Jamiat has done a remarkable job in preserving and promoting Islamic culture in universities and colleges in Pakistan.
With due respect, I do not agree with you. I do not support dating and other crap, Allah has saved me from all this nonsense during my young hood; However, I also do not support those who try to stop these activities using violence as a tool. I am a believer of '
amr bil maaroof, nahi anil munkir' but if you take a close look, its
'amr bil maroof' that comes first and than comes
'nahi anil munkir'. What jamaatis (and later Lal-Masjid folks) did was, they sat aside the '
amr bil maaroof', and started enforcing '
nahi anil munkir' through violent means. This is totally un-Islamic as this is not the responsibility of the common citizens to
enforce laws even if the laws are correct and Islamic. Since the institutions in question are learning institutions, the IJT folks should try to address the problem (moral or religious) through the administration instead of taking laws in their own hands. Preservation of Islamic culture in the institutions is not the job of IJT (or any other political offshoot for that matter), its the responsibility of the administration and the board governing such administrative bodies.
Yes they have taken up arms and been involved in violence, but then again, Jamiat is a political based party, and all Political parties contribute to such culture. Jamiat is not alone and shouldn't be singled out. Only exception is Imran Khan's PTI.
As I mentioned earlier in my post, this criminal culture of forcing things through violent means was
introduced in the learning institutions
by the IJT which was later followed by other student unions and youth wings of the political parties. By doing this, the IJT did not set up any good example or served any good purpose because you do not go to the learning institutions to take part in battles, you go there to learn, and educate yourself. This whole concept of shoving idea down the throats of other people through unlawful and violent means is fundamentally wrong.