Majlis-e-Tahaffuz-e-Khatme Nabuwwat مجلسِ تحفظِ ختمِ نبوت | |
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| Secretary-General | Pir Afzal Qadri |
| Leader | Sahibzada Hamid Raza |
| Founder | Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Ideology | Khatam an-Nabiyyin |
| Colors | Green |
| Website | |
| http://www.khatm-e-nubuwwat.org | |
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Majlis-e-Tahaffuz-e-Khatme Nabuwwat (Urdu:مجلسِ تحفظِ ختمِ نبوت,lit. '"The Assembly to Protect the End of Prophethood"') is the programmatic name of a PakistaniBarelvi organization and Islamic religious movement inPakistan aiming to protect the belief in the finality ofprophethood ofMuhammad based on Quran and Sunnah concept ofKhatam an-Nabiyyin.[1] It was founded byMohammad Abdul Ghafoor Hazarvi in 1950.
The roots of Majlis-e-Tahaffuz-e-Khatme Nabuwwat can be traced back to the 1880s whenMirza Ghulam Ahmad ofQadian proclaimed himself to be a prophet in Islam. The organization gained momentum during the 1953 riots against Ahmadi Muslims. TheCourt of enquiry report on the disturbances explains the real reasons for this violent uprising againstAhmadiyya. Main reasons being criticism of Ahmadi was due to the theological differences and using theAhmadiyya issues by Muslim conservatives to gain political mileage. The rioters had three major demands:
The movement launched countrywide campaigns and protests to persecute Ahmadis across the nation. Majlis, along with many religious leaders, spearheaded this movement to declare Ahmadis as non-Muslims.[2]
ManyIslamist theologians Pakistan particularly Ulama-I-Ahle-Sunnat under the leadership ofShah Ahmad Noorani Siddiqui started a successful campaign against theAhmadis and compelled the members of the National Assembly to declare Ahmadis as non-Muslims. And such a clause was inserted in the 1973Constitution of Pakistan declaring that followers ofMirza Ghulam Ahmed are non-Muslims bySecond Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan. After meeting the first agenda, Khatme-Nabuwat started the next phase of their campaign – to force Ahmadis to comply with the new law. They started demanding legal sanctions on Ahmadis barring them from using the title of Muslim. This campaign was at its peak whenShah Ahmad Noorani and Punjab-basedKhalid Hasan Shah were leading the Kul Jamaati Majlis-e-Amal Tahafuz-e-Khatam-e-Nabuwat in 1984 and 1985. The then president GeneralMuhammad Zia-ul-Haq passed an ordinance in 1984 amending thePakistan Penal Code (PPC) that called for punitive sanctions on Ahmadis in 1984, commonly known asOrdinance XX.[3]
The TLP political party opposes any change in the blasphemy law of Pakistan and also claims the hanging ofMumtaz Qadri was unjustifiable. They demand thatSharia law be established as law ofPakistan through a gradual legal and political process.[4] This is a Sunni majority group and most of its members belong toBarelvi school of thought.[5]
The government of Pakistan uses the word "oath". This word was changed to "declaration" in "Elections Bill 2017", by government authorities. Country wide objections arose about this change, Minister of LawZahid Hamid said "The statement of objects and reasons of the amended in order to avoid controversy, there is a consensus among the political parties in the National Assembly that the original text of ‘Declaration and oath by the person nominated”, included in original form-1A should be restored in toto'.[6]Tehreek Labbaik Pakistan, being a pro-Muslim party, went on to protests. The protests occurred in whole country including federal capital, Islamabad.[7][8]
Khadim Hussain Rizvi declared to continue the protests until their demands were met.[9] In November 2017, government restored the previous version of the blasphemy law and Khatm e Nabuwat.[6] They continued their protests even after restoration of words for Khatm-e-Nabuwat for elections bill. According to this Tehreek, it was a plan to weaken Khatm-e-Nabuwat. The Tehreek demanded resignations ofZahid Hamid for he was held responsible for the change of words andRana Sanaullah Khan for his pro-Ahmadiyya speeches. The government cut off food and water supply to participants of sit-in but they declared to continue the protests until all of their demands were fulfilled.[10] The political unrest caused economic damage to the country.[11]
