Pan-Islamic-Pakistan
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I said this before. Exactly, but these blind ignorant people can never understand this. When you grow up most of your life in the US, your native tongue will not perfect and some of my cousins don’t even speak Urdu at all. I am lucky enough to have a decent grasp on Urdu, and basic Pakhto skills without the compromise on my English when I have grown most of my life here. I knew this Pakistani Shia girl few years ago who didn’t speak Urdu at all and she was a immigrant here later than I was. Like you say ethnicity and Languages are two different things. If an African grow up in US, but doesn’t speak his native language—he is still African. Like said, I know some of my language(s). I would also like to add.. Yo quiero saber que estos residentes Pakistanis hablan español. —You probably understand this. Basic Spanish, a lot of people’s in US know this LOL
Ma sha Allah, good job for your parents for teaching you Urdu and Pukhto. This widens one's horizons considerably. Since both of us are native English speakers, we have the combined knowledge of both the English speaking world and Pakistan at our fingertips. Many people don't appreciate this. Being in the US, we should read about the Native Americans and Blacks in this country and what they went through to understand the psychology of Americans. Then we can portray the real face of this society to our countrymen, some of whom still idolize secularism and the capitalistic godless lifestyle.
I'm glad that you care about Pakistan. We need Pakistani patriots from all over the world to bring their insight and struggles to our newly rejuvenated country. In sha Allah.
Allama Iqbal and Quaid e Azam were both Westernized Pakistanis living overseas. They came back to Pakistan with a vision. We have to understand the West and the reasons for their rise, this is the only way we can grab our own destiny as Muslims.