Pan-Islamic-Pakistan
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My Father who turns 72 this October 1st may Allah(swt) bless him made sure that I was raised Muslim and knew I was Pakistani, he made sure that we visited our motherland often, this is part of the reason my parents divorced a few years back because my mother who was Hispanic and Catholic wasn't fond of this.Part of the reason why I joined PDF was to meet like minded people and by the grace of Allah(swt) I found some good people here, its hard being a Pakistani lover here when your own community thinks you are way too nationalistic or a FOB,and to be frank I dont have many American Pakistani friends and many think I am just a idiot.I am learning Urdu slowly by watching some Pakistani TV and my father helps me translate the content I find the language to be much soothing than Arabic or Spanish.We as American Pakistanis should be like the Greeks,Koreans,Chinese and Turks here,I know a Greek Bud who is ancestors came through Ellis Island way back in the 1910s yet his family still has connections to Greece and Greek issues, eventhough many of his family did intermarry with Italians later on with other groups they made sure they knew Greek language and Greek Culture same goes with other groups in America do the same.We dont invest in our community or have centers that help with that
Visit the Muslim Center (green dome masjid) in Jamaica, NY. I am sure you can find like minded people. Go with Tablighi Jamaat, many of their Ameers come from Pakistan.
If you want to start learning to read Urdu, I would advise you to find Allama Iqbal’s Poetry online with English translation.
If you know how to read Arabic, it will be a piece of cake to teach yourself Urdu.
Everyone in the Balkans and Eastern Europe hates each other and claims the took their history we dont have that many Macos here its mostly Greeks and Albanians here but in recent years some Turks have moved in here as well
I have really great Albanian friends, some of the nicest people I have ever met. Hard-working people. Albanian language is influenced heavily by Turkish, and they have a lot of words in common with Urdu for this reason.
The Bosnians are even more religious. Some of the greatest Islamic scholars in the US are Bosnians.