Musharraf criticizes dubbing Pakistan nukes ‘Islamic bomb’

[Introvert]

Talking on Pakistan’s nuclear programme President Musharraf said the nukes have no threat. He questioned labeling Pakistan’s nuclear bomb as “Islamic bomb.” He asked why the other bombs not being named as Hindu bomb or Zionist bomb? It is incorrect to dub Pakistan nuclear bomb an Islamic bomb, he said.

Musharraf warned against judging Pakistan by "misconceived" standards of Western democracy.

"I have upheld the constitution and laws of Pakistan. Please, look at Pakistan from Pakistan eyes," he said.

Musharraf criticizes dubbing Pakistan nukes ‘Islamic bomb’

 

[Energon]

I dont think there is reason to complain. Pakistan since the 70s has furthered it's nuclear program in order to be the first Islamic nation to possess the nuclear bomb. So even if the moniker "Islamic Bomb" arose from the western press, the original link between an Islamic nation and the bomb was made by Pakistan itself.

Also, I believe it was Zulfakir Bhutto who said "if that the Christians, Jews and Hindus have a bomb, why shouldn't the Muslims have a bomb?" (CBC documentary "Nuclear Jihad" 2006)

 

[solid snake]

This is a ridiculous term. Our bombs are for Pakistan only, not the entire Muslim world.

 

[IceCold]

Also, I believe it was Zulfakir Bhutto who said "if that the Christians, Jews and Hindus have a bomb, why shouldn't the Muslims have a bomb?" (CBC documentary "Nuclear Jihad" 2006)

So where does it mean that muslims having bombs should be linked with religion islam? West needs to stop misinterpretating things because it serves no purpose other then excite the hate between the two sides.

 

[Karma]

Why blame others, while the late Z A Bhutto named it as "Islamic Bomb"?

 

[IceCold]

Why blame others, while the late Z A Bhutto named it as "Islamic Bomb"?

Open your eyes or get them examined? where was it mentioned as an islamic bomb? All he said that if jews christians and hindus can have a bomb so can muslims but where does it say he called it an islamic bomb or linked it with islam for that matter.

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

Talking on Pakistan’s nuclear programme President Musharraf said the nukes have no threat. He questioned labeling Pakistan’s nuclear bomb as “Islamic bomb.” He asked why the other bombs not being named as Hindu bomb or Zionist bomb? It is incorrect to dub Pakistan nuclear bomb an Islamic bomb, he said.

Musharraf warned against judging Pakistan by "misconceived" standards of Western democracy.

"I have upheld the constitution and laws of Pakistan. Please, look at Pakistan from Pakistan eyes," he said.

Musharraf criticizes dubbing Pakistan nukes ‘Islamic bomb’

Can't be a Hindu bomb since India is not a Hindu country.

A Parsi (Homi Bhabha) and a Moslem (APJ Abdul Kalam) apart from Hindu and Christian Scientists are responsible for the bomb. Not forgetting Nehru and Ms Gandhi!

One could call it the "Secular" Bomb, if labels make a bomb more potent!

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

Open your eyes or get them examined? where was it mentioned as an islamic bomb? All he said that if jews christians and hindus can have a bomb so can muslims but where does it say he called it an islamic bomb or linked it with islam for that matter.

Here it is:

The late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was then Pakistan's Prime Minister, warned that "we will eat leaves and grass, even go hungry" to build the country's own weapon. "There's a Hindu bomb, a Jewish bomb and a Christian bomb," Bhutto once wrote. "There must be an Islamic bomb."
The Islamic Bomb - TIME

 

[IceCold]

Here it is:

What absolute BS are you quoting me. Time magazine! known was its anti pakistan propaganda. Wasnt it the time magazine that called pakistan the most dangerous nation in the world even more then iraq and afghanistan. Woww you do get carried away trying to prove your point.

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

True.

TIME is busllshit and so is everything else?

Matter of convenience and flavour of the moment, right?

Do I take it that should TIME write something favourable about Pakistan that is also Bulshit?

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

How about this praising Musharraf?

Is this also bullcrap?

TIME Magazine: Pakistan - Pervez Musharraf

 

[Energon]

So where does it mean that muslims having bombs should be linked with religion islam? West needs to stop misinterpretating things because it serves no purpose other then excite the hate between the two sides.

Hey, I'm not the one who started classifying nuclear armaments by religious groups. Z Bhutto did; and by default he was the one who brought about the entire concept of the Islamic bomb. Maybe that wasn't his intention, but he inadvertently made it so. Likewise, until pressure was created in the aftermath of 9/11; the GoP and the media always touted Pakistan for being the only Muslim nuclear power to make an impact upon global politics and as a way to strengthen bonds with gulf nations (There are clips of Nawaz Sharif talking about Pakistan as the first nuclear Islamic state with a wheelchair bound King Fahd and then crown prince Abdullah on that documentary) again, by default this link was promoted in the media. There is no point in complaining about it now. History can't be re written.

 

[IceCold]

True.

TIME is busllshit and so is everything else?

Yes time is BS! peace of advice try to find something better as a soruce to prove your point then time.

Matter of convenience and flavour of the moment, right?

Whatever

Do I take it that should TIME write something favourable about Pakistan that is also Bulshit?

Yes please be my Guest. Take it as you please. Wouldnt change the facts anyway time is BS.

 

[IceCold]

Hey, I'm not the one who started classifying nuclear armaments by religious groups. Z Bhutto did; and by default he was the one who brought about the entire concept of the Islamic bomb. Maybe that wasn't his intention, but he inadvertently made it so. Likewise, until pressure was created in the aftermath of 9/11; the GoP and the media always touted Pakistan for being the only Muslim nuclear power to make an impact upon global politics and as a way to strengthen bonds with gulf nations (There are clips of Nawaz Sharif talking about Pakistan as the first nuclear Islamic state with a wheelchair bound King Fahd and then crown prince Abdullah on that documentary) again, by default this link was promoted in the media. There is no point in complaining about it now. History can't be re written.

Look there is no doubt that we are the only muslim nuclear armed nation, but that doesnt mean the bomb is islamic. It means that since pakistan is an islamic country with muslims as its resident, so by default we are the only muslim nation but that doesn incline to this fact that we call it an islamic bomb. Bombs have nothing to do with religion, they are bombs meant for only one thing the destruction of others. Its just that this fact was distortled into the western media by naming it as an islamic bomb and protaying it like some sort of threat to the non islamic countires. This should stop. west needs to stop dreaming about disarming pakistan's nuclear weapons in the name of religion.

 

[Energon]

Look there is no doubt that we are the only muslim nuclear armed nation, but that doesnt mean the bomb is islamic. It means that since pakistan is an islamic country with muslims as its resident, so by default we are the only muslim nation but that doesn incline to this fact that we call it an islamic bomb. Bombs have nothing to do with religion, they are bombs meant for only one thing the destruction of others. Its just that this fact was distortled into the western media by naming it as an islamic bomb and protaying it like some sort of threat to the non islamic countires. This should stop. west needs to stop dreaming about disarming pakistan's nuclear weapons in the name of religion.

Dude, I'm totally with you; the point I'm trying to make however is that the western media can't really be blamed for conjuring this whole thing up. The seeds of the "Islamic Bomb" moniker were sowed by Pakistan itself under a different political atmosphere, and I don't think this can be changed. What's done is done.