Senator Sirajul Haq addresses a large gathering at the residence of Ghazi Mumtaz Qadri

Lahore: Ameer, Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Senator Sirajul Haq, has announced First of March would be observed as  ‘Youm e Tahafuz e Namoos e Risalat” every year, to commemorate the martyrdom of Ghazi Mumtaz Qadri  and the constitutional and legal struggle to preserve the sanctity of the Holy Prophet  would be continued.  He was addressing a large gathering at the residence of Ghazi Mumtaz Hussain Qadri near Islamabad on Thursday.

Sirajul Haq said that Ghazi Mumtaz Qadri had set the direction of for the country by sacrificing his life for the sanctity of the Holy Prophet. He said that lakhs of people had joined the funeral of Ghazi Mumtaz Qadri to demonstrate their love for the Noble Prophet.

He said that the country’s rulers were talking of liberalism and secularism to please their foreign masters whereas the masses were prepared to make every sacrifice to maintain the ideological identity of the country.

Sirajul Haq said that by laying down his life for the Namos e Risalat, Ghazi Mumtaz Qadri had given the message to the world that there was nothing more precious for a true believer than the Holy Prophet’s love. .

He said that by executing Mumtaz Qadri, the people in power thought that the masses would forget this tragedy within a few years.  However, he said, that the nation would shatter the rulers’ whims and observe March one, as Youme Tahafuz e Namoos e Risalat, every year.

Sirajul Haq said that the rulers were earning the wrath of the200 million Pakistanis by supporting a tiny secular lobby. By sending Mumtaz Qadri to the gallows, the rulers had proved that they were slaves of the colonial powers and the interests of the US and the West were dearer to them to than the interest of the country and the nation.

He stressed the need for unity of the religious forces in order to foil the international conspiracy aiming at converting the country into a secular state.

Sirajul Haq offered his condolences to the father and other members of Ghazi Mumtaz Qadri’s family and said the entire Ummah was indebted to them for the great sacrifice offered by their son for a supreme cause.