Dr Farooq Killed probably by Salafi extremists

[Toramana]

MARDAN – Prominent religious scholar, psychiatrist and Vice Chancellor of Islamic University Swat, Dr Farooq Khan was killed along with his attendant at his clinic by unidentified armed men here on Saturday.
Police and eyewitnesses said that he was killed when he was taking rest after lunch at his clinic situated on Mardan-Swabi Road, when two unidentified armed men entered the clinic and one of them went straight to his room and opened fir on him. However, the other accused stayed along with the door outside his room.
The attendant identified as Saleem Khan intervened to thwart the murder bid, but the alleged killer also opened fire on him, which left Dr Farooq and Saleem Khan seriously injured. They were shifted to District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ), where they were declared dead. The news of the death of Dr Farooq, who have been appointed as Vice Chancellor of the Islamic University Swat, spread swiftly and people started coming to his home in Sector D Sheikh Maltoon Town (SMT).
Dr Farooq was born in 1965 in Akbarabad Nava Kali, Swabi. His father Akbar Khan was a headmaster. In student-life he joined IJT. He remained an active worker of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI). In 1986, he shifted from Swabi to Mardan. He did his specialisation in psychiatry from Austria. Later, he resigned from his job and started his own clinic in Mardan. In 1993, he participated in the elections from NA-9 from the platform of Pakistan Islamic Front but he could not succeed in the elections. Later, differences had emerged between Dr Farooq and JI. He also remained general secretary of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for sometime. However, at the end he distanced himself from the politics. He wrote several books. The name of his last book was “Jihad and Qital”. He has also translated the Holy Quran into Urdu. Currently, he was busy writing the Tafseer of the Holy Quran. He delivered many lectures against terrorism. Dr Farooq has left behind two sons Waqas and Usama and two daughters. His wife Dr Rizwana Farooq is also a doctor. Currently, she is in America with her younger daughter. According to eyewitnesses, two people who had small beard entered the guise of patients and killed Dr Farooq at 1:25pm. The servants and neighbours of Dr Farooq said he was a very nice person and had no enmity with anyone, even he did not use harsh words against anyone. His funeral prayer was offered at 8:30pm in Sector D Park. Large number of people attended it. His Qul will be held in Sector D, Sheikh Maltoon Town on Monday.

[muhsina]

The only reason I see for the assasination of Dr Farooq Khan is his recent appointment as VC Swat Univeristy. Swat is very sensitive for the military. They do not want any opioniated person to spread his views among Swatis on academic level unless he submits to them like Afzal Khan lala.

He could be very dangerous to the Punjabi empire and - as their permanent policy- to get rid of all those Pashtuns and Baloch who could be potentially dangerous to their hegemoney, he was also eliminated from the scene.

All the beacons of lights and rebellion against the military empire of autocratically controlled Pakistan are on the hit list of the oppressors. They have successfully executed their agenda in FATA and the locals know this because the miitary kill all those Masharan who refuse to fight against the puppet and fake Talibans in FATA and also got rid of all those who are against the presence of foreign terrorists in FATA.

The Pakhtun leadeship and intelleentsia irrespective of their religeous and even political affilitation nation is on the target.

[Nokia_Apridy]

Dr. Muhammad Farooq Khan was recognized as a writer, columnist, and intellectual throughout the country. He was also known as a religious scholar and competent TV compare. He was born at a village, in the district of Swabi. He obtained his elementary education at his hometown. Then he joined Cadet College, Hasanabdal, and later on the Cadet College, Kohat. After having acquired the degree in medicine, he decided to specialize in psychiatry. He established his private practice in Mardan. Some of his works include “Pakistan and the Twenty First Century (Urdu)”, “The Struggle for Islamic Revolution”, and “What is Islam”. God has bestowed upon him the quality of presenting his propositions in simple language and clarity of style.

Dr. Farooq Khan was an enlightened religious scholar and he served Islam well and he wanted to take Muslims out of the present and prevailing quagmire. He had a feeling for the Muslims and wanted to bring them at par with other nations of the world. His services for the Muslims will be remembered for a long time to come. He was a vice chancellor of the Swat Islamic University and had started to rehabilitate those children who were suffered from the menace of extremism and terrorism.

Dr Mohammad Farooq, along with his gunman were killed in an assassination attempt on Saturday. Dr Farooq, Who was always a rocky mountain against the provokers for insurgency, extremism, terrorism, fundamentalism in Pashtun Afghan watan and in the World, had nice knowledge of peace, love, religion, history, culture, democracy. He will be always in our ...memory. How many of us will be killed by our enemy on the name of Islam and strategic depth and how long the our so called leaders and the world will remain silent on the ongoing genocide of Pashtun intellectuals, and moderate political workers on both side of the border?

His death created a vacuum which will take a long time to be filled. We demand of the government to arrest the culprit and punish them for their such heinous crime against humanity. Dr. Farroq khan was a true son of this soil and his martyrdom exposed the true faces of terrorists who have only one agenda to kill.


(Dr. Farooq Khan’s mission in his own words)

My Vision and Mission

I am humanist, Muslim, Pakistani and a Pakhtun. To strive for the well being of the whole humanity, to uphold the cause of Muslim Ummah and to exalt the dignity of Pakistan and Pukhtoons is my mission. There is no contradiction between their interests, provided every issue is seen with justice and fair play.

