The political and religious leadership of the country along with others on Friday strongly condemned the chanting of ‘political slogans’ at Masjid-e-Nabwi (PBUH) in Madina.
Videos shared on social media showed protestors shouting insulting comments against Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb and Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) chief Shahzain Bugti. Politicians, religious leaders and others took to social media to express their outrage.
The information minister condemned the desecration of the holy site and shared a verse from the Holy Quran which tells the believers not to speak loudly than the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
اے ایمان والو! اپنی آوازیں نبی کی آواز پر اونچی نہ کرو اور ان کے حضور زیادہ بلند آواز سے کوئی بات نہ کہو جیسے ایک دوسرے کے سامنے بلند آواز سے بات کرتے ہو کہ کہیں تمہارے اعمال بربادنہ ہوجائیں اور تمہیں خبرنہ ہو۔ https://t.co/D4itWVaiv4
— Marriyum Aurangzeb (@Marriyum_A) April 28, 2022
Finance Minister Miftah Ismail called the incident a new low for politics in Pakistan saying the event was beneath contempt and beyond shameless.
The sloganeering yesterday in Masjid-e-Nabwi was a new low in Pakistani politics. This was truly beneath contempt and beyond shameless.
— Miftah Ismail (@MiftahIsmail) April 29, 2022
Renowned religious scholar Maulana Tariq Jamil said the incident was not right in the eyes of Islam and deserved condemnation.
آج مسجد نبوی میں احتجاج کی صورت میں جو حرم شریف کی پامالی کی گئی یہ بالکل اسلام میں درست نہیں ہے، اسکی جتنی بھی مذمت کی جائے کم ہے۔
#توہین_مسجد_نبوی_نامنظور— Tariq Jamil (@TariqJamilOFCL) April 28, 2022
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman said that raising the volume of one’s voice in the mosque went against Islamic etiquette. He said that the event was insulting to the holy site, adding that those who could not respect the sanctity of Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) house could not claim to be followers of his teachings.
حرم مدینہ تمام امت کےلیےادب گاہ ھےاوریہاں اونچی آوازبھی قران وسنت کی تعلیمات کےمطابق صرف آداب کےخلاف ھی نہیں بلکہ حبط اعمال کاسبب بھی بنتاھے
جوآج حرمِ مدنی میں ھوااس سےذیادہ حرم کی توھین اورنہیں ھوسکتی۔ جولوگ رسول اللہ کے گھرکی حرمت کاپاس نہیں رکھ سکتےوہ انکےنام لیواکیسےھونگے؟1/3— Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman (@MoulanaOfficial) April 28, 2022
PML-N lawmaker Hina Parvez Butt called on the Saudi authorities to immediately arrest those responsible for the incident and punish them so these incidents would not happen again.
میں سعودی حکومت سے مطالبہ کرتی ہوں کہ مسجد نبوی کا تقدس پامال کرنے والے تمام افراد کو ایسی سخت سزا دی جائے کہ آئندہ کوئی ایسی گھٹیا حرکت کرنے سے پہلے ہزار بار سوچے۔۔۔
— Hina Parvez Butt (@hinaparvezbutt) April 28, 2022
Following the development, Saudi Arabian authorities arrested some Pakistani nationals, allegedly belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, involved in the incident.
Media reports citing the director of information at the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Islamabad stated that some Pakistanis were arrested for violating the sanctity of the Masjid-e-Nabwi and a probe had been launched into the matter. The official added that the individuals were detained after they violated the rules of the mosque.
In another development, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Friday that the government would request Saudi Arabia to take befitting action against individuals who used indecent language in the premises of Masjid-e-Nabwi (PBUH).
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Friday, the interior minister said the act was condemnable and had hurt the entire Muslim Ummah. The interior minister added that Pakistan would also request the Saudi government to provide identification of the culprits involved for action against them.
He called for the individuals to be deported as they must not be allowed to stay in the holy land any more.
