Eid Mubarak to all.
In my previous Eid messages, I pointed out the despicable act of denying Imran Khan his basic right to perform Eid prayers. I noted then that the British Empire used the exact same psychological warfare to try and break the unbreakable will of the 'Prisoner of Malta', Maulana Mahmoodul Hasan.
Today, history repeats itself in its ugliest form. Imran Khan, Prisoner #804, was once again barred from offering his Eid prayers. To understand the mindset of those who rule us today, we must look at history. The current regime in Pakistan has proven to be the proud, 'Brown Sahib' successor to the most brutal dictators and colonial masters of the past. Tyrants have always feared the spiritual unity of Muslims on Eid. Let me narrate three profound historical incidents from South America, the Soviet Union, and Africa that mirror the fascistic tactics we see in Pakistan today:
1. Brazil (1835). The Price of Shackling 'Bilal' Pacífico Licutan:
During the transatlantic slave trade, Salvador da Bahia held a vibrant, underground community of African Muslim scholars and teachers known as the Malês.
Among them was 'Bilal' Pacífico Licutan—a revered Muslim scholar, elder, and spiritual guide enslaved by colonial masters. Right before Ramadan in 1835, authorities arrested Bilal Licutan and threw him into a dark dungeon in solitary confinement.
When the Muslim community realized their spiritual leader would be denied the right to lead or even perform the congregational Eid prayer, their grief turned into a righteous fury. They transformed their resentment into a historic movement for justice. Wearing traditional white tunics (abadás), carrying prayers written secretly in Arabic, and chanting praises to Allah, they launched the famous Malê Uprising. Their primary, explicitly stated strategic goal on the night of the revolt? To march directly onto the prison, smash the gates, and break Bilal out of his cell so he could lead them in prayer.
Predictably, the colonial masters labeled this quest for religious freedom a "rebellion." Many were massacred on the streets; others were captured, tried, and executed.
2. The Soviet Union 1920s. Criminalizing 'Uraza-Bayram' (Eids):
In the 1920s, the totalitarian Soviet state launched a vicious, highly coordinated state-media campaign targeting the two Eids (Kurban-Bayram and Uraza-Bayram). Much like the controlled media narratives of today, propaganda brochures titled "Against Uraza" were published to justify brutal crackdowns on anyone who dared to celebrate Eid or perform Eid prayers. Prominent Muslim Central Asian scholars, Crimean Tatars, and Caucasian leaders were sent to the remote Gulag labor camps as political dissidents, their isolation was absolute. The establishment treated congregational Eid prayers as an act of high treason and political subversion.
Yet, tyranny could not conquer faith. Memoirs from Gulag survivors reveal that despite the threat of immediate execution or torture in solitary confinement (SHIZO), Muslim political prisoners conducted silent, whispered fasts throughout Ramadan. On the morning of Eid, when guards forced them into labor and forbade them from turning toward Mecca, the prisoners rose up in stubborn, collective agitation—defying the regime to their ultimate peril.
3. Africa (1850s). Weaponizing the Faith Against Emir Abdelkader:
During the French occupation of North Africa, the colonial establishment in Algeria and Morocco viewed the massive gatherings of Eid prayers as breeding grounds for nationalist resistance. To neutralize this, prominent anti-colonial leaders, religious scholars, and Sufi shaikhs were routinely thrown into military fortresses or placed under strict house arrest just days before Eid.
When the great freedom fighter Emir Abdelkader was imprisoned and barred from leading Eid prayers, the French colonialists—in all their cruelty—still allowed him one basic right: the ability to write letters to international figures. Emir Abdelkader used his pen to agitate against the state, exposing the hypocrisy of European powers who claimed to uphold "civilizing values" while chaining religious freedom.
Shamefully, even the basic right granted by 19th-century French colonizers—the right to write letters and communicate freely with the world—is being denied to Imran Khan by the rulers of Pakistan today.
The Verdict of History
Every dictator, every slave owner, and every colonial oppressor in these stories believed they could break the human spirit by denying a leader his connection to his Creator on Eid. History forgot the names of those prison wardens, those Soviet commissars, and those colonial judges. But history immortalized Maulana Mahmoodul Hasan, Bilal Licutan, and Emir Abdelkader and Imran Khan.
