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In a Pakistan where we put Islam first, we will always have the accursed Islamic divide. The divide which the Prophet of Islam (pbuh) himself prophesied. The very prophecy that says that Islam would be torn into 72 sects with each sect having its own beliefs and practices.
In a Pakistan where we put Pakistan first we will always have an ethnic and cultural divide. A divide which we inherited by virtue of the partition. The divide between different languages and traditions in the north, the south, the east and the west.
Unlike the Islamic divide, however, the ethnic divide is bridgeable. How? By nationalism - The identity of a nation state. Many nations under one flag. And unlike the Islamic divide, where one sect tells the other sect that they are wrong, in a cultural divide this problem is non-existent, because cultures can not be wrong.
I am eagerly anticipating the day when Islam is not the only thing we identify ourselves with, so that we can remove it from the constitution once and for all - just as Egypt's SCC did last week. Practice and preach what you must, but to each his own, and under the green flag, you are a Pakistani before you are a Muslim, or Christian, or Hindu...
Whether or not we are ready, we are financially, economically and militarily constrained to fix Pakistan first before we proceed to fix the "Ummah".
In a Pakistan where we put Pakistan first we will always have an ethnic and cultural divide. A divide which we inherited by virtue of the partition. The divide between different languages and traditions in the north, the south, the east and the west.
Unlike the Islamic divide, however, the ethnic divide is bridgeable. How? By nationalism - The identity of a nation state. Many nations under one flag. And unlike the Islamic divide, where one sect tells the other sect that they are wrong, in a cultural divide this problem is non-existent, because cultures can not be wrong.
I am eagerly anticipating the day when Islam is not the only thing we identify ourselves with, so that we can remove it from the constitution once and for all - just as Egypt's SCC did last week. Practice and preach what you must, but to each his own, and under the green flag, you are a Pakistani before you are a Muslim, or Christian, or Hindu...
Have Pakistanis really learned the lesson? Really?
Are we ready to put Pakistan above the notion of "ummah" and solve its problems first before trying to go all jihadi on others?
Whether or not we are ready, we are financially, economically and militarily constrained to fix Pakistan first before we proceed to fix the "Ummah".
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