By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) has strongly condemned the war crime charges levelled against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The chief prosecutor of the ICC accused Bashir of “committing crimes against humanity” in the western Sudanese province of Darfur, which Sudan had categorically denied.
In a statement released today, JIH secretary general Nusrat Ali has expressed concern over the plan of ICC to prosecute President of Sudan. ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has sought an arrest warrant for President Omar Al-Bashir
Nusrat Ali said the move would further hamper the peace and reconciliation efforts between Sudanese government and Darfur insurgents while the Sudanese government can establish peace and amity in this region if ‘foreign hands’ stop from aiding insurgents or igniting them.
“It is very surprising that the ICC, which has shown utter silence when atrocities were being done in various parts of the world, mainly in the Middle East, Iraq and Afghanistan, has now come out with such a controversial issue that might make vulnerable the peace efforts in Sudan and the whole region as well,” said JIH secretary general. “It is a clear indication of double standards and it will not be helpful to enhance the efforts aiming at healing and reconciliation in the region,” he added.
He described the charges and the application for an arrest warrant against Bashir as unreasonable and unjust, and urged justice loving countries to force ICC to withdraw the charges against the sitting head of a state, which is first time in modern history.