The 'Brown Sahib' fascist usurpers currently ruling Pakistan should read the pages of history carefully. You can lock a leader in a cell, you can deny him his Eid prayer, but you can never chain the collective will of a nation yearning for true freedom (Haqeeqi Azadi). As Faiz rightly laments:
چشم نم جان شوریدہ کافی نہیں
تہمت عشق پوشیدہ کافی نہیں
آج بازار میں پا بہ جولاں چلو
رخت دل باندھ لو دل فگارو چلو
پھر ہمیں قتل ہو آئیں یارو چلو
Prisoner #804 @ImranKhanPTI Eid Mubarak
https:// https://t.co/BYRCXQG5dP s/1777716475098464370 …
"26 نومبر کی صبح ڈی چوک پر مسکراتا ہوا یہ چہرہ، رات ہوتے ہوتے بے دردی سے شہید کر دیا گیا اور نوجوان تاج الدین ہمیشہ کے لیے امر ہو گیا
عید کی خوشیاں اپنی جگہ، لیکن یہ ان شہداء کے لہو کا قرض ہیں۔ آج عید کے دن تاج الدین اور تمام شہداء کو یاد رکھیں۔ خدا ان کے درجات بلند فرمائے💔
@PTIofficial خان نے جیل میں اپنی بصارت کھو دی۔ اس نے اسے قربان کیا تاکہ قوم کو بصارت مل سکے۔ وہ خود جیل گیا تاکہ قوم آزاد ہو سکے۔ لیکن افسوس، بزدل قوم کے بہادر لیڈروں کے ساتھ یہی ہوتا ہے۔ وه غلامی کی طوقیں نہیں توڑ سکتے۔ وه اب بھی امریکی غلام ہیں!
Concerns are mounting over the health of former Pakistani PM Imran Khan, with his party warning that his condition has deteriorated in custody and demanding urgent, independent medical access.
https://t.co/Iy4mQjOze5
جہاں لڑائی ہوتی ہے ہم نے کبھی صلح نہیں کروائی، پاکستان افغانستان کی ہو، سعودیہ یمن کی ہو۔ لیکن امریکہ اور مسلمان ملک کی صلح میں ہم بہت پیش پیش ہیں۔
یہ نیشنل انٹرسٹ نہیں یہ کچھ لوگوں کے ذاتی مفاد کا معاملہ ہے۔ یہ وہ لوگ ہیں کسی کی کوئی وڈیو ہے، کسی کے بینک اکاونٹس ہیں۔
مجھے وہ وڈیو یاد ہے جب پرویز مشرف امریکی سینٹرز کے پیر پکڑ رہا تھا کہ مجھے پاور میں رکھیں ۔
We strongly appeal to the United Nations and other international human rights organizations to take notice of the injustice being done to our father and to raise their voice for justice. @hrw@UNHumanRights
@RmSalih They are by and large volatile. They prioritize visibility and recognition over dignity. They get satisfied with praise from those in position of power. They act like house-negroes and getting validation from bosses matter more.
Dignity mean nothing to these.
Flexing, theatrics
@SALHACHIMI Erdogan is talk. He did nothing and will die as a coward.
Coward
Coward
And Sami, as much as I like your analysis, don’t do wishful thinking. You sound like an idiot. Dostoevsky’s idiot.
@haxzhim@Lowkey0nline You shut up Bootlicker.
Your country has been the knees and sucking up to Americans for the past 70 years. You have no values, you sell your sisters for Dollars. Afia siddique is an example of that sold by Musharraf for 50k
Where is your shame!
@mohammed_hijab Come on be a man!
Take sides, the Murtad Army who sold their sister Afia Siddique should be condemned.
You are a coward.
Learn from @5Pillarsuk
My sympathies instinctively lie with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in their confrontation with the Pakistani military.
That said, I hate any Muslim on Muslim fight so pray this de-escalates.
پیارے پاکستانیوں!!!
#دین
آج میں خود سے کچھ نہیں لکھوں گی صرف چار منٹ اور گیارہ سیکنڈ نکال کر ان محترم عالم دین کی گفتگو سنیئے شاید آپ کو میری کہی ہوئی باتوں کی سمجھ آ جائے۔
محترم کو شاید دوکان دار مُلاؤں نے ہی شہید کروا دیا کہ ان کو اپنی دوکانیں بند ہو جانے کا خطرہ تھا ان سے۔
یہ ہوتے ہیں عالمِ دین
جزاک اللہ خیرا کثیرا 😍
“دیکھیں ISPR صاحب، میری ذرا غور سے بات سن لیں، آپ جب پیدا بھی نہیں ہوئے تھے نہ تب میں اپنے ملک کو دنیا میں represent کرتا تھا، میں نے اپنے ملک کا دنیا کے اندر سر اوپر کیا، عزت دلوائی اپنے ملک کو”
- عمران خان
Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan himself used to say this about Pakistan’s military regime: They are ehsan-faramosh people.
He was the very person who built the atomic bomb for Pakistan.