Amrika, Pakistan, Islam and everything in between
I say sure, lets make muslims forget about islam and start doing what they are expected to do by non muslims.
On an another note lets make the amish trim their beards, it makes them look like muslim terrorists and is hard to make a conversation with them.
These 2 articles provide the two sides.
Reading about the Death of Nawab Akbar Bugti is really sad; he is most probably a shaheed. But will this solve the problems in Baluchistan or escalate them more now.
The world is not as black and white as the army would see it. Balouch have been taken advantage of for the last 50 years and they need their fair share of their wealth. These problems can never be solved with killings or Military actions but they are to be solved with negotiations and political solutions. I never doubt the sincerity of the Balouch Nationals or the military. They both want the problems solved but the way of achieving them is not the proper way.
First of all the people of the land should get their share, there is no doubt about it. We cannot abuse the actual inhabitants of the land. We do belong to the union and that union is good as long as all the members of the union are equal. Punjab is no more superior or any other province than any other province superior over Punjab. All are equal and deserve to gain from their lands.
Federal government and the military have been dealing with this situation in the wrong manner. They should just do the following and I think it would make things easier.
The share of the profits from Sui and all projects originating from Baluchistan should be given to Balouchs. This share should not discriminate among the Sardars or the people.
Schools, Hospitals, Universities and all the basic requirements of a decent life should be provided so these people can live with dignity.
The employment preferences and higher level positions are national projects operating in Baluchistan should be given to Balouchs.
Army should be removed from cities and should be less involved in these projects.
Remember to gain respect one has to give respect and that is what lacks in our policies towards our own people. No wonder they don’t want to stay with the union.
I guess these actions if taken should be able to reduce the friction between the parties.
Although i should make it clear that i dont support Mr. Sharif or Mohtarma or Musharraf but i just thought would ask this question to my fellow pakistanis in general.
Arent we tired of all the three above. Whoever supports mr Sharif, i can say he did some good but not all. I was in pakistan as a student and i support his actions for the Nuclear Testing, Motorway projects and stuff but do we forget what happened with Supereme Court Judges, Cheif of Election Comissioner, Importing luxary cars by cancelling duty for a day and then enforcing the duty back on, Qarz utaroo Mulk Sunwaroo money which pakistanis collected at his call, his political partners who were corrupt.
I can rant same kinda info about PPP or MQM or MMA or any political party. I just get amazed at people who want Bibi or sharif’s back in power, how do we forget so fast about what happened and the corruption these person’s government had. I see all those die hard party workers who want to die to their leader but they seem to forget that during their time also wrong was done.
I am not trying to create a provocation just an intellectual arguement about this issue. Help me understand that why Mr. Sharif/Bibi/Any one current in the political spectrum is good.
The last good govt in my lifetime was the interim govt under Mairaj Khalid which actually did work for pakistan although for a very short time.
So rather than trying to prove me wrong or anything please help me understand why anyone in the political spectrum, either they be Choudhry’s, Wadeeray, Generals, Sardars or any Fuedal be accepted as our leaders of pakistan when they are so distant from the actual pakistani person.
No offence meant, just want intellectual conversation.
Flight Lieutenant M Matiur Rehman who waws the cause of the martyrdom of Rashid Minhas is finally going to his land. I am glad he is being moved to Bangladesh as there is no space for a traitor on pakistani land.
I dont have mix feelings about this person, he was a traitor to pakistan at the time of near war. He tried to do something which any pakistani would never do at any time. What happened to him was something that he deserved and am glad it happened to him. He also managed to introduce us to a true pakistani Hero, Rashid Minhas.
for bangalis he is a hero but for me he is a traitor who died while trying to betray his nation, he would have succeeded but Allah had another planfor him and he died like a disgraced traitor and for ever came to be known as a traitor in pakistani history..
It is good he will be moved to bangladesh and be buried. I just pray that he goes to hell for betraying muslims and pakistani, Rot in Hell Traitor.
