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Oye Shahrukh kay rishtaydar..
How may I assume a rishteydari with Sharukh? :s
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Oye Shahrukh kay rishtaydar..
I agree. Islam is taught in schools, at least when I attended, BTW my primary school was a Catholic school in Dhaka.
The graphics lessons maybe in the courses in Madrassas.Theses Madrassas have millions of students. In many cases these kids are orphans. A parent or parents are not there to filter any radical teachings the Madrassa may have on the curriculum. But I don't see an epidemic of people going around chopping hands off in Bangladesh.
Some folks will take the news at face value and run with it.
this is what we pakistanis learn!
see how our country looks like? its a result from inbreeding and learning satanic values
I am surprised you don`t find this alarming. Have you considered what values and attitudes these 'millions of kids' are acquiring through such 'education' in madrassas? Sooner or later the radicals will reach a critical mass where they will be in a position to challenge the writ of the 'infidel' state (which is the ultimate goal of Wahhabism). Maybe you should cast your mind back to how the Taliban movement came about....
1) I am not claiming that every Muslim in the UK follows Wahhabism and recognise that there are moderates and fundamentalists in every society, be it Pakistan, Britain, US or India. But I am not convinced there is a qualitative difference in the causes for and trajectories of radical Muslim movements across the world. In fact what drives it in the UK/US is exactly what drives it in the tribal belts of Pakistan and parts of Pakistani Punjab. It is a violent ideology obsessed with global domination hiding behind the veneer of religion which many moderate Muslims fail to challenge or even feel forced to defend as any attempt to confront it is seen as an attack on wider Islam (an idea actively promoted by the Wahhabis themselves). So what is true for Wahhabis in the UK holds true for their ilk in Pakistan as well.
We did see some people claiming that the number of Indians on this forum should be capped and I opposed that plan because I too believe that without Indian members, this forum wouldn't be half as interesting as it is. My friend, we are all here because we want to engage in a debate with our Indian friends and possibly decrease hostility between the people through debate, be realizing that the other are also people like us, and unlike you, I don't believe that this is an effort in vain. We are all moderates and are willing to move forward that is why we are here. If we hated each other, we wouldn't be here........2) Give yourself a moment to consider why large numbers of Indians frequent this forum. While some may be here to flame and troll, most see this forum as a rare opportunity to interact with Pakistanis in real life and are here in the (vain) hope that this people to people contact, albeit on an internet forum, may eventually help reduce the kind of suspicion and mistrust that exists between the two nations. All we are trying to do is to have a civilised debate and I am sure most members will agree that PDF will be a far less interesting place if it was just full of Pakistanis agreeing with each other all the time.
3) You refer to my comments about Pakistanis ‘in general’ and accuse Indians of talking in broad brushstrokes and vilifying their neighbours. You talk about Indians being obsessed with the destruction of Pakistan but provide no evidence to substantiate your allegations (comments by a few bigots on this forum and the rare nutjob in the Indian media don`t count).How do you go about reality testing your assumptions about Indians apart from, say, posting antagonistic content on here and inviting hostile comments from Indian members? Is it possible that these are just your views on how Indians perceive Pakistanis which are largely influenced by what you are fed by the state and populist media? One needs to recognise that actions of individuals determine whether they are ‘good’ or ‘bad’ and virtue or evil cannot be broadly ascribed to a particular group or faith( just as Muslims bemoan the depiction of their faith in the West) It is essential for the Pakistani military and security establishment to continue portraying the Indians/Hindus as the ‘enemy’ in order to allow them to misappropriate most of Pakistan’s resources to serve their vested interests. In this they have a willing ally in the Wahhabists who are also keen to drive a wedge between the Muslims and the rest of the world for the sake of the larger ‘Ummah’
..which is why Wahhabi influenced curriculums, including that in Pakistan, should be purged of such hate filled content..
Of course I have, kindness is not limited to one particular group of people, and once again you seem to think that the military is shaping our opinion. If it was, I wouldn't be here talking to an Indian, this site would be banned in Pakistan,Because any discussion with the Indians could shape my opinion about them in a way the military does not desire.4) I do not doubt for a second that Pakistanis are among the most generous and hospitable people around the world. It is well known that many Westerners who visit the subcontinent prefer Pakistan to India due to the hospitality of its people.On the other hand, I am sure you would have come across stories of individual kindness towards Muslims by Hindus/Sikhs in India as well. However, mixed messages from the religious and military establishment have resulted in the Pakistani nationhood becoming defined largely around its ‘Muslim otherness’ from India and the resulting radicalisation is now destabilising the country itself. Its got nothing to do with the innate goodness or badness of Pakistanis but how they view themselves in relation to the rest of the world.