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Students and teachers of Al Huda International Seminary leave after attending a lecture from their founder Farhat Hashmi in Lahore. It was his ministry that refused to arrest Maulana Abdul Aziz, the imam of Lal Masjid who earlier this month declared a jihad against Pakistan’s democratic forces.Īziz, and his wife who heads the Jamia Hafsa madrassa, pledged allegiance to the IS through a much publicised video in 2014. “We are at this point not looking at religious organisations or their source of funding,” said interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan. Questions linger about the activities and funding of Al Huda but Pakistan’s intelligence agencies have refused to conduct any inquiries. Read | Pakistani security seeks to dampen reporting on California shooter Women were told that tens of thousands of Pakistanis died in the 2005 earthquake because they were involved in immoral activities and had left the path of Islam. In her speeches, Hashmi has said she thinks Osama bin Laden is an Islamic warrior. The belief that a denouncement of cultural practices and disapproval of Westerners and Indians helps women redefine their own identity as Muslims is part of the group’s teachings. In the past, activists linked to al Qaeda were apprehended from the homes of people allied to the Jamaat-e-Islami, and observers now fear that educated Pakistani women radicalised by organisations such as Al Huda could drift towards groups like the Islamic State.Īccording to a book on Hashmi, women members of Al Huda are turned against both the West and India. Her followers are known for their hardline views and wear an all encompassing burqa of the type banned in parts of France. Hashmi migrated to Canada some 10 years ago to expand her network from there. (AFP Photo)Īl Huda has branches in many cities of the US and Canada, where thousands of adherents pursue their brand of Islam unhindered. Pakistani students arrive at Al Huda Institute, one of the most high-profile female seminaries in Multan, where California shooter Tashfeen Malik studied. “It is unclear whether any investigation will be undertaken against Al Huda because the wives of a number of senior military officers are members of this group,” said analyst Khaled Ahmad, who has written about the organisation.
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Read | Pak woman’s role in California shooting sparks ‘jihad brides’ fear Like the Jamaat-e-Islami, Al Huda too has the support of Pakistan’s military establishment and it is unlikely its followers will be questioned about their activities. Hashmi hails from Sargodha in Punjab province, where her parents were members of the Islami Jamiat Tulaba, and she is steeped in the “dars” (studies) of the Jamaat-e-Islami. Hashmi insists she is pursuing a moderate version of Islam but her detractors say Al Huda has had a role in radicalising thousands of women because of its conservative views. Both are PhDs from Scotland’s famous centre of Islamic learning, the University of Glasgow. Karachi-based Al Huda is run by controversial cleric Farhat Hashmi, who founded the organisation with her husband Idrees Zubair in 1994.
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After she and her husband Syed Rizwan Farook shot and killed 14 people in California, Pakistani investigators named Al Huda for having played a role in Malik’s radicalisation. Malik, 29, enrolled for an 18-month course on the Quran at an Al Huda centre in Punjab province in 2013. Long before Al Huda Institute shot into the limelight for its links with Tashfeen Malik, one of the shooters in the San Bernardino killings, the conservative school was blamed by some in Pakistan for radicalising thousands of women - including wives of civil and military officials.