Salam Pakistan!

Friday, December 09, 2005 10:16 AM

Assalam Alaikum.

Following are my own views. Anybody can have a different point of view, and anyone

can comment, if he/she wants to. If someone finds it boring, I am sorry for that. I just wanted to share some views of mine. This is about a person whom I know.

When he was into music, when he watched english movies 24/7, when he did all sorts of sins and crimes, NO one said to him "aray bhai, kaya ker rahay ho? kiyon gunah kertay ho?". He did what he wanted to, and he was never stopped by anyone. Whether it was the month of Ramazan, or the "moazzan" was calling for the prayers, or when someone died in his neighborhood, his "guns n roses", and "metallica" CDs never stopped.

Then a change came, albeit a minor one. He left all that. He started, or at least tried to, offer prayers. At a later time he kept a beard. Now, what he hears from all four corners is "yaar kaya ker raha hay? molvi bun gaya hay? chorh yaar, 2005 aa gaya hay, modern zamana aa gaya hay, duniya ko sath ley ker chalo". Now, he hears calls of being an "extremist", a "fundamentalist", a "narrow-minded" person.

This is Pakistan. The Pakistan, that was made in the name of Islam. A person who keeps a beard and tries to follow the orders of the Almighty, is an "extremist". He is a "terrorist". He is a useless person, who has no use in the society.

This is Pakistan. It is led by a person who believes that all bearded-men are from Al-Qaeda. They should be hanged and killed. They are terrorists, and they are ruining the society. Whatever America says is right!!. This is 2005, and it is a new and modern world. Whatever, that was revealed 1400 years ago in Arab, is now history. Now, muslims should become "enlightened" and "moderate". They should do whatever they want to!!. Pakistan should move "forward", and "leave" all those old rituals behind. As long as you don't have a beard, and you participate in all the "healthy" activities in your area, you are a "perfect" muslim. But if, you try to leave all this, you change your looks to what the RasoolUllah(PBUH) looked like, all of a sudden, you are now an "extremist". You should be immediately sent to "Guantanamo Bay". After all, this is a "modern" Pakistan, and it follows "new" and "improved" islam.

This is Pakistan. Thousands of thousands of people die in an earthquake. And people, standing tall, the so-called "moderates", say openly "This happened because the earth-plates moved, this did not happen because Allah wanted it to, it has got nothing to do with the deeds of the people". Allah says in the Quran, which means "even if a leaf falls from a tree (anywhere in the world) it did so, because I ordered it to fall." But man, this is 2005, these sayings are a thing of the past, now "science" and "technology" has arrived. Now earthquakes come, because the "earth-plates" move.

When Pakistan was made, 6 lakh people lost their lives. They were burned alive by the sikhs. Their daughters and mothers were raped. There children were hanged. Old people were dragged in the cities. Did they do all that, so that Pakistan will one day become a "modern" country? So that, women will roam around semi-naked, young ones will listen to music with full volume, when a "nimaz-e-janaza" is being offered closely, 90% of the population will stop going to mosques?

This is Pakistan. Ask anyone on the street, what does the Quran say, he does not know, ask him how do you offer "nimaz-e-janaza" he does not know. People are living their lives like true animals.

And, what are WE doing to stop all this? Bhai, humay kaya perwah hay? Mujhay tau buss itna pata hay, kay mairee aik buhut achee job laggee hoe hay. Achee pay hay. Subah office jata hoon, wapis atta hoon, soo jata hoon! Khana khata hoon, TV dekhta hoon, jo merzi hay woh karoon ga. Musalmaaan afghanistan aur iraq main mertay hain, tau mertay rahain. Loag masjid kay samnay kharay ho kar, onchee awaaz main ganay suntay hain, tau suntay rahain. Mairay pass time nahin hay yaar ............................ Akhir main nay merna thoree hay? Kaun sa main nay merna hay, aur phir qayamut kay dinn .... dobara zinda hona hay? Kaun sa main nay Allah kay samnay AIK AIK CHEEZ ka jawab dena hay. Modern zamana hay, loag burray kaam kertay hain, tau kertay rahain, main nay onn koo roknay ka THEKA liya hoa hay???? Jab Pakistan bana tha, tau 6 lakh loag ZIBAH ho gaey thay