Introduction

Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir was founded on 7th August 2004. On its first foundation day, 7th of August 2005, more than 1 lakh people, according to most conservative estimates, gathered at Hyderpora Srinagar, showing solidarity and commitment to its objectives and goals.
Leadership of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Jammu and Kashmir is thankful to the people for this support and living up to the expectations of leadership. In August 2006, instead of a public convention, Tehreek-e-Hurriyat’s Central Council decided to organize a convention of members, candidates for membership and the basic members of the party.
Need was felt to elaborate the basic goals and objectives of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat in this convention. The convention was scheduled for Sunday to make it easier for the majority of members to participate.
 
The basic objective before the founders of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat is to earn Allah’s pleasure through unambiguous service to the basic principles of Islam (Faith), Azadi(Freedom)and Itihad-e-milat (Fraternity).
Islam is our primary objective, intent and priority. Islam is Allah`s favorite religion and system of life, without which a man can neither earn peace and prosperity in this world nor in the life here after. Without Islam, justice, be it social or economic cannot be achieved.
 
Every living and nonliving entity of this entire universe abides by the divine law and is thus Muslim (One who abides by the divine will). Every Human being is thus a Muslim by nature. Allah has bestowed eyes to see, hands cannot do this job. Mind has been created to think, it cannot digest food or do any other function.
Every human being of this world is helpless in this respect and has to abide by the divine law willingly or unwillingly.
But Man has been given limited autonomy as well. He is free to use the different blessing given by His lord in whatever way he likes. It is the use of these blessings that differentiates between men.
A man who utilizes the blessing of Allah according to Allah’s will, is Muslim by choice .But a person who, while using these blessings, neglects Allah’s will and abides by his own wishes, of his ancestors or systems laid down by human beings be the kings or leaders is a Kafir (Non believer) by choice.
 
That group of men who choose to abide by the will of Allah, Allah Himself makes   arrangements to convey His will to these people.
In different times and places, Allah Had selected different pious people to act as His messengers to people. Allah sent His word to these Messengers and asked them to convey His message and will to people. Allah made it clear that the people who will abide by these messengers will abide by Allah’s will and the people who refuse their message will refute Allah message and will.
This Chain of Messengers began with first human being Hazrat Adaam (a.s) and continued up to Prophet Muhammad (s.a.a.w).
People may ask why Prophethood ended with Hazrat Muhammad (s.a.a.w)? But the point is people don’t have any role in choosing prophets. It is exclusively in the domain of Allah. If He using His authority declares 
 
 
Muhammad (s.a.a.w) is not the father of any man among you, but he (s.a.a.w) is the messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets; and Allah is ever aware of all things. (Al Ahzab : 40)
 
Allah, the Selector of Prophets, knows better when different prophets were needed at different places and when is the need to end the chain of this Prophethood by sending the last Prophet (s.a.a.w). Quran is the word and message of Allah that He wished to send to the people through His last Messenger. Thus prophet Muhammad (s.a.a.w) is the last prophet and Quran the last Book revealed by Allah.
Quran describes Islam in the following verse:
 
 
Lo! Religion with Allah (is) Islam (Al Imran : 19)
The word ‘Deen’ means complete system for life. Believers have been asked to accept Islam in its entirety and which ever systems of life are proposed other than Islam are from the eternal enemy of Human race the Satan. Lo Man should abstain himself from all these systems. 
 
 
O ye who believe! Come, all of you, into submission (unto Him); and follow not the footsteps of the devil. Lo! he is an open enemy for you. (Al Baqarah : 208)
Men are required to submit to Islam in entirety and not to divide it. No sphere of life can be kept aloof from Islam. So Islam has been certified by Allah as the complete way of life.  
 
 
 
This day have I perfected your religion for you and completed My favour unto you, and have chosen for you as religion al-Islam (Al Maida : 3)
 
This day (the day of Hajj-at-tul vida) Allah has perfected completed your religion. Completed his blessings on to you and accepted Islam as the way of life for you.
 
Any system of life other than Islam stands rejected before Allah. The people following these systems are bound to be on the loosing side in the life hereafter.
 
