Nawaz Government and Saudi Arabia planned to promote Wahabism in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s PML-N Government and Saudi Arabia have decided to further promote Wahabism in Pakistan.

The governments of both the countries are negotiating an agreement for the exchange of preachers and clerics.

“We are working on a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under which Saudi ulema would visit Pakistan and our ulema could travel to the kingdom for religious purposes,” Religious Affairs Minister Sardar Muhammad Yousaf told media after inaugurating a seminar on inter-faith harmony here on Wednesday.

According to an official of the International Islamic University, the Saudi authorities are also planning to set up a Pakistan-Saudi friendship centre at the institution. The centre will focus on religious education.

Negotiations on the MoU for exchange of clerics were launched during the recent visit to the country by Saudi Religious Affairs Minister Sheikh Saleh bin Abdul Aziz.

Next to come is Imam-i-Kaaba Sheikh Khalid al Ghamdi, who is arriving here on Thursday.

“I too came to know about the Imam-i-Kaaba’s visit just yesterday. He is a respected figure and our doors remain open for him,” Mr Yousaf said in reply to a question.

Speaking at the conference, the minister stressed the need for religious harmony.

Dr Tughral Yamin, who heads the Centre for International Peace and Stability at the National University of Science and Technology, proposed that teachers should be trained to be neutral and unbiased in opinion, hate material purged from textbooks and the media and the syllabus designed in a manner that discouraged cliches.

It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan is already facing unwanted war from the wahabi and takfiri terrorists. Takfiri and wahabi terrorists have killed around 70000 Pakistanis in hundreds of terrorists activities taken place in Pakistan especially during the last one decades.

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