Should i stop praying nimaz because Taliban pray nimaz?. Should i cut down beard (yes i have a beard) because taliban, have beards...should i stop participating in tabligh because i might be assumed extremist and taliban sympathizer?.
When we talk about sharia, some liberal/seculer would remind you of swat episode , malala and what not....and would justfiy their anti-islamic stance by quoting terrorism of taliban and alqaida....
We are going in dangerous direction....demonizing islam, ulema and mosques by narrating the Taliban example...this is what westernized seculers do.....taliban are recent entry, the fact is hindostani muslims were already divided between deoband and aligarh school of thoughts before 1947...the one group is saying pakistan was made for islam and another group is saying that pakistan was made for muslims not islam.
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On the contrary, Pray more.. And astaghfar as much as you can.. If even 50.0000001% of Pakistan's population starts Astaghfar(and not the veena malik variety) just once a day.. you will see conditions in this country improve. However, those that do demonize Islam are those of little faith in the first place.. you should be glad that you are being pointed out the Munafiqeen without any effort.
That being said.. WE should not generalize every one who questions the ideology that the Taliban bring as demonizing Islam because certain quarters simply want to ask questions but are unsure of the knowledge themselves(which is their own fault).
Hindostani Muslims may have been divided in Aligarh and Deoband but there were other narratives as well and generally a higher degree of Tasawwuf was present in their beliefs as it is today. Thank that Saudi's for that but they werent alone in this effort to undermine teachings that were developed in line with the people and culture over hundreds of years. People such as Maududi were also hand in hand. As for the current "Deobandi's".. who arent even close to what the thought of Deoband was.. or who claim to follow the current Deoband.. but in the words of a gentlemen who was part of the original scholars of Deoband.."Deoband to 1947 mein Azaad hogaya.. tu ye kaun sa Deoband hai?".
Difference in interpretation.. whether you say an Ameen loud or Ameen soft.. is your personal preference based on the Shiekh you follow. Most of us subcontinent folks(Sunni that is) follow Imam Abu Hanifa... and by and large are common in those interpretations and acts of prayer. However, these do not translate into radical thought unless there is a distortion in the teachings of any of the Imam's(be it Hanafi, Hanbli, Shafi etc). Where did this distortion come from? How did such strains of radical thought that goes beyond heated discussions to murderous ideals come in? To look at that we need to identify the origins of these thought trains and the people with their history behind them.
Tell me, would you still follow a "scholar" after you find out that he has the full support of the US state department? I would not.
There are many such people in the recent history of Islam who have ravaged interpretations or come up with their own. They justify it as pure interpretations or direct translation... but disregard that the Quran was revealed not in a single sitting but at different points in time in different situations. The same goes for Hadiath..
And so the mirror image of these people who distort Islam to send 12 year kids to blow up women and children are those people who critique Islam using half quoted or misinterpreted verses and sayings. The only solution to that is to go on a Jihad.. read three verses of the Quran daily with meanings.. and tafseer of those established scholars who were respected the world over without controversy.
Three hadiath a day .. and a section of the life of the prophet. Only then can one listen to all these narratives.. say astaghfar.. and try to counter them.
As for Pakistan.. the best narrative is that Pakistan was a gift to the Muslims of the subcontinent like the Camel of Prophet Saleh..
As long as we take care of it, we would be in prosperity.. but like the people of Saleh we have not.. and like them.. we are to suffer.
because there is very little that can tell what turns the heart of a man who was as much as a Kafir could be.. drinking and consuming pork.. into a man who single handedly.. single handedly changed the destiny of millions of Muslims...other than the idea that God goes his work from the most unlikely of humans.