 
And whoso seeks as religion other than the Surrender (to Allah) it will not be accepted from him, and he will be a loser in the Hereafter. (Al Imran : 85)
 
It has not only been mentioned time ad again in Quran but stressed upon that man should not follow any system of life except Islam.
All these systems are rebellions against Allah and Allah severely punishes the rebels. Therefore every person should be careful no to rebel against Allah.
 All manmade systems and customs lead humans to astray and are rebellious to the divine system. Whatever problems, be the political, social or economic, man is facing today are implications  of these man made systems.
Quran says:
 
Corruption doth appear on land and sea because of (the evil) which men`s hands have done, that He may make them taste a part of that which they have done, in order that they may return. (Ar Rum : 41)
 
Most of the people who call themselves Muslims, give only verbal attestations to this religion, but in their practical lives the do not accept it as a complete system for life. About  But nay, by thy Lord, they will not believe (in truth) until they make thee judge of what is in dispute between them and find within themselves no dislike of that which thou decidest, and submit with full submission. (An Nisa : 65)
 
 
And it becometh not a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His messenger have decided an affair (for them), that they should (after that) claim any say in their affair; and whoso is rebellious to Allah and His messenger, he verily goeth astray in error manifest. (Al Ahzab : 36)
 
Whatever claims such people make of being Muslims, will be false and would be rejected. They won’t be considered as faithful and momin before Allah; they are munafiq (hypocrites) and Fasiq (wrong doers) and will have to face a worse fate. 
 
The So called Muslims of present age explicitly declare religion and politics as separate entities and thus even claiming to be Muslims land into the domain of rebels. In one of the reports of prophet (S.A.A.W), reported in the book Kanzul Amaal, Hazrat Bashir bin Nu’man (r.a) reports Prophet (s.a.a.w) to have said:
“Whosoever calls to Jahiliyah will be the fuel to hellfire. It was asked: O Allah’s prophet (s.a.a.w) if the said person offers Salah and performs Saum(fasting). Prophet (s.a.a.w) replied (even) if he offers Salah and performs saum (fasting) and considers himself to be a Muslim”
 Now the question is what is Jahiliyah? Jahiliyah is the opposite of Islam i.e. whatever beliefs and customs were prevalent in Arabs and rest of the world before Islam, comprise Jahiliyah. People used to carve Idols with their own hands and then bowed before them, had hopes attached to these idols and would ask them different favors. These were some of the forms of Jahiliyah.
Liquor was common, production, sale and consumption of alcohol was considered normal. Intoxicated men and women committed adultery and were proud of their heinous actions. Mixing of sexing was a custom of the society.
Vulgarity, immorality, adultery and homosexuality were the Characteristics of Jahiliyah. Interest based business was common, Capitalists, through interest were exploiting the poor sections of the society to the hilt. The strong in the society enslaved the poor and weaker sections, exploiting there efforts for their own benefit. 
Feminine existence was intolerable to them; they buried new born girls and the status of women was no more than slaves.
People were differentiated on the basis of caste, colour, creed, lineage and tribe.
Music and dance was encouraged. Women were made to dance in large assemblies and men used to enjoy their performances.
Shame had gone extinct from the society people used to circumambulate the Holy Kabbah nude considering it to be virtue.
 Minor issues like drinking of animal resulted in full blooded wars. Hatred among people was at its peak. People took pride in petty things and were ready to kill and get killed for non issues. War once triggered went on for decades and centuries resulting into death and destruction of both the factions. Human life was worth less. Virtues like kindness, love and sympathy were totally absent from the society. Ruthlessness and cruelty ruled the day. Jahiliyah had robbed humanity of all its characteristics. Differentiation between humans and animals had been negated.    
 
Islam brought an end to this Jahiliyah and regained the respect and dignity enjoyed by the human race in this world.
Today, in this 21st century, though man has progressed a lot in the fields of science and technology, Jahiliyah has reincarnated in a new manner. Even today idol worship is prevalent but in addition to these idols man has created a whole bunch of ideologies which are revered like these idols. So says Iqbal (r.a)  
 
Tehreek-e-Hurriyah Jammu and Kashmir’s first and foremost target is Islam as a complete way of life as highlighted in the last few pages. Now our second goal is freedom. In the light of Islamic teachings, freedom means that people should get opportunities to spend life according to the will of Allah. No man should be enslaved by another man, whether they are of his own race, ethnicity, language, religion or creed. No one has the right to enslave the creation of Allah. Beloved prophet (S.A.W) is reported to have written a letter to the Christians of Najran asking “I invite you give up the Slavery and worship of Slaves (of Allah) and take up the slavery and worship Allah. Also I invite you to come out from the mastery and power of people into the mastery and power of Allah. (Tafseer Ibn Kaseer vol 1)
 
A Muslim should not be unaware of this concept of freedom in Islam and should struggle throughout his whole life to achieve this vision of freedom. He wont be questioned in the hereafter about the attainments of his struggle but he would be certainly asked whether he struggled or not.
As Quran says:
 
 وَجَاھِدُو فِِی اﷲِ حَقَّ جِہَادِہ
"Struggle in His cause as ye have the right to fight."
 
Today there are 57 countries in the world with a Muslim majority and Muslim governments. But not in single such country true ‘Islamic’ freedom exists. Muslims in these countries also have an obligation to strive by peaceful means to achieve real Islamic freedom. A freedom in which their individuals and social aspects of life are governed by only the law of Allah. No matter how adverse the conditions are   Muslims cannot overlook this responsibility. Iqbal (r.a) in his poetry has pointed to this need:
حدیث کم نظران است تو بازمانہ بساز
اگر زمانہ باتونہ سازد تو بازمانہ ستیز
 
To adjust one’s goals and dreams according to time and situation is a folly. Conscious belief on Islam requires that if time does not agree with your view of life instead of following the situation and time you should rise up to fight for your belief.
ستیزہ کار رہا ہے ازل سے تا امروز
چراغ مصطفوی سے شرارِ بولہبی
 
 
 After a brief overview of the real Islamic concept of Freedom. We should take a look at situation of disputed Jammu and Kashmir which is the center of activity for Tehreek-e-hurriyah. The majority in the region is currently being deprived of even the most modern concept of freedom. Jammu and Kashmir has faced centuries of deprivation. After Seven hundred years of Muslim rule, it came under the occupation of Afghans and Mughals who were foreigners to this Land. In 1819 Sikhs launched an army invasion of Kashmir. Their rule continued upto1846. In this era, the minority rulers committed worst possible atrocities on the majority. Such shameful acts of barbarity don’t have any comparisons in the entire history of India. In the mean time British confirmed their grip on India and defeated the Sikh ruler of the Jammu and Kashmir. And sold the state to Jagirdar namely Gulab Singh of the Dogra dynasty at cost of 75 lakh Nanak shahi coins. Entire population, land, houses and cattle were sold. It is the only kind of even in the history in which every man was sold at a cost of Rs 7 per person. About this unique incident Iqbal Says:
دیقان وکشت وجوئے خیابان فروختند
قومے فروختند، اُچہ ارزان فروختند
Fraternity
Tehreek-e Hurriyah Jammu and Kashmir’s targets consider of “Islam as a complete system of Life”& " Independence of disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir's from India's military rule in the light of its historical background." Have been dealt with briefly. Now the  third target of "Fraternity" is being defined. The defining and glorifying feature of Islam  is that it creates a bond of brotherhood and fraternity among the whole human community. Unity of Humanity is the basic philosophy of life and  foundation of intellectual revolution in Islam. This basis is not found in any other religion. All other religions divide man on ethnicities, race, language, geographic location, color and economic lines. Islam cansiders them default demarcations in the human society. man must not  be divided on the basis of these factors. Division of along these lines has resulted in increase of violence and hatred in the society.. As has been seen in PreIslamic period same is being repeated today. Islam’s greatest favour on humanity is that it ovelooks all these differences and sees mem as equals.As Sated by Allah in the Holy Quran
يَٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
O ye people!Adore your Guardian-Lord,Who created you And those who came before you,That ye may have the chance To learn righteousness;
يَٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍۢ وَأُنثَىٰ وَجَعَلْنَكُمْ شُعُوبًۭا وَقَبَآئِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ أَتْقَىٰكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌۭ

"O people, We you created a man and a woman then your bnadyn nations and communities that you may recognize one another. In fact, the sight of Allah the most honorable among you is he who gains inside you avoid the most is. Surely, Allah is all knowing and aware. "