IMO, Pakistanis need to grasp that civil rights are established by protecting minorities, not just the majority. Otherwise any group can be cut out of the crowd by declaring them a minority - perhaps simply because they break their eggs on the small end rather than the big one.
I am disturbed by one comment (from "kaalchakra") to the article, that "Now who can say that Islam teaches contempt for other religions and is a fount of violence in the world of religion?" That demeans these demonstrators who risked their lives to make the statement, "We Muslims stand with our Christian brethren against other Muslims who would kill them" and essentially gives a license to further religious violence - since now, of course, it can't be said that "Islam teaches contempt...and is a fount of violence -" with the implication that if violence happens in the future it can't be from Muslims or else the victims deserved it.
I'm a non-Muslim and to me Islam is what you make it, guys. If you sit back and let people blow up minorities then you're acquiescing in their violent vision of Islam. This is what the demonstrators are fighting against.
I can no longer claim that Pakistan only has brave women, but no brave men. It's a start.
Why, after all the assassinations, should Pakistan's leaders be any braver than its citizens? Demonstrate on the street in front of your PM that you want more protection then maybe he'll stop talking about fancy new roads instead.
