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Dr. Ghazi’s father, Mr. Muhammad Ahmad migrated from india to karachi in 1954, seven years after the creation of Pakistan. At Karachi, Ghazi attended Binnauri Town madrassa. Subsequently when his father shifted to Islamabad, Ghazi joined Maddrasa Talimul Quran in Raja Bazar, Rawalpindi. In 1969 he qualified Maulvi Fazal, and then did his M.A. in Islamiat. It seems that he received little education in liberal and secular disciplines. In his youth, he had close contacts with Jamaat Islami's student wing, the Islamee Jamiat Talaba and also with Tehrik Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat, another politico-religious party. He and his brother, Muhammad Gazali, were both anti-shia activists and were helped financially by tribal chiefs of Dera Ismail khan. Thereafter, Ghazi took up the anti-ahmadiyya cause also, and proceeded support to Maulvis Ghulam Haider and Abdulla of Islamabadn in anti-Shia and Khatame Nabuwwat issues. Moulvi Ghulam Haider was later caught for his moral perversions, while Abdullah met a violent death. When Mulla Chinioti, the notorious MPA (Member Provincial Assembly) of the defunct Punjab Assembly, gained influence at Islamabad, he developed friendly relations with Mr. Ghazi. However, the friendship did not last long. General Ziaul Haque developed a liking for Ghazi and appointed him his Arabic interpreter. The new situation helped Ghazi promote his career and ideas. In 1984 he was member of a committee that recommended imposition of Death punishment for apostasy in Pakistan. In an article in the monthly Fikro Nazar (Vol: 1:20 Sr: 9/10) he recommended that an Ombudsman should force people to offer Juma prayers under compulsion, and punish those who deviate from the standard form of prayers. Ghazi once wrote a thesis for his doctorate on Islamic Role of Shah Waliullah. One of the written comments on his thesis was: The author has tried to promote violence among sects. The thesis is an intellectual crime. The man is heartless. According to Abu Nasr, an Iranian research scholar, the thesis sanctioned genocide. Ghazi was not awarded a Ph.D. He, however, got it later on. Dr. Ghazi traveled as far as South Africa a few years ago to present himself in a case in which two Sunni ulema were interlocked in a legal battle in a dispute in which Ahmadiyyat was an important factor. Dr. Ghazi, appeared before the Supreme Court of South Africa (Cape of Good Hope, Provincial Division) as an expert witness. Some comments of the Supreme Court on the personality and roll of Dr. Ghazi are taken from its Decision on case No. 1438/86 - Muhammad Abbas Jaseem VS Sheikh Nazim Muhammad etc. - dated 23 February, 1990 and are produced below:
Dr. Ghazi knows the art of political survival. During the tenure of Benazir Bhutto, Ghai used to write presentations for her political ally, Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman of JUI. She appointed him member of the Islamic Ideology Council. Nawaz Sharif appointed him judge of the Shariat Appellate Court. Recently, Dr. Ghazi was active against Mr. Meraj Khalid, the liberal and tolerant rector of International Islamic University, Islamabad. The new Government has appointed him Member of the National Security Council for being a 'non controversial figure in the field of religion'. Interesting! |