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NO... please stop.. I need to get my camera first
Islamic teachings and sources are being used for mere demagoguery in Pakistan, and finding fertile soil in a mass of ignorant and deprived citizenry.
Islamic teachings and sources are being used for mere demagoguery in Pakistan, and finding fertile soil in a mass of ignorant and deprived citizenry.
sir, possibly its you who is deliberately trying to find something good in something that is extremely obtuse. just think about it.
Its about time you start reading about Islam and stop making such ignorant comments for the sake of god. I am saying this for your own benefit. Allah has gifted you Islam (by family inheritance) so dont waist this opportunity. Allah has also revealed his Book Quran for us Muslims to fallow NOT JUST la ilaha illa allah.
Islamic teachings and sources are being used for mere demagoguery in Pakistan, and finding fertile soil in a mass of ignorant and deprived citizenry.
I have thought about it long and hard. There is nothing like true Islam. NOTHING.
There is no need for you to worry about my benefit. My matters are between me and my Allah directly and I do not need you or anyone else to tell me about these matters.
This is between you and Allah..Allah has gifted me with not only the inheritance of generations in the service of Islam as warriors, but please be assured that personally my life has been truly blessed to be in His service since childhood.
Allah judges mankind by their hearts and mind. thats what i thinkI just do not wish to advertise my religious credentials, for it is between me and Allah only, and for those who know me well.
Your calling me ignorant merely reflects on you Sir, not me. Think about that the next time you wish to assume a moral high ground with me, which would be totally unjustifiable if only you knew.I stand by my statement:
I have thought about it long and hard. There is nothing like true Islam. NOTHING.
Where is Islam in Islamic Republic of Pakistan?
Given the present state of affairs, this is an important question indeed.
The role of Islam in the private life of its citizens is not the topic here, but rather the role that it plays in governance and social structures. There are those who would model this role after the western ideas of separation of church and state, and there are those who would want a total theocracy as pure as their ideal dating back to the early days of Islam. Caught in between these two camps is a nation of millions, sitting on crucial cross-roads of geography, history and future potential. In this nation where the majority of the population is illiterate, rural and deprived of basic needs of adequate shelter, nutrition, education and health services, this tussle is really between fairly small but influential camps.
One camp is the so-called elite, the educated gentry, who has enjoyed the best of everything that the country has to offer since it was created over half a century ago. This group pays lip service to cultural and religious sensitivities of the population at large and tries to carry on as if their privileged hold will last forever.
The opposing camp is the religious right, the staunch and rigid followers of a strict code that they wish to impose on all around them, whether they agree with such an interpretation or not. Emboldened by the events in the region since the 1980s, they see within their reach a prized goal: total control over a nuclear armed state, that can be subsequently translated into a launching pad to recreate an age old romanticised notion of a huge empire extending from South Asia to Northern Africa.
Caught in between these two camps is the battleground: the all-important armed forces and their various clandestine agencies, the corrupt and inefficient civil governments at various levels, and the political parties that are little more than loosely affiliated groups of thugs of various persuasions. These crucial entities have within them elements of both camps, creating an absolutely bewildering array of incoherent policies, abrupt reversals and tussles, conspiracies and machinations, aided and abetted by an equally bewildering array of foreign agencies and governments.
All of these parties know the power of Islam the religion as an extremely effective tool to mold and control the population at large. The armed forces use it as a motivational tool to inculcate the fatalistic desire for martyrdom in its rank and file troops while their superior officers play kingmakers and dabble in financially lucrative enterprises. The corrupt civil machinery uses it as the proverbial opium of the masses who can be relied upon to take all the indignities heaped upon them by those whose duty it is to serve them, with nary a complaint, while it continues to enrich and perpetuate itself. The political parties use it as a cloak to hide their naked lust for power and control, to be dropped as soon as they are able to grab the coveted seats of government, only to be conveniently reused when unceremoniously dismissed by the military overlords in conjunction with foreign influences and the opposing teams of thugs.
So there you have it, the convoluted and unpalatable answer: Islam in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is no more than a useful tool, cynically and endlessly used by all those who have a stake in the game.
Except of course, the millions who just wish to be able to lead an honest and simple life with dignity, for whom it is truly a saviour, for it gives them the forbearance to put up with the truly adverse circumstances prevailing today, and even gives them hope that the future may possibly be better than what it appears to be, by some miracle that probably will never materialise.
Wonderful... you summed it up very well..
All what you have said is true except the people of Pakistan who themselves are equally to be blamed for supporting such a corrupt system. But you are right. they are illiterate uneducated lack comprehension and some remain innocent thus cant decide on their own on this matter.
May be in his opinion it was a need of timeThe blame is equally to be blamed on Jinnah who established Colonial ruling systems in all parts of Pakistan. Mohammed Alama Iqbal would have been much much much better for Pakistan instead of Jinnah simply because he believed in true Islamic system not weak corrupt colonial british systems.
sir i would appreciate if u could share some of ure findings about true islam here.
i reall want to know more about it.
and please, dont take it as sarcasm, im quite serious about it.
May be in his opinion it was a need of time
Remember, Britain's main goal was to weaken the Muslim ummah by splitting them into many states. They made sure no Muslim nation that was formed during or after the collapse of British empire had Islamic ruling system (ummah Kalifah) which could merge together and once again become prospering ummah. During 1600-1700 Period the west prospered while Muslims of the subcontinent (and world wide) became lazy, greedy, more interested in spending wealth in useless things prime example "taj mahal". Muslims slowly turned away from the true values of Islam and its teachings and eventually all that resulted in the collapse of Ummah. Muslims occupied majority of Indian subcontinent but I believe Hindus and Sikh were more in numbers but in smaller region. In order to make sure the Muslims of subcontinent would never rise again (as a prospering nation) they divided the land and indirectly created rift among ourselves prime example ethnicity. Thats why muslims today in Pakistan are so ignorant. First they identify themselves as proud "pathan punjabi balochi etc" then Pakistani and then indirect importance of Islam (not talking about the spiritual aspect as only Allah can judge that).
This is where Pakistan comes from. Scattered nations, ethnicity, castes, etc has no importance in Islam. The Prophet said, Believers are like one man, because Islam wants the Muslims to be united, not divided. Strength lies in solidarity.
Coming back to Jinnah. It should be clear now the reason why Britian gave independence to Pakistan was because "Jinnah agreed on colonial ruling system" and nothing more. Only Mohammed Alama Iqbal supported the concept of true Islam for Pakistan. Jinnah did support this idea but I believe only to win hearts and minds of the muslims. If Mohammed Alama Iqbal was on Jinnah's place I believe he could have agreed upon British demands (just to get independence) but right after independence he would CHANGE THE COURSE OF PAKISTAN! He then would deliver clear message with actions that Pakistan's Ideology is based on true meaning of Islam and implemented the system which Jinnah failed to deliver.
Think of Pakistan as a "Colonial British" product which needs to be .