rendering memorable sacrifices to free itself from the oppressive yoke of the colonial powers while the so called champions of democracy and human rights had closed their eyes.

In a message on the occasion, he said that month of Ramazan was the month of divine blessings for the Muslim Ummah during which the faithful were required to seek divine blessings. But unfortunately, in Kashmir, Palestine, Burma, Iraq and Afghanistan, the Muslims had to fight for freedom and sovereignty. The US and its allies were busy in conspiracies against the elected governments of Turkey and Egypt. Millions of people in Egypt were on roads against the military coup against the elected government but the world institutions, the media and so called champions of democracy were silent. The Egyptian people were being forced to lift the bodies of their countrymen being killed by their own army.

Syed Munawar Hasan further said that the month of Ramazan was the month to show sympathies to the others. Therefore, every believer should share his blessings with the other less fortunate brethren in the true Islamic spirit. However, he said that unfortunately, the people at the helm of the affairs were least concerned about the miseries of the masses.