Its the search for identity.. more than Arabization.
When one has abandoned his cultural , religious and moral identity in an unguided quest for self progress.. and then suddenly has an awakening as to what is his/her's identity..
Like hansel and Gretel with the breadcrumbs.. they frantically run here and there searching for pieces of who they are.
Some end up at the witch's house.. and mistake the candy for breadcrumbs.
There is a sense of identity loss in Pakistani's in general..
There is an attempt to Arabize the populous..make no mistake, its real and it exists.
It is a move to make the masses subservient to clergy and glorify the false guardians of the kaaba.. who are the benefactors of such parties.
However.. there is also a Love for the Prophet in this nation and his companions and the wish to practice our religion with the freedom that they enjoyed in medina after the years at Makkah.. A love for them as Human beings and Muslims.
not as arabs.. To mistake that as Arabization would be to negate the very idea of the need for Pakistan's formation.
Excellent - so an "identity crisis" -- but look at what Santro suggests is "awakening" - one awakens not to being a Pakistani, but being a arabized Muzloum - how interesting is that -
And then of course Santro concedes that there is, generally, a sense of Identity loss in Pakistan - - WHY? is there this sense of identity loss if Islam is a binding factor?? See, friends, there are Muslims all around the world, but why is it that Pakistanis should experience a loss of their identity as Pakistanis, which is a social and cultural phenomenon, when they "awaken" to their arabized" selves, which is a religious or spiritual experience?? Why in Pakistan does one have ot abandon Pakistani history and cultures, to "awaken" to a "religious" sense of themselves, why do other Muslims not feel such an "awakening"??
Again, Santro makes the point which the lead article of the thread points to --
There is an attempt to Arabize the populous..make no mistake, its real and it exists.
It is a move to make the masses subservient to clergy and glorify the false guardians of the kaaba.. who are the benefactors of such parties.
If loving the beloved prophet and HOPING to develop FAITH, leads to negating the idea and the histories and the cultures of Pakistan, is it unfair to ask, as we have, if such a thing is a good/bad or right/wrong thing???????
If "Freedom to practice our religion" means negating Pakistan, it's histories, it's cultures, then lets have less of this "freedom" -- after all, we do not give such "freedoms" to anyone, why should we make an exception for these "arabized"
Pakistines (not Pakistanis)