It seems the people on PDF ( and I mean PDF not Pakistan ) holds two different opinions over building temples in Pakistan and from what I am reading from the members ( Seniors and relative New Members ) it seems like both of the parties are not understanding the matter through the Constitution and the Law given by Allah .
On one side the Constitution of Pakistan that Allows minorities to be free to go their places of Worship but Muhammad Ali Jinnah also in his speeches emphasize on the Constitution of Pakistan will surely be guided by the Divine Book Quran, The conflict of Ideas between the two sides where One side wants temples to be raised for minorities as they are our subjects and their rights are due to us as taught by the Prophet Muhammad Pbuh but on the other hand we have no relative example where Muhammad Pbuh himself ever appreciated or let a newly build Temple or place of Worship for Allat ul Uzza which were the 2 major Idols in Kaaba , I am noticing people here trying to be secular and presenting themselves to be the savior of Pakistan in their desperate attempt to outdo the man who was called " Rehmat ullil Aalameen " Mercy for the mankind , and on the other hand we have those who wants let the minorities worship their Gods from their homes and many of their logic comes from the Sunnah of Prophet at the conquest of Mecca when Muslims destroyed the Idols in Kaaba without having a tiny bit sentiment of those who wants to hold of the religion of their ancestors. So the Question Arise that are we the people of Pakistan trying to pretend to be better than the people who conquest the mecca that include Abu Bakr , Umar , Uthman , Ali , Abu ubaida , Khalid , Amr Ibn Aas , Saad bin Ibi Waqas RA to All ?
The Circumstances is changed and as this is Pakistan and not Hijaz which is the Stronghold and birth Place of Islam, the people are extremists on both sides, on one side we have those Liberals who just want to be accepted in the western Society and their life long achievement is that someone of White skin calls them a Moderate Muslim, Thats it for them and on the other hand we have those extremists that wants to relive the times of Prophet by destroying the temples considering it to be Sunnah which is applicable to them after a 14 hundred year long changes in the civilization and societies . One must not forget that the Arab Land of 7th Century was different yet very similar to the modern day Pakistan and I can draw some similarities to both .
When Muhammad Pbuh first laid the foundation of the first welfare state of Medina which inherit the Christians and Jews of Medina and zam them into one Nation and become the subjects of States, while they were given complete autonomy and freedom to practice their faith, rule by their laws we haven't seen the same ruling for the Idol worshipers which were either converted to Islam or died fighting the Prophet . I urge people to study and understand the topic which is sensitive to a country like Pakistan and also sensitive to the people of Pakistan ( Hindus & Sikhs ) who are mainly Idol worshipers which comes under the category of Shirk ( one of the greatest Sin in Islam ) People need to understand that Prophet ordered the Idols of Kaaba to be removed but he did not forced anyone to willing destroy their Gods, they did it after the they experience the treatment of Muslims to them hence they did the job themselves, so for us we don't need to follow up the Prophets Order by claiming that just because our prophet did it so shall we by setting fires to temples, after the Death of Prophets we saw new religions been born like Sikhism and hence its followers are now a integrated part of societies across the world, as a Muslim if we are true to our faith, such temples or Gurdwara will not shake the foundation of our Deem , Imaan ( Faith ) for us they are our subjects which trusted their matters and lives to us by abiding by our laws and pay the taxes to the Islamic State of Pakistan, which puts them and their places of Worship under the protection of the State of Pakistan . Yes Idol worship is wrong and Haram but so are many other things, we should not become so secular that we start hating our own historical identities and what we are a Monotheist faith, and this is what most of the Secular's are in path to become, sooner or later them or their future generation will hate their own faith just to be adjusted in the more " secular and modern Society " .
There are countless Hadith and narrations on the vary situation where Prophet shows concern and warn people about that in the later times holding on Islam will become so hard and people will be ashamed to practice or even talk about their faith, and we are seeing it today all over the world hence Pakistan is no exception .
In the last, I would say that Temples are places of Worship for certain people and they believe their God resides in those idols, now we are not in a conquering era where we have to defend Islam from the Attacks from outside, in fact Islam is in danger today from the Muslims themselves than any outer threat , as these People are subjects of Pakistan and law abiding People it is our duty by the indirect sunnah of Prophet to protect their rights and places of Worship, we are given a more non violent or aggressive way of dealing with Idol worshipers by calling them to Islam through Dawah rather than forcing them to convert or not allowing them to build their places of Worship, let us not forget that every human who worship either a Idol , baba , Guru , Jesus , Fire , Volcano , Animal or whatever that prayer goes to Allah and he listens to all and he Provides to All , he withheld the judgement to whom he will Punish for what crimes to himself and it is not in our Auqaat and place to tell or argue with Allah on things he put only for himself . If Allah wills the destruction of Pakistan no one can stop it , If Allah will the Protection of Pakistan no one can harm it, remember that .. When Gibrael A.S was given orders to destroy the Nation of Loot AS , he made a stop with 2 other angels at the house of Ibrahim A.S to give him the glad tiding of the upcoming son, And Ibrahim AS try to Argue with Angels about the destruction of the whole Nation and they responded, we were given Orders to deliver the Message or Destruction it is not our place to question the Will of Allah nor does anyone can, whatever we or anyone can argue Allah has already thought and act on it before he made his decision .
As for my both sides of Pakistani's , the temple is indeed a place of Idol worshiping but they are not undermining our laws or faith by calling us or forcing us to follow like in India they force Muslims to chant Jai Shri Ram, as a state's Loyal Subjects it is our duty to protect their rights and stand for them cause they are our people , but also in the process we must not lose our own identity and image as a Muslim , we are someone who are suppose to achieve peace through Surrendering our Wills and Desires to Allah, hence we must not act on the desires and will of our own because it could be what Shytan would want us to do .
Guard yourself from the Fitna of dividing the Islam, Guard yourself against any ill thought for your fellow human beings, guard yourself from losing yourself and your identity , and most importantly stick to the Teachings of Prophet and Quran as long as your hold them both tight, there is no way you will perish even if the whole world is against you .
