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Allama Mashriqi Founder of Khaksar Movement (Khaksar Tehrik) in British India

Khaksar Tehreek's Twenty-Four

Principles and Fourteen Point Decree

Twenty Four Principles of Khaksar Tehreek

1) Must not be against any Muslim.

2) Maintain healthy relationships with neighboring powers.3) Develop soldierly qualities.

4) Must obey orders of his/her appointed superior under all circumstances without hesitation.5) Develop the will to sacrifice everything for God.

6) Maintain punctuality.7) Should not fear anyone except God.

8) Become the ruling power and keep the total supremacy of Islam in mind.

9) Purify oneself.10) Provide social service without accepting remuneration in return.11) Offer prayers and follow the other principles of Islam.

12) Bring equality.13) Parade in military style and adopt military discipline.

14) Remove lethargy.15) Must keep spade with him.

16) Wear Khaki uniform and badge of brotherhood (Akhuwat).17) Greet each other with a salute.

18) Buy from fellow Khaksars to the best of his ability.19) Refrain from discussing religion.

20) Refrain from discussing politics.

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21) Preach unity among the Muslims at every opportunity.22) Avoid gossip.

23) Believe in action versus mere talking.24) Prepare every individual of the nation for central unity.

Fourteen Point Decree

On October 15, 1937, Allama Mashriqi decreed the 14 points of the Khaksar Terhik:

1. We Khaksars stand, by eliminating all sectarian feelings and religious bigotry through our v irtuous and beneficent deeds (butkeeping religion intact), for the creation of an egalitarian, tolerant and dominant order which will ensure proper treatment and well-

being of all communities and the basis of which will be virtue, piety, struggle and supreme justice.

2. The practical Islam of early days alone is true Islam. Khaksar does not accept anything other than the practice and conduct of the

Holy Prophet as Islam.

3. The path currently adopted by the maulvi is wrong. Khaksar is determined to eradicate this false religion from the face of the earthand enforce in its stead the True Islam of the Prophet (peace be upon him).

4. The community of the maulvis did not exist in early Islam. Therefore, Khaksar wants in their place to give birth to the community

of imams who would rule the nation in accordance with Shariah. (The expression Maulana should be expunged from the Islamicdictionary because it means Our Lord. In its place should be used sheikh al-fazil or other epithets.)

5. Khaksar does not touch doctrines of any religion school of thought and considers this convictional freedom as every Muslims right

but he stands for unity of action among all sects.

6. Khaksar considers it the religious right of every Muslim to act, in the light of the Holy Prophets own conduct, upon every prevalentor out-of-practice portion of the Quran and Hadith and is ready to make any sacrifice to free them from Government strangle hold.

7. Khaksar stands for respect of religious and social sentiments of every community (Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Parsees, Christians,

Jews, Scheduled Caste etc.), the stability of their specific cultures and traditions and exhibition of general tolerance, and considersthis behaviour as the secret of a thousand years long Islamic rule over India.

8. Khaksar considers it the primary responsibility of his organization to ensure restoration of each communitys legitimate c ivic rights

and the protection of their internal and external interests. To create general good will, the Khaksar is prepared to accept everycommunity as friendly partner and invited them to adopt the same attitude.

9. Khaksar has as his objective authority over the entire world and attainment of collective and political supremacy of his nation

through piety and virtuous deeds.

10. Khaksar stands for only one Bait-al-Maal in India which has already been established by Idara-i-Aleyya. He is opposed to thecreation of all separate Bait-al-Maals whatever sacrifice he may have to make for this. The purpose of this Bait-al-Maal is, for the

coming years, only to collect money, not to spend anything out of it.

11. Khaksar believes that he can attain supremacy in the world through his good conduct and fair dealings with every othercommunity, not by any other means. These moral magnanimities are mentioned almost in every religious book.

12. Khaksar considers it his duty to develop the trade of every other Khaksar so as to improve the economic condition of the nation.

He believes that his destination would remain out of reach without this.

13. From now on, Muawin Khaksar would be defined as one who sends direct to Idara-i-Aleyyas Bait-al-Maal at least six paisa amonth or one rupee a year and acts upon any general order issued by Idara-i-Aleyya, whatever the amount of sacrifice. Khaksar

believes that anybody doing less than this cannot take the Movement to its destination and his being a Muawin would not be ofany use.

14. We Khaksars (Pakbaz, Janbaz, and Ghair Janbaz) are deadly enemy of traitorous leaders harming the nation or using it for their

own benefit, public looters, paid agents of the enemy, anti-nation editors and newspapers, mal-propagandists, disrupters in leaguewith the enemy, mischief-mongers and propagators of hatred between different Indian communities or various sects, associations

or groups of Muslims to whatever community they belong, and stand for taking extreme revenge from them even though we haveto make utmost sacrifices.

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Muqalaat Aur Doosri TehreerainVolume 3. Author: Inayat ullah Khan Al-Mashriqi. Publisher (1977) by Idarah-i-Talimat-i-Mashriqi

Lahore,Pakistan pp. 79-80