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I appreciate ur posts on this forum...they are often very insightful, knowledgable, and a treat to read. I like ur balanced approach and an open mind.Thanks!
Yes, some of us are skeptical of the Ummah . In 1914 the Arabs decided that they were Arabs first and Muslims afterwards they sided with British Imperialism to topple the Ottoman Empire and deliver Jerusalem to the Christians and the Zionists on a platter. Our obsession with the Ummah led us to trust a section of our population who loved their language and identity far more than their "Islamic brethren" and joined the "kuffar" to deliver us the most treacherous blow ever.
Today the Khadimal Harmain Sharifain are teaming up with the kuffar and the saihoonis to bankrupt and disarm us
یہ مسلمان ہیں جنہیں دیکھ کے شر ما یں یہود-
The Indian Muslims are our very own. They are the only Muslim community in the world who really care for Pakistan and given a fearsome sacrifice in blood and tears for us. If Pakistan was a super power, or if the Ummah was united we would have given our blood to help our brethren. The blunt fact is we can't.
Our position today is like Turkey in from 1919-1923 when the Turks bankrupted, and defeated, faced an invasion from 6 major western powers, North African ( "Muslim") nations, and dozens of mini-ethnic paid "Language Nationalist " type groups. The Turks calied it Istiklal-e-Harbi. The Turks watched in helpless horror as minority Muslim populations in their once held provinces like Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece and Romania were wholesale slaughtered by occupation armies. Even the majority Muslim territories were not spared and overrun by Armenia Georgia backed by the Soviet Union ( a dozen Kashmirs). None of the Arab Ummah countries, quickly signing oil contracts and squabbling over Shiekhdoms cared as Turkey starved and bled to death.
It was then that Turkey realized it couldn't save the Turkish minority population in the distant territories it once controlled (though it later helped the Cypriot Muslims) which is why they made a "Turkey first" slogan. If Turkey had to help its brethren it had to first look out for itself and survive. Turkey became insular and even recognized Israel. It was a punch in the nose to the Arabs to their once "enemy" recognize their sworn enemy. Turks turned the "Arabs first" equation to "Turks first".
To sum up it is not being suggested that we neglect Indian Muslims emotionally. All that is being suggested is that we cannot be held psychologically hostage to their plight. Our enemy knows how to hurt us emotionally and degrade our morale by inflicting death and violence on Indian Muslims, The Greeks and Bulgarians did exactly that to the Turks but the Turks survived to exact vengeance later.
Pakistan must survive.
Growing up...I adhered strongly to the ummah concept...but no more. The world only respects money and power...nothing else matters. At a country/nation level...ur good intentions towards someone don't matter, it doesn't matter that u sweat for them or bleed for them, or have their back, fighting shoulder to shoulder...
...all of that goes down the drain the moment they don't need u.
Pakistan/Pakistanis should put Pakistan's interests first. They need to work hard to make Pakistan prosper...make it strong economically militarily and in all different manners.
And no it's not the Islamic concept of ummah I have given up on...but rather the true Muslims have ceased to exist(on a large scale)...no Muslims...no ummah...just interests. To make my point I'll quote a different line from the same "Jawab e Shikwa" that u quoted...
یوں تو سیّد بھی ہو، مرزا بھی ہو، افغان بھی ہو
تم سبھی کچھ ہو ، بتاؤ تو مسلمان بھی ہو
The concept of Ummah is dead...with the state that Muslims around the world are currently in.
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