So what is it like if you need government work done. Do you have to bribe? Also I hear it takes decades to get court hearings ..that does not seem efficient or meritocratic.
Al Ghazali's main argument, which on the face of it is very reasonable, is that mathematicians should stay out of religion because that is not their training.
He said this because mathematicians were much admired by those who follow them for their clarity and the beauty of proofs...
Imam Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali - he declared mathematics to be the work of the devil in the 11th century, and from there began the decline of the Muslim world.
I am not saying the results of what he did was good, he was just doing what he though best to damp down ethno nationalism, which as you point out was rampant at that time.
Honestly, I think the final outcome we have today was pretty much a given from 1947 itself. There was nothing we could...
What choice did Zia have? he did what he did to unite the country.
He thought Islam would bring Pakistan together at a time when when ethno nationalism had just broken the country into two.
Who is to say he was not right?
We do follow rules. Rules on how to dress, what to eat, how to address our elders. We don't follow rules on traffic or queuing.
We just haven't switched from the middle ages to modern times yet.
For all practical purposes that has already happened. The LOC is completely quiet. India centric outfits in Pakistan can't be completely closed out because they may turn against the state esp. In these difficult times. So peace has been made as far as is possible. It is not possible to go...