The crisis of Pakistani nation-state rest essentially in a failure of her dominant discourse (ideology; worldview), which not only allows the reproduction of elitism but fails to prepare our youth to deal with the political, economic, and cultural complexities of the world we live in.
1947, Pakistani ruling elite constructed a discourse around the notion of an Islamic Republic of Pakistan and they decided that as Pakistan was created in the name of Islam which provides the only true basis of our national identity AND ALSO . Pakistan was an accidental product of a struggle to safeguard the rights of Muslims in the pre-Partition India. The tension between secular and theocratic forces has become much more severe, primarily due to the growth of so-called "fundamentalism," which I prefer to call "Neem Mullahism." There is an element of truth in the famous Urdu proverb: Neem Mullah Khatrah-e-Emaan (which means that a partially/poorly educated Mullah is a threat to the religious faith). Neem Mullahism unequivocally stresses that:
1) Islam needs to be imposed with or without the power of the state as a solution to the existing crisis-prone everyday life in Pakistan and elsewhere; and
2) a struggle in the name of Allah would ensure each Mujahid a secure place in the immortal world of happiness and luxury in the heaven.
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by ragadsingh on Mar 12, 2008 12:03 PM Permalink
In tiny Vietnam, the Americans had killed more than one million people. Nevertheless, the Vietnamese did not invest in explosive vests and belts , Nor did ISRAELI jews ...........!!!!!!!! But Muslims do and only they do it quite frequently !!!!!!.
1. It is a shame that less than 65% of Pakistani children have schools to go to, and only 3% of the eligible population goes to universities.
2. The crimes of mullahs, because they are committed in the name of Islam, go unpunished today. The situation in Pakistan%u2019s tribal areas is dire and deteriorating. Inspired by the fiery rhetoric from mosques, fanatics murder doctors and health workers administering polio shots. They blow up video shops and girls schools, kill barbers who shave beards, stone alleged adulterers to death, and destroy billboards with women%u2019s faces. No one is caught or punished. Pakistan%u2019s civil society has chosen to remain largely silent, unmoved by this barbarism.
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by ragadsingh on Mar 12, 2008 12:03 PM Permalink
4. Agreed that only 5-10 percent of madrassas breed militancy, and thus dismiss this as a fringe phenomenon. But if the number of Pakistani madrassas is 20,000 (give or take a few thousand; nobody knows for sure) this amounts to 1000-2000.
For a state that has not shied from using even artillery and airpower on its citizens, the softness on the mullahs was astonishing. It is the official sponsorship of jihad by the Pakistani establishment in earlier times; the poison injected into students through their textbooks; and the fantastic growth of madrassas across Pakistan.
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by maha chodoo on Mar 12, 2008 12:12 PM Permalink
Go-hatya(cow-slaughter) ka phal hai sab!!! haram-zade aise hi marenge, ek doosre ko kat kat kar! Yad hai thakur us roz kacheri mein kitna taap ham ko? char-char police-wale jakde huye, pair me bedi, hath mein hathkadi, yaad hai??? ab tum chillao, HAM TAMAASA DEKHENGE!!! ARI OOOO SAMBHA, UTHA TO ZARA BANDOOK AUR LAGA NISANA IN PAKIYON KI GXXND PAR!!! HAHA AB AYEGA MAZA!!!
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by Palani on Mar 12, 2008 12:09 PM Permalink
CNN Report (March 11, 2008): · Bush appoints Pakistani native, Sada Cumber, U.S. envoy to Muslim nations · Rice: Cumber will help the United States explain itself to the Muslim world · Cumber, an American Muslim, says he is in unique position to promote dialogue · Bush: "... mission is to explain to the Islamic world that America is a friend..." US Secretary of States Condelesa Rice said Islam is an important part of the American life, %u201COur growing Muslim population is a great and welcom addition to our country,%u201D she said at a gathering of diplomates from conference member countries at The State Department.
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by dot on Mar 12, 2008 12:50 PM Permalink
HAHA DUMB japan nuked by usa , vietnam bombed by usa , korea divided by usa , 6 million jews killed by hitler , world war 1 & 2 fought by westeners , aztec civilzation and aborgines of australia decimated by europeans .... present day ,, iraq , afghansitan , palastine , bosnia invaded by westeners ... and this dumb ass is talking abt these figures
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by dot on Mar 12, 2008 01:25 PM Permalink
Name a few just dont talk there has been this and there has been that & BUGGER i have talked abt present also ,, simple plan facts not ambigious statements
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by JGN on Mar 12, 2008 12:18 PM Permalink
Mr.Palani, you can get a free copy of The Koran from Project Gutenberg. Pl read the same and understand the nature of the religion for yourself.
Also see The Skeptics Annotated Bible. It has category-wise verses like Abusrdities, Contradictions, Hatred, Good Stuff, etc from The Old Testament, The New Testament, The Koran and The Book of Mormon
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by Palani on Mar 12, 2008 12:51 PM Permalink
@JGN, Website accessiblity is not correct. If anyone want to say some thing he should bring it printed. or the person should be known to the world, Bush and Rice are know to the world. Cnn has qoted their message. you can verify it. like this give references people who said this. This is like some one said some one quoted as saying.
