It will never come to being a Theocratic state. One only has to see the performance of the religious right in the recent national elections.
What there is, is a cultural drift away from the western secular thought towards an islamic identity. Islam and Mullahs are not the same. There is a growing tendency towards reinterpreting Islam to meet modern requirements even though one might have to revert to the salaf roots to do so. The element of islamic humanism is in the process of being defined. This will take some time. But it will surely be rediscovered.
Islam transcends the alphabet depicted in the aticle. I am sure you can get other oublications that teach the urdu alphabet differently. What you have illustrated is a very extreme case.
fazal Habib Curmally
2008-09-29 12:09:38
Followers of JehaaDi Mollaas are a small percentage in Pakistan but more than enough to cause a lot of Bombings. Majority of fully aware Pakistanis are against Talibani kind of system imposed on Pakistan but there are a lot of Pakistanis, who don't know the realities of Talibani System and this ignorant part of illiterate backwards people makes it sound like majority of Pakistanis want Islamic System or Shriyah Law.
The Reason is, Pakistanis are tired of all kind of Corruption and think, Islamic System is the solution of their all problems, when actually its not because cause of all kinds Corruption is not lack of Shriyah or Islamic Laws or Govt. being Secular since Secular Countries of the world are least corrupt of the world and almost like, what Moslim Countries are supposed to be.
These People do not know this and think, Western Culture is the root of all Evils, when its not. The real Problem is lack of Character in Moslims because Mollaas have created their own Islam by inventing '5 Pillars of Islam'. The Proof is, these Pillars have not been declared Pillars of Islam by Allah in Qoraan or their Holy Prophet in Hadith.
The Basics of Islam are 10 Commandments given by God to Prophet Moses 3,500 years ago and they are pretty simple. 1. Do not have other gods before Me; 2. Donot bow to graven images (of other gods); 3. Donot call My name in vain; 4. Remember the day of worship; 5. Honor thy parents; 6. Do not kill; 7. Do not commit Adulatry; 8. Do not be false witness or lie (cheat, distort the truth, connive etc); 9. Do not steal (defraud, rob, extort Bribe, offer Bribe, etc); 10. Do not covet.
Following Verse in Qoraan, Allah legitimized these 10 Commandments:
(2:136) Say, "We believe in GOD, and in what was sent down to us, and in what was sent down to Abraham, Ismail, Isaac, Jacob, and the Patriarchs; and in what was given to Moses and Jesus, and all the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction among any of them. To Him alone, we are Submitters (the followers of Islam)."
10 Commandments have been repeated in Qoraan again and again with much more details and new angles but they are ignored over '5 Pillars of Islam' by Mollaas for over a thousand years because the Pillars bring in more benefit to Mollaas than Basics of Islam.
Pillars of Islam are, TauheeD, Nmaaz, Rozah, ZkaaT and Hajj. 4 of them have nothing to do with building our Character because they are just Rituals and Traditions.
* Nmaaz gives Mollaas their status in the society and they make money by collecting Donations, when we go to Mosques and worship in their leadership.
* Rozah also brings in Money and tons of best Foods for at least a month.
* ZkaaT again, brings in Money for them.
* Hajj also brings in certain amount of money to them as Advisors and providers of Escort Services.
We can see it all happening in front of our eyes as first request of 'tableeghi JmaaT' and Mollaas is to go to our neighbourhood Mosque for Nmaaz. It sounds like Nmaaz is the most important part of being a Moslim, not abstaining from lying, cheating, stealing, offering Bribes, extorting Bribes, Money Extortion, committing Fraud, being Sectarian Hate Mongers, being Ethnic Hate Mongers, being Killers, Killers of Non Moslims, being 'Aqrbaa Perver' etc when all these are the 'Basic Sins' in Islam and not going to Mosques is not a 'Basic Sin' according to Fiqah.
Actually, not even Consumption or Alcohol and eating Pork were not Basic Sins in Islam but since they are legal for Non Moslim, they have become the biggest Sins because of hate of Mollaas against Non Moslims.
Mollaas have made Islam a religion of hating others including the people of believers of other Sects than theirs thus, they proudly bomb each others Mosques too. They have proven to be the biggest Evil of Islam.
Mollaas have made their Islam a profitable Business by inventing '5 Pillars of Islam' and their role in society as Guardians of our religion does not exist and the proof is that we Moslims are known to be the most characterless people of the world. Our countries top the list of Most Corrupt Nations of this planet.
We need a reform badly. I propose, ...
1. No Imam of a Mosque should be less than a Science Graduate.
2. No Imam or any other person should be allowed to issue an Edict without Govt. Approval.
3. All Religious Speakers should be punished for saying anything wrong inside and outside the Mosque that violates certain set rules of Freedom of Speech.
4. All Schools and Seminaries run by Religious People should be closed-down.
5. Education should be made free up to High School Level.
6. Standard of High School and College education should be at par with advanced countries of the world.
7. No more College Degrees in Urdu and other languages. English only.
8. The Official Name of Pakistan should not have word Islamic in it and a completely Secular Constitution should be written.
9. All Religious Political Parties should be banned, not only JehaaDi Groups.
S U Turkman
2008-09-04 01:09:04
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