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Was Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah a "desi liberal" or an Islamist?

No, we made Pakistan because we wanted to create a secular (Muslim majority) nation, to escape from Hindu prejudice and domination over everyone non-Hindu. The creation of Pakistan had nothing to do with Islam. If that is the case, then why didn't Bangladesh become a part of India post 1971...

Sindhis and Bengalis were not Muslims in their eyes, but simply, heretics, because they viewed their ethnic identity as the primary one. That is why they didn't support Bengalis and Sindhis in the past.

But a moderate Islamic nation (like Turkey etc) not governed by Shariah. Islamists wants Pakistan to be governed by Shariah law, the likes of Zia ul Haq did that, and look where it brought us. A simple question for you: a) Are you a Muslim first or a Pakistani first? I am technically a...

My chachu's wife was of Bengali ethnicity, and lives in Karachi to this day. I have heard of plenty of Bengalis living in Karachi too. Are military chiefs such as Raheel Sharif Islamist? No, they are far closer in their ideology to liberalism. No, the reason why Islamist groups were against...

Shame on this so-called Indian democracy that targets people for even holding a different opinion.

Because Islamists do not agree with ethnic separatism (Sindhi insurgency, Bengali separatism in the past). They will oppose military actions against religious militants, because they view them as fellow Muslim brothers. It has nothing to do with patriotism.

Can you answer the following questions: a) What the total population of secularists/liberals in Pakistan? b) What is the population of Pakistan bashers that are secularists/liberals? If you cannot answer a) and b), how can you claim only a minority of secularists/liberals are patriots...

I have some Bangladeshi friends here in the US. Believe it or not, they support the Pakistan cricket team over the Indian one. They generally like Pakistan more than they like India. It is only the Awami League and their supporters that hate Pakistan/Pakistanis and love India.

My chachu was a "liberal" who was in the Pakistani Airforce as a Flight Lieutenant based in Chittagong, East Pakistan; and he embraced shahadat in the 1971 defending this motherland. He was awarded a Sitare-e-Jurat by the Pakistan government. So no one can tell me that liberals/secularists...

The state should be respectful of the rights of minorities in a nation, and not become a fascist state, like France is becoming. However, the minorities must do everything they can to integrate with mainstream society, which the French Muslims are clearly not doing. Special...

Burkas (face veil) have no place on the beach, or anywhere else to be honest. In the US, we see women in hijabs on the beach, without any problems for them.

What statistical evidence do you have that such Islamists are in minority? Most of the terrorist violence we have seen in this country is religiously motivated. Do you know that non-Muslims and "secularists" also fought in the Pakistan Army in the 1965 and 1971 wars? Islamists love their...

There are secularists here that staunchly defend Pakistan. Why generalize? Islamists also brainwash individuals to carry out terrorist activities all over the country.

I think all Pakistanis, even those on PDF, would be extremely hospitable to her or any other Indian as valued guests; unless they do not "pull off a Rajnath Singh" in our country. In that case, every Pakistani will become a Chaudhry Nisar haha.

I know there is a lot of chest-thumping going on here. "Modi sarkar ne Pakistan aatangwaadion ko dikha diya etc." But if you examine the situation with a calm mind, you will see, that regardless of Pakistan involvement in J&K, it has maintained the diplomatic norms and professionalism. The Modi...

Blind jingoism from the likes of Arnab Goswami, and people with his mindset is never a good thing.

I believe in the two-nation theory despite being "liberal". The Indian subcontinent was too big to handle, wreaking with "Hindu nationalism" and "Muslim nationalism". Religious nationalism is always wrong, and if any sort of nationalism is better, it is secular nationalism. India is still...

India has all the hallmarks of a fascist state.

I am a free thinking liberal, not an undignified "sell-out" who you refer to as "liberal".