Altaf Hussain Quotes
We stand for equal rights and opportunities for all irrespective of color, creed, cast, sect, gender, ethnicity or religion. We strive tirelessly for tolerance, religious or otherwise and oppose fanaticism, terrorism and violence in all their manifestations.
This would normally not be a very noteworthy quotation as it is typical of political party declarations in democracies throughout the world. What makes this, the exception is that this credo was for a Pakistani political party, where no other political party and very few individuals would dare make such a statement. Altaf Hussain was not only attacked and luckily survived an assassination attempt, but the Pakistani Government called this statement and many others treason against the state where equal rights for non Muslims is prohibited by their interpretation of the Koran. The government policy has even been to support terrorist organizations as a potential force against India and parts of India which Pakistan covets and justifies because the area as a majority of Muslims. But India has about the same number of Muslims as does Pakistan so there are hundreds of such areas. Hussain has been indicted over 100 times and runs the party from exile in London where he has been granted political asylum. What he and his party supports has been completely contrary to the policies of the government of Pakistan and its leaders of all the other political persuasions. Pakistan has been since its inception a perpetrator of religious intolerance, fanaticism, violence and one of the worst violators of human rights in the word.
Altaf Hussain, Pakistani Politician, Founder and leader of the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM)., President of the National Student's Action Committee, Basic credo of the MQM Party, ~1960s
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Altaf Hussain is a British Pakistani politician who is known as the founder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement. He hold United Kingdom citizenship and has been living in exile in Great Britain since the start of Operation clean up.