In my opinion there are ten basic values which should be honored by every individual, community, country and the whole mankind. These essential and fundamental values are:
Human equality and democratic culture
Justice
Honesty
Merit
Hard work and thorough struggle
Law abiding mentality
Wisdom and patience
Education
Health
Strong and well-coordinated welfare institutions for the down trodden classes.
It is not possible for me to address the whole humanity so I address Muslim Ummah, Pakistan and Pukhtoons. In my opinion the degraded and helpless position of all the above three communities is because of the lack of the above ten fundamental values. We lagged behind in fulfilling and abiding all these values. Without honoring these values, we will not be able to survive as prestigious communities and nations.

The Muslims usually blame others for their plight, but in my view the internal factors are much more important than the external factors and once we overcome our weaknesses and shortcomings then the external world will become favorable slowly and steadily.

Development and dignity of Pakistan and the Ummah is based on the efforts to achieve these ideals and standards. It is very clear that a thorough struggle is needed in this regard. This struggle should be totally free from any kind of violence, sentimentalism and provocative rhetoric.

I always strictly follow the teachings of Quran, Sunnah, and my conscience in pondering over all the collective issues and problems facing us. In my opinion, the Muslim Ummah needs a comprehensive discussion and consensus on the following issues:
Status of Women in Islamic Society
The real instructions of Islam regarding Jihad and Qital
The true perspective of Islamic teachings in crimes and punishment
Islamic instructions regarding relations between Muslims and Non-Muslims

I have written a few books on these Issues e.g.:
Jihad, Qital aur Aalam-e-Islam (Urdu)
Islam Kya hai?(Urdu)
Islam and Women (Urdu & English)
Dialogue with the West (English)
Kashmir Issue (Urdu & English)
Ikkisween Saddi aur Pakistan (Urdu)
Jadeed Zehan Kay Shubhat Aur Islam Ka Jawab (Urdu)
Hudood aur Qisas wa Diyat Ordinance Ka Tanqeedi Jaiza (Urdu)

In my opinion Muslim states must proceed according to the following four important points.

To bring democratic culture in Muslim states.
To resolve all the disputes and conflicts through peaceful means.
To dominate and inculcate the above mentioned ten basic collective values in their states.
To make a serious and conscious advance in the field of science and technology.
I have written extensively on the above issues.

[muhsina]

Muhsina since you are from Peshawar has anyone protested for his death? Why are Swatis so quiet?

I was happy to see that PKMAP and Aman Tehreek [headed by Idrees Kamal] gave sensible statements against the targeted killing of Pakhtun intelligentsia and men of substance. This means that atleast these two plateforms are open minded and have a vision of Pashtun as a nation and consider the political deprivation of Pashtun as the source of ills, instead of looking things in a narrower perspective.

[parsiwaan]

I am humanist, Muslim, Pakistani and a Pakhtun. .

There is a saying in Farsi... morgh kaam Gooish kaam.

[ComradePashtun]

So what was so great about this guy other than authoring books in Urdu?

[BLS_1919v2.0]

He was a technocrat, and was known as anti-talibs, this basically made him a target. He was going to be the vice chancellor in Swat and you know people like him are a 'problem' for you know who.

[Toramana]

There is a saying in Farsi... morgh kaam Gooish kaam.

There are all kinds of people accross the Pashtun political spectrum from Mahmud Khan Achakzai, etc. who says he is Pashtuns for the last 5000 years and a Paki for only 25 years to Sirajul Haq who deosn't even accept the existance of a Pashtun nation. Obviously, no society can be monolithic so more true of Pashtuns for their intrinsic egalitarianism. So that underlinng of the word "Pakistan" doesn't give you much logical fire-power to force your point in and have your purpose of widening the gulf between east-west Pashtuns achieved.

[Toramana]

So what was so great about this guy other than authoring books in Urdu?

There is this Dr Hassan Kakar who doesn't even speak Pashto at home despite the claim to represent Pashtuns intellectually. Why go that far, from Ahmad Ghani to Ishaq Gilani to Habibullah Rafi, all use Dari as the family lanuage. That is a common dilemma with us Pashtuns.

[ComradePashtun]

Thanks BLS and Toranama,

The reason why I asked was in term of his political believe in relation to Pashtuns braodly. Or was he more of the Jamat Islami.

[ComradePashtun]

Taronama,

I don't think Habibullah Rafi speaks Dari at home and nor does Ashraf Ghani Ahmedzai, I know this as he is an extended relative.

[Nokia_Apridy]

TOl Magrhey (Birds) chay Alzuey (wrazey ) nur khair da khu

chay TARU oyarze nu Waye chay Ohoooooooo TARU oratu....

[shehram]

Dr. Mohammed farooque Shaheed was born at a village (Nawan Kali now Capt. col Sher khan Kalay in Razarr the district of Swabi. He obtained his elementary education at GHS Nawan kali . Then he joined Cadet College, Hasanabdal, and later on the Cadet College, Kohat. After having acquired the degree in medicine, he decided to specialize in psychiatry.

Manana Nokia deera manana

[شمله ور خراساني]

He was probably did something to deserve being killed.