سوچا کھ آج ميں اردو ميں بلاگ لکھوں۔ ماکروسوفٹ کا يہ بہت فايدہ ھے کھ اردو ميں لکھنے کا موقع مل گيا۔ يہ ميں مانتا ھوں کہ اردو ميں لکھنا تھوڑا مشکل ہے۔ مگر يہ ايک اچھا طريقہ ہے سيکھنےکا۔ انشااللہ مستقبل ميں ميں اور زيادہ اردو بلاگنگ کروں گا۔
Well I am not going to speculate about a nuclear Iran, It was definitely be a problem for Muslims (Sunni I mean) who dont like Iran. Saudi Arabia and Pakistan I am sure won’t be happy with that fact. Maybe they might even help USA some how covert to stop Tehran from getting closer to a full nuclear program. Shias in Pakistan are a minority and so are they in Saudi Arabia; A Nuclear Iran will help those minority get stronger.
Well I didn’t start the blog about this issue but as I was thinking of a possibility of an attack on Iran from USA, it will do a lot of opposite things that USA wouldn’t want. What am I talking about, well if GW decides to attack Iran that will result in the unthinkable i.e. Unite the Muslims.
Think about this, this will be the platform for Muslims, Sunni or Shia to come together to condemn USA. This will also bring them together to form anti US alliances in the Middle East which is exactly what the USA doesn’t want. So I guess Mr. Bush now you are at a cross roads, you have to protect Israel but can’t afford a united Muslim nations. The US policy and officials have to walk a very fine line on this issue. Israel and US strategic interests go way back and so does the distrust between Shia Sunnis. If the attack does happen, this will push Muslim to come together who won’t care if they are Shia or Sunni but their common ground will be hatred of US Policy.
Then it won’t be hard to imagine people like Zarqavi getting training and resources from Iran, they will open flood gates of problems for the Middle East rather than just USA.
Countries like Pakistan can get trouble and might not be a favorable please for a US friendly government. If Iran becomes hostile then Pakistan has to worry about unfriendly countries from most of its borders, they include Iran, India and Afghanistan. Currently internal problems in Pakistan are causing for them to rethink their policies, Balouch and NWFP problems and Army’s involvement is causing an ever deteriorating problem from getting stable to getting worse. In such scenarios Pakistan might not be able to handle another fiasco in the Middle East, i.e. Iran.
So I guess we can hope and pray that nothing like that happens. Inshallah :). But Bush will have to keep a cool mind and try to work with Iran.
What can i say about this. This is the highest level of incompetence at the government level and te agency levels. The right questions have been asked which are the amount of security provided, the amount of security present and the failure of provincial govt.
The questions arise about who could have done such an act. There will be alot of answers. It is clearly an attempt to spark a sectarian level violence between Shias and sunnis. but in my opinion i think it was an attempt by some govt or provincial govt level agency to make a point. they did succeed in killing soo many Sunni Leaders.
Did MQM gain from it or
Did India do this in response to recent attacks on their religious establishments.
Did shias actually do it.
What amazes me is the courage of Mr. Nawaz Sharif to use this horrific event for his political advantage. ?He used this event to call for the removal of the current government. This amazes me and pisses me off also. Mr Sharif if you cant make people feel better then make their life miserable. Use some other time to call for the govt’s removal. How many bombings were you able to stop.
we might not know or never know as the identity ofsuicide bombers is really hard to find, same is the case in the Embassy Bombing in khi recently and imam bar gah bombing in the past. but whatever happened didnt happen right and i pray to allah we find the people behind it, either they are in power or feorign powers, I hope they are brought to justice. Inshallah
I just read an article online on BBC urdu Ofcourse. it is amazing to see this kinda crap happening in pakistan.
they fired an Airforce Officer for giving out Quran with urdu trans, they ground Airforce pilots for having beards, They fire people for things like this?? What kind of Armed forces we want, the ones who fight for secularism or for Islam for which pakistan was created.
