Imam Bukhari
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......I always place my nationality after my religion unlike your blind Indian nationalists who are quick to labell others as traitor because they say something against Mahaan incredible India. Can a Muslim in India say that his loyalty to Islam come before loyalty to land as per their Islamic teachings ? I am sure if they dare to said what I just said, they will be labelled as traitor
Raja Bhai,
I agree with you that everybody these days seems quick to label everybody else as a traitor. I also agree with you that most our people generally do not place their Nationality First.
While it is possible that you, as an individual, might personally put your Religion First, I must point out that is certainly not the norm in Pakistan.
In fact, there is plenty of evidence that our people do not consider themselves Muslims First. Here is why:
We have all heard many Pashtun, Sindhi and Baloch leaders (educated, English-capable, well-read people) say, "We have been Sindhi/Baloch/Pashtun for 5000 years, we have been Muslim for 1000 years, but we have been Pakistani for just 50 years".
We know that this view is not just limited to a few people, but is actually widely-held by the masses, because we can see:
(1) Pathan & Muhajir Demography Fights in Karachi
(2) Muhajir & Sindhi Demography Fights in Hyderbad
(3) Punjabi & Baloch Demography Fights in Gwadar
(4) Balti & Kashmiri Demography Fights in Skardu
If most Pakistanis really were Muslim First and Sindhi/Muhajir/Punjabi/Pathan/Baloch Second, would these fights really be taking place? Wouldn't the Sindhis be comfortable with the Pathans & Muhajirs changing the ethnic-demography of Sindh, because after all they are Muslims as well and the Muslim-demography would not change? And what about the Baloch who are so resentful of all other Pakistanis that migrate into Balochistan? If they were truly Muslims first, wouldn't they be accepting of other Muslims and not revolt against ethnic-demographic change?
Still further, if you recall, the ethnic Pashtuns refugees fleeing Afghanistan were not resented much in Pakistani Pashtunkhwa, but were bitterly resented by the Muhajirs & Sindhis when they moved in large numbers to settle in Pathan-areas of Karachi in Sindh. This shows that the ethno-linguistic bond (Pakistani-Pashtun, Afghan-Pashtun) is the strongest, the religious bond (Baloch-Sunni, Punjabi-Sunni) is much weaker and the National Bond (Shia_Sindhi-Pakistani, Sunni_Pathan-Pakistani) is the weakest of them all.
Clearly, our people are Sindhi/Muhajir/Baloch/Punjabi/Pathan/Seraik/Khowar/Kashmiri/Balti/Shin First, Muslims Second and Pakistani only a distant Third. And this is shown by both, the behaviour of our people, as well as the often-quoted idea that "We have been (X) for 5000 years, we have been Muslim for 1000 years, but we have been Pakistani for just 50 years"
Just wishing that a romantic ideal were true, does not actually make it come true.