This apropos a write-up under the caption ‘The Tableeghi Jamaat needs to be countered through an alternative discourse on the interpretation of religion’ published in the Nation (2nd August). I fail to understand as to why a writer writes on an issue when s/he does not know it. Only those people have the right to express their views on a topic they understand otherwise an erroneous and non-factual picture is drawn and misinformation disseminates. There is proselytization in the current Tableeghi work. Persons who are involved in this work go out in Tableeghi work to learn and practice most important obligatory basics of Islam like Emaniyat, Nimaz, basic knowledge of Islam of obligatory nature, Zikr, etcetera. By the grace of Allah, none of any wrongdoers in the country, or abroad have ever been the ones associated with this Tableeghi work. In this work love is taught to persons to be shown to all humans, regardless of their religions and sects. People in this work don’t preach to others; rather they go out in this path, telling other brethren that they too like them should go out in this path for learning and practicing basics of Islam in their lives. They never preach to people of other religions; but some people of other religions, watching them and understand them, come to Islam on their own.
MOHAMMAD FAYYAZ,
Charsadda, August 17.