They had an interesting take on it saying that Pilots cannot fly with beards due to requirements for a mask with oxygen but the pilots in question were trained in usa and they had gotten no objection in USA for anything like that but in pakistan it seems we are trying to eliminate the essence of pakistan from the armed forces which is Islam. We should remember if we go on a path like this then we have no right to call Army personnel Shaheed or Ghazi as they are islamic terms and Allah’s help comes to those who defend his religion not make a mockery of it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/story/2006/04/060410_military_beard.shtml
Misconception 3
In Islam, women are inferior to men because:
a man can marry up to 4 wives, a woman can marry only one man
a man’s share of inheritance is bigger than a woman’s
a man can marry a non-Muslim, a woman cannot
women must wear the veil
This widely held misconception does not remotely follow from the reasons given. The first and most important observation to make about the popular question “Are men and women equal?” is that it is a badly-formed, unanswerable question. The problem which many people conveniently ignore is that “equal” is not defined. This is a very critical point: the equality must be specified with respect to some measurable property. For example, women on average are superior to men if we ask who is shorter in height than the other (“Growth and Development”, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1992). Women are also superior on average if we ask whom do children bond to deeper, mothers or fathers. Women are also superior on average if we ask who has a tendency to socialize more. On the other hand, men are superior on average if we ask who is taller in height than the other. And so on: every question can be turned around, and more importantly these are properties which are irrelevant.
What then, is the really important property which we are worried about in terms of gender equality? Naturally, from the point of view of the Qur’an and Sunnah, the obvious important property is who is dearer to Allah, men or women? This question is emphatically answered in the Qur’an (translation),
[4:124] If any do deeds of righteousness – be they male or female – and have faith, they will enter Paradise, and not the least injustice will be done to them.
[33:35] For Muslim men and women, for believing men and women, for devout men and women, for truthful men and women, for men and women who are patient and constant, for men and women who humble themselves, for men and women who give in charity, for men and women who fast, for men and women who guard their chastity, and for men and women who engage much in Allah’s praise, for them has Allah prepared forgiveness and great reward.
The Qur’an and Sunnah repeat over and over again that Allah only favors one person over another based on that person’s awareness, consciousness, fear, love, and hope of Allah (the Arabic word is difficult to translate: Taqwa). All other criteria are excluded: gender, ethnic group, country, ancestry, etc.
Given that Allah does not favor one gender over the other in His attention to us (and it helps to remember that Allah is neither male nor female), we can now address the differences between the genders in Islam. First, men and women are not the same as we know. The Creator states in the Qur’an (translation),
[3:36]…and the male is not like the female…
Men and women are different in their composition, and in their responsibilities under Islam. However, both are bound by obligations to one another, especially the following important one which must be understood in any discussion on men and women. From the Qur’an (translation),
[24:32] And marry those among you who are single and those who are fit among your male slaves and your female slaves; if they are needy, Allah will make them free from want out of His grace; and Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing.
In this verse, the Creator emphasizes that marriage is to be vigorously pursued by the Muslims: the state of being single is not to be maintained. With this in mind, we can begin to understand the four reasons cited above for the nonetheless erroneous conclusion.
Men and women are different in their responsibilities towards the families that they are strongly encouraged to set up. Women are not obligated to work, whereas men are obligated. The man must provide for the family, but the woman does not have to spend out of her money for it, though she gets a reward for doing so. Allah says in the Qur’an (translation),
[4:34] Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend of their property (for the support of women). So good women are the obedient, guarding in secret that which Allah hath guarded. As for those from whom ye fear rebellion, admonish them and banish them to beds apart, and scourge them. Then if they obey you, seek not a way against them. Lo! Allah is ever High, Exalted, Great.
From the Sunnah, specifically in the study of the Sunnah called Sahih Bukhari, we find:
[2:24:545] Narrated `Amr bin Al-Harith: Zainab, the wife of `Abdullah said, “I was in the Mosque and saw the Prophet (p.b.u.h) saying, `O women ! Give alms even from your ornaments.’ ” Zainab used to provide for `Abdullah and those orphans who were under her protection. So she said to `Abdullah, “Will you ask Allah’s Apostle whether it will be sufficient for me to spend part of the Zakat on you and the orphans who are under my protection?” He replied “Will you yourself ask Allah’s Apostle ?” (Zainab added): So I went to the Prophet and I saw there an Ansari woman who was standing at the door (of the Prophet ) with a similar problem as mine. Bilal passed by us and we asked him, `Ask the Prophet whether it is permissible for me to spend (the Zakat) on my husband and the orphans under my protection.’ And we requested Bilal not to inform the Prophet about us. So Bilal went inside and asked the Prophet regarding our problem. The Prophet (p.b.u.h) asked, “Who are those two?” Bilal replied that she was Zainab. The Prophet said, “Which Zainab?” Bilal said, “The wife of `Adullah (bin Masud).” The Prophet said, “Yes, (it is sufficient for her) and she will receive a double rewards (for that): One for helping relatives, and the other for giving Zakat.”
