ISLAMABAD – Leader of the banned Tehreek Nifaz-e-Shariat Mohammadi (TNSM)Sufi Mohammad said on Friday that it is prohibited (haram) in Islam tofight against the Pakistan Army.
While giving an interview to a private news channel, he said theTehreek-e-Taliban posses all signs of being apostates and the onlypunishment that TTP chief Mullah Fazlullah deserves is the death penalty.
The leader of the proscribed organisation also said the country would havebeen divided if it was not for the Army and the soldiers arelike Mujahideen (holy warriors).
Sufi Mohammad, elaborating on the activities of the TTP further, said it isstrictly prohibited in the religion to kill woman and children, and thoseresponsible for the APS massacre are worse than infidels.
He also regretted the attack on Malala and said she was a child and shouldnot have been attacked, adding that he is not against educating children.
The TSNM chief also added that he had raised awareness in writing regardingpermission for children’s education.
Earlier, the Peshawar High Court accepted the bail plea of Sufi Mohammadissuing his release orders
Sufi Mohammad—who is the father-in-law of Mullah Fazlullah, the fugitivehead of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was charged over hisincendiary speeches against the government. An FIR against the bannedoutfit leader was filed on July 30, 2009, following which he was arrestedon March 4, 2010.
The TNSM leader belongs to Maidan in Lower Dir district of KhyberPakhtunkhwa. He was arrested in October 2001 as he crossed the border intoPakistan with a group of armed men, accused of sending hundreds to fightagainst the US-led forces in Afghanistan. But he was released in 2008 undera peace agreement with tribal elders in Malakand Divison which settledthose charges.