In one thread, you want Pakistanis to leave Muslim Ummah concept and work for it's own interests; in this thread you are condemning Pakistan for working in it's own interest. Isn't that double standards?
Then, you come from a country which has used almost 50% of the veto votes in UN...
Living here in the West, I have understood that it is considered as a cultural norm to convert from the faith of your parents or abandon it altogether......there may be some resistance but it is now socially acceptable.
In Pakistan and the other non-Western countries, you are in the...
You are implying that if other people are on the wrong path, you also need to follow them but if some people are on the right path you won't follow them. What logic.....!
P.S. Everybody needs to read post 112. It contains verses from Quran, Hadith and sayings of some of the most gifted minds...
My POV from a non-religious angle:
No man is an island and neither is a nation.
In this inter-dependent world (a community of nations), in order to progress we need to make alliances and in order for those alliances to be fruitful, some things need to be sacrificed or shared - ideologies...
Islam is not a religion; it encompasses and over-writes all borders/cultures/traditions/norms (i.e political/social ideologies).
Sects are only present in a religion, which Islam is not.
There is not context, Quran explains itself.
"And whosoever is conscious of Allah, He will make a way for him to get out (from every difficulty). And He will provide him from (sources) he never could imagine. And whoever puts his trust in Allah, then He will suffice him. Verily, Allah will accomplish His purpose. Indeed Allah has sent a...
Regardless of differences of culture, language, tradition and the like, Allah/Quran guides Muslims to be together and not divided.
Qur'an 3:103
And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided. And remember the favor of Allah upon you - when you were enemies...
Pakistan's annual budget = ~$40 Billion
US Aid (after consultancy fee etc) = ~$1 Billion
That's only 2.5% of our budget with a thousand strings attached.
Do we really need it?
US wants a Pakistan subservient to Indian hegemony in the region; Nawaz Sharif by issuing such - 'I intend to be the most obedient servant' - statements is only scratching US back just as US is scratching India's back by putting bounty on Hafiz Saeed's head.
I used to call him Ganja S*o*o*r. Then he got Cas*trated - twice - first by Mushy than by Zardari; Now, I call him Miss Piggy.
More Cas*trations are sure to follow!
The real reason of Muhammad bin Qasim's invasion is given in Chach Nama:
The primary reason noted in the Chach Nama for the expedition by the governor of Basra Al-Hajjaj bin Yousef against Raja Dahir, was the raid by pirates (protected by Raja Dahir) off the coast of Debal. resulting in the...
Another one of those pressure tactics US has been using in last 5 months to coerce Pakistan open the NATO supply routes. NATO supply routes should not be opened in any case - this is the only way to guarantee peace and prosperity in the region.
Sanctions on Pakistan have brought wonders to our defense industry, it was only after 'Pressler amendments' in 1990s that Pakistan followed a path of indigenous weapons development program in collaboration with China and on it's own.
On the other hands, aid has always slowed us down and made...
The problem with us, Muslims, is that we can not agree to disagree.
That rigidity of thought which is indoctrinated from birth by our parents, so called religious scholars and government propaganda freezes any introduction of free thought in our lives.
One can not miss that in this forum...
Wasn't it the Israeli who started it first by stealing their lands from Palestinians and denying them any rights to citizenship.
State terrorism of Israel far outweighs the terrorism you attribute to Palestinians.
There were certain mullahs who got their fair share of infamy in the media during the last decades in UK. Omar Bakri, Abu Qatada and Abu Hamza had questionable backgrouds e.g. a political asylum seeker, a night club bouncer and a convicted terrorist. They established themselves inside British...