Given that husbands are obligated to provide for wives, and that marriage is a highly recommended goal of Islam, it is easy to see why women’s inheritance share is half that of men. We note also that men are obligated to provide a suitable dowry to women on marriage. In fact, it is preferable at this point to speak in terms of husbands and wives instead of men and women. Allah says in the Qur’an (translation),
[4:4] And give women their dowries as a free gift, but if they of themselves be pleased to give up to you a portion of it, then eat it with enjoyment and with wholesome result.
Allah says in the Qur’an (translation),
[2:228]…And they (women) have rights similar to those (of men) over them in kindness, and men are a degree above them…
This one degree in no way affects the position of the Creator in which He has stated that He does not hold women dearer to him than men, or vice versa. Rather it is simply a way of partitioning responsibilities in a household of two adults: someone must make the final decision on daily matters. As will be shown below in a section on a different misconception, though the final decision rests with the husband, it is through mutual consultation that decisions are best reached at.
While men are allowed to marry up to four wives, they are also commanded to meet the preconditions of being able to financially support them. They must also deal with each wife justly and fairly with respect to marital and economic obligations. Allah says in the Qur’an (translation),
[4:3] If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans, Marry women of your choice, Two or three or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them), then only one, or (a captive) that your right hands possess, that will be more suitable, to prevent you from doing injustice.
Moreover, women are allowed to reject any marriage proposal made to her by prospective suitors, thus if she does not feel she can abide by the rules of the Qur’an and Sunnah if she marries a certain person, she can reject his proposal. While it is irrelevant to Islam
, it is worthwhile to note that both Judaism and Christianity allow polygamy. The idea is not as foreign to the non-Muslims as is often claimed.
Finally, the wearing of the veil by women is also an illogical premise to claim that women are inferior to men. It is more appropriate to indict a society of female exploitation if it tolerates pornography rather than if it enforces the veil. Given that Allah is neither male nor female, given that He does not endear people to Himself based on their gender, given that the Creator cares about all of us male or female, given that the sexual and violent drive of men is stronger than that of women…given all this, it is illogical to cast a negative light on the following injunctions contained in the Qur’an (translation),
[33:59] O Prophet, tell your wives and daughters and the believing women to draw their outer garments around them (when they go out or are among men). That is better in order that they may be known (to be Muslims) and not be annoyed…
[24:30-31] Say to the believing man that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that will make for greater purity for them; and Allah is well acquainted with all that they do. And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; and that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what must ordinarily appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands…
On this misconception, there is a great deal more to write, most of it showing how current practices in many Muslim lands go against what the Qur’an and Sunnah have ordained, lands in which women are treated as property (unIslamic), are not educated (unIslamic), are forbidden their economic rights (unIslamic), and more. On this point in particular, we encourage everyone to consult the Qur’an and Sunnah before incriminating Islam. Always remember that Islam is a complete way of life from the Creator, and that Muslims are people who claim to follow that way of life. A Muslim may claim to follow Islam, but be wrong.
All of these came from the following Link
While reading BBC Urdu I came across the news article about Indian CBI(Indian FBI) arrested High ranking Army officials over misusing state secrets.
While reading this I just couldn’t stop thinking about if this could ever happen in Pakistan. I guess NOT.
We have to realize that the Army owns Pakistan, unless and until there is true democracy. Do you remember the time when once Police man tried to stop an Army Captain in Multan and he ended up being beaten severely or the case when some poor Police Man tried to stop an Army Colonel’s car for passing a Red Light (Although he was beaten by the driver as the colonel was not even there). So do we think that the Civil Administration or any Civil Department can ever investigate army personnel in Pakistan, I don’t think so.
It will be a great day if we ever can put the Military Brass in their right place. I am not against them, infect I did apply for commission in the Air force but never got into it. It seems that the system is so corrupted that it will need a big mandate and a decision on the part of the Pakistani, if they want this change.
Inshallah as Allah swt has said that he is the best planner so everything that is coming to pass for Pakistanis will eventually end up in betterment for the whole society. Inshallah
The News Article is here
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