As the Karachi police stopped yet another attack on a fast-food chain’s location, prominent Islamic scholar and former Federal Shariat Court judge Mufti Taqi Usmani emphasized on Thursday the need to refrain from violence and vandalism while boycotting goods in favor of Palestine.
Following the recent attacks on locations of foreign fast-food companies throughout the nation, Mufti Usmani made these statements. Korangi Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mohammed Tariq Nawaz informed Dawn.com that the police resorted to baton charges to disperse a mob that stormed an outlet of multinational fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) in Korangi.
He claimed that between 40 and 40–60 individuals stormed the Korangi Industrial Area KFC location and attempted to cause damage, but the police acted quickly, apprehending 10 suspects while others ran away.
To guarantee the security of the outlet, more police officers were sent in, SSP Nawaz informed. According to a statement, Sindh Home Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar praised the police’s efforts in stopping the criminals’ attempt to destroy the eatery by apprehending ten individuals.
Notably, KFC is not on the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement’s list of companies to boycott. The boycott of companies “complicit in the oppression of Palestinians” is the goal of the BDS movement, which is by its very nature a non-violent campaign.
Speaking at a Palestine conference in Islamabad today, Mufti Usmani condemned Israel’s actions during its deadly military assault in the Gaza Strip and advocated for a boycott of goods in support of Palestine.
The expert did, however, emphasize that Islam is a religion of balance. It is not a religion that encourages damaging property or injuring others just because one gets swept up in one’s feelings.
Shariah forbids throwing stones at people or endangering their lives or property. Thus, engage in boycotts and protests, but do it in a non-violent manner where there is no element of disturbance.
He remarked that peacefully persuading the nation’s leaders to fulfill their duties and commitments is also necessary.
We have made it very plain that those who are prepared to confront their Muslim governments and have taken up arms in the name of boycotting are not to be tolerated in any way. You should do whatever you have to do in a calm manner; otherwise, civil wars will spring up in Muslim nations.
According to a police statement, eight defendants were charged with throwing stones at a KFC location in Larkana last night, resulting in another damage incident earlier today.
Sections 6 (terrorism) and 7 (punishment for acts of terrorism) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997, and Sections 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offense committed in prosecution of common object), 337A(I) (punishment for assault causing head injuries), 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), and 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) of the Pakistan Penal Code were also cited in the statement.
According to the announcement, “the suspects who were taken into custody by Dari Police are being presented in the Anti-Terrorism Court.” “The process of identifying other suspects through CCTV is underway in accordance with the directives and orders issued by Larkana Police Commander SSP Ahmed Chaudhry.”
In order to apprehend the culprits, search activities were being conducted under Assistant Superintendent of Police Abdullah Afzal, the notification added.
On Wednesday, numerous individuals attacked a fast-food chain’s location in Lahore’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) by throwing stones at it, breaking windowpanes, and causing damage to some of its areas. A mob attacked the building in the DHA’s Phase IV, which houses restaurants for several food brands, according to video recordings that went viral on social media shortly after the incident.
Late Tuesday night in Sindh, criminals broke into and burned a restaurant in Mirpurkhas. According to the Gadap City police in Karachi, more than 100 members of a religious party tried to loot another fast-food restaurant on the M-9 motorway on Wednesday night, but the police stopped them. Twenty individuals were detained in Mirpurkhas, according to the officials, while nine were captured by the city’s police, and the criminals were charged with distinct offenses.
After a crowd looted a KFC restaurant in Karachi’s DHA on Tuesday night, ten Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan activists were taken into custody.
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