LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Deputy Chief Hafiz Muhammad Idrees on Friday said the plight of the Muslim rulers was pitiable as they placed themselves at the mercy of the US or Britain at different times. Addressing a large Friday congregation at Mansoora Mosque, he said that Almighty Allah had always given supremacy to Islam. He said that the message of the holy month of Ramazan was that the Muslims should choose God fearing and bold people as their leaders who could see eye to eye with the enemy. He said that Islam was destined to be the dominating force and not be subservient to anyone. He said that the Muslim Ummah would be suppressed and subservient when it did not respond to the call of Islam in any sphere. He said the plight of the Muslim rulers was pitiable as they placed themselves at the mercy of the US or Britain at different times. He said it was time that the nation went through the process of self accountability and elected a leadership that was aware of the problems of the Ummah and was also capable of solving these. He said that the forthcoming elections were the best opportunity for the nation to reject thugs and plunderers and instead elect religious party candidates who were men of character and integrity. Published in Daily Times, May 26th 2018.