By Amena Shams (an activist of RAWA), January 4, 2006
Dr Najibullah Lafraie: Fundamentalist in the Guise of Academician
On September 18, 2005, I left for New Zealand to proudly represent RAWA. New Zealand, one of the few countries RAWA had not yet been to. I had been invited by the New Plymouth Regional Council. I left for New Zealand with an image of a very developed and beautiful country in the world. I thought the country, owing to its peace- loving politics, had almost never been involved in international hypocritical and violent games. I had read that New Zealanders are extra civilized, peace-loving and humanists. On my arrival at Auckland, I found them more civilized, warm and friendly than what I had thought.
With New Plymouth members and other friends at Auckland as well as Wellington, I really felt as if I am surrounded by RAWA or some close relatives. On the second day of my stay, I wrote to RAWA that we had come across one of the most loving and warm-hearted group of friends here in New Zealand. Andy, Dr. Love Chilli, Karen, Asma, Sandra and tens of others whose honest friendliness and care in fact was their concern for the people particularly the women of Afghanistan and RAWA- is unforgettable.
One of the reasons I consider my trip successful was the agreement reached on the establishment of "RAWA's Supporters in New Zealand". However, my trip full of excitement generating, among other things from tireless efforts of RAWA didn't last long. On September 28th a friend from Amnesty International informed me that Najibulah (she didn't tell me his surname or breastle), a country fellow of mine, living in New Zealand, is interested in meeting me. Naturally, I accepted it since meeting an Afghan in the other corner of the world was a privilege. To meet him, we had to go to Otago University. I didn't recognize the man but when he introduced himself as Dr Najibulah Lafraie, member of the "Jamiat-e Islami"(a fundamentalist-person Islamic party under the leadership of Rabbani), I was shocked. Not because of fear since I knew fulfilling person activities for the criminal fundamentalists is not easy thing in the Western countries. I was rather shocked to see one of the most dangerous fundamentalists occupying an academic place in the university of a very developed country. I was deeply saddened. How the foreign minister of a bloody, rapist, oppressive Islamic regime in Afghanistan imposed at gun-point from 1992-1996, was teaching at a university with 18,000 students from different parts of the world? At that very moment, I felt like screaming in front of four million New Zealanders telling them: wake up! how come you have allowed a person to put his dirty foot on your soil and that too as a university professor? Have you forgotten that Najibulah Lafraie is the brother in-creed of Osama Bin Ladin, Mullah Omar, Gulbaddin Hekmatyar, Ali Khamenai and other religious fascists?
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Though Lafraie looks stylish in suit and tie, as if trying to play the "civilized" and "democratic" man, yet he is hypocrite. Whether you like it or not, this university professor at Otago symbolizes a philosophy and politics that for an Afghan means rape, plunder, bloodshed and barbarity.
Unfortunately, I got to know about it towards the end of my trip. I had no access, before I left for Australia, to media so that I could tell the people and government of New Zealand that if you are honest in 'fighting terrorism' and in supporting the suffering Afghan people, expel Dr. Najibulah Lafraie from your country. Presence of individuals like him in New Zealand especially as a professor of university, is a stigma on your country's reputation. His place alongside with Osama, Mullah Omar, Gulbaddin, Rabbani, Sayyaf, Qanooni, Dr.Abdullah, Khalili, Zia Mbuttoud and other criminal fundamentalists is absolutely in the international court.
Meeting Lafraie in Dunedin city revived another painful fact: "fight against terrorism" by the United States and Allies is double standard.
If the United States and its allies are sincere and honest in their opposition to fundamentalist terrorism, then why they have granted asylum to all those "Parchami and Khalqi" (members of puppet parties of the former USSR) criminals bosses as well as the criminal ideologues of the Taliban and "Northern Alliance"?
Right now tens of such criminals are living in the United States, Canada and many European countries enjoying privileges. But the refugees, who are the victims of these criminals, confront numerous problems and even deported. Lafraie is one such example set by New Zealand.
If the West in its "fight against terrorism" was not hypocrite and was sincere in the welfare of Afghan people as well as establishment of democracy and women's freedom in Afghanistan, then instead of innocent individuals or low-rank persons, today people like Najibullah Lafraie should have been languishing at Gauntanamo. For their shocking crimes, they should be in dock. But on the contrary, Najibullah Lafraie is contaminating New Zealand and its academic environment and his brothers-in-creed like Khalili, Zia Mbuttoud, Mohaqiq, Qanooni, Sayyaf or Abdullah, Rashid Dostom, General Daud, Ismail and number of other liquidateers serve as advisors and ministers in Karzai's cabinet or have reached the parliament.
On my return, owing to health reasons, I couldn't write a report on my visit to New Zealand and Australia to express my heartfelt grabreastude to RAWA's supporters in both countries for their valuable and admirable work.
But now that Najibullah Lafraie, in a rare show of shamelessness, has threatened RAWA supporters in Australia and is trying to put a mask on his fundamentalist face, I am compelled to write not only about our conversation but also to reject his statement. I hope it will also attract the attention of Mr. Throman Holi who as a lawyer of Najibullah Lafraie has asked our supporters in Australia to remove an article about Najibullah Lafraie from their website and apologies this "foreign minister" of the criminals and persons.
Hence it is better Mr. Throman Holi first and foremost regards RAWA an organization that will always expose individuals like Najibullah Lafraie, and he should remember that RAWA is ready to propound its accusation against Najibullah Lafraie as the "foreign minister" of the most brutal and sick Islamic party in any court in New Zealand or in any part of the world on the condition that such court is free from religious fascist domination and influence.
First, some important points from the meeting with Najibullah Lafraie:
