Molana Azizullah Bohio

Molana Azizullah Bohio (14 March 1946 – 2 November 2021) was a Pakistani religious scholar and politician from Sindh and was a Sindhi independence activist, Islamic theologian, writer and a senior leader of the Sindh Sagar Party who struggled for an exploitation-free society in Sindh.[1][2][3]

Azizullah Bohio
Born14 March 1946
Khair Muhammad Bohio
Died2 November 2021 (aged 75)
Political partySindh Sagar Party

Early life and education

Bohio was born on 14 March 1946.[4] He got his formal education at his village school and then several other religious schools. Raised in the small village of Khair Muhammad Bohio near the city district Naushahro Feroze Sindh, Bohio was a highly qualified religious scholar and was the author of several books about Religion, Politics and Islamic History and multiple other issues.

Political career

Bohio was completely devoted to Sindh in spite of being a religious man. He was a member of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) also with Mufti Mehmood late 1980. [5]But when Mufti declared Pakistan army`s operation right over Bangladesh and several other issues about Sindh cause including future of Sindhi language in Pakistan, water, other resources, people coming from other provinces to Sindh he left JUI because Mufti failed to satisfy him.[6][7]He then started his own party named “Sindh Sagar Party” with his other religious friends (of which he was the founder) and remained Chairman of that party (a political party belonging to the region of Sindh) until his death.[8] [9]Although he was always active for rights of labour,[10] he remained Secretary General of Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (PONM) Sindh Chapter. His son was kidnapped[11] while working as the leader of PONM. He struggled against Water Shortage in Sindh and demanded no more Dams on Indus river. He struggled for the rights of minorities, Oppressed Nations, labor and farmers.[12] He was against the conversion of Hindu-girls [13] for marriage.

Critical points of view

Bohio was the strict opposite and critic of Religious Extremism. For that reason, he had advised his relatives to bury him in the graveyard of Non Muslims so that the difference of Muslims and Non Muslims can be decreased in Sindh, which became a warm debate in Religious and Social platforms during his death days.[14][15] Bohio was against the wrong definaters of Islam for that he faced many oppositions by religious forums for his critical points of views about Islamic Ethics and beliefs described in his books. He believed that early muslim governments were not faithfull to Islam because many things which were prescribed, their actual propose is variated by them for their vested interets, including specially the age of Prophet Muhammad, which is according to Quran one hundred and twenty three he believed. He also challenged to whole muslim scholars that the word “Salah” which is mentioned seven hundred times in Quran is not for a individual prayer named Namaz,which is a persion word which means Fire worship. But word Salah is ordered for an aggregative action as an organization, Unity or gathering of public for improving people's social, political, personal and economical problems.[16] His two books “Islamic History according to Quran” and “ Difference in Salah and Namaz according to Quran” are an open challenge to Islamic litrature but no written obejction or reply was published in his life which he waited till his death.[17]

Books and publications

Bohio was a highly qualified religious scholar and was the author of fifty two books about Religion, Politics and Islamic History and multiple other issues. His articles were being published in newspapers and magazines. His ever popular book about the Sindh Punjab water dispute “Water according to Quran” was considered to be a strong reference material about this issue. “Islamic History according to Quran” is also his outstanding work about Islamic history.[18] All his books were published by “Sindh Sagar Acadmey”.

1.Quranic Political Science

2. Socialism, Secularism and Nationalism Taught by Islam

3.Crualities of Experts of Hadith Upon Quran

4. Ahsan ul Hadith(3 Volumes)

5.Water according to Quran

6.Islamic History According to Quran

Death

Bohio died from heart disease on 2 November 2021, at the age of 75.[19][20] His death was considered amongst Sindhi writers, Literates, Civil society, Nationalists and Religious scholars a great loss by critics.[21]

Critical appreciation

People believe that he was not only a religious personality but a Comrade also. His death was considered amongst Sindhi writers, Literates, Civil society, Nationalists and Religious scholars a great loss to Sindh by critics. He was inspired by Molana Abul Kalam and Ubaidullah Sindhi. He is believed to be the “Imam ul Sindh” of the modern era to his followers.

References
  1. "The Global Intelligence Files - PAKISTAN/SOUTH ASIA-Shutter Down Strike Observed in Sindh on Call of Sindhi Parties". wikileaks.org. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  2. "Reports Presented at Unity For Justice C". Sindhi Foudation. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  3. "Politics of Sindh Under Zia Government | PDF | Muhammad Zia Ul Haq | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto". Scribd. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  4. TRIBUTE PROGRAM MAULANA AZIZULLAH BOHIO & COMRAD MANSOOR MIRANI BY HABIB LAGHARI 03 NOV 21, retrieved 2021-11-22
  5. "Sindh Express News Story". epaper.sindhexpress.com.pk. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  6. "Sindh Express News Story". epaper.sindhexpress.com.pk. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  7. See book, Nawan Chaar Darwaish by Naaz Sanai
  8. "Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi remembered". DAWN.COM. 2008-08-23. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  9. "Sindh Express News Story". epaper.sindhexpress.com.pk. Retrieved 2021-12-02.
  10. "برک عالم، اديب ۽ سنڌ ساگر پارٽي چيئرمين مولانا عزيز الله ٻوھيو وڇڙي ويو". Daily Sobh. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  11. "Son of PONM leader kidnapped". DAWN.COM. 2006-12-27. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  12. "Speakers Pay Tributes To Comrade Taj Muhammad Abro". UrduPoint. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  13. "Hindu girl converted on every 3rd day in Sindh, Conversion for marriage not justified: Maulana Azizullah". Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  14. "مولانا عزيزالله ٻويهي جي وصيت جي باري ۾". SindhSalamat. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  15. Sangi (2014-02-06). "Sindhi Press سندھ نامہ Sindh Nama: ٺ تڏهن پئي رڙيا جڏهن ٻورا ٿي سبجيا'- عزيز الله ٻوهيو". Sindhi Press سندھ نامہ Sindh Nama. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  16. "Salaat Aur Namaz Main Farq (Aziz Ullah Bohio) | PDF". Scribd. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  17. "Salaat Aur Namaz Main Farq (Aziz Ullah Bohio) | PDF". Scribd. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  18. Moderator, The Time News (2021-11-11). "مولانا عزيز الله ٻوهيو انسانيت سان محبت جو درس ڏنو: اڳواڻ". The Time News. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  19. Naushahro Feroze: Sindh Sagar Party jay Sarbarah Azizullah Bohio jo Marh Mitti Mau Hawale, retrieved 2021-11-22
  20. Maulana Azizullah Bohio (2010). قرآن کانسواءِ ڪنهنجي بہ تابعداري نہ ڪيو (in Sindhi). Sindh Sagar Academy.
  21. "سنڌ ساگر پارٽي جو سربراهه مولانا عزيز الله ٻوهيو لاڏاڻو ڪري ويو". SindhTvNews. 2021-11-02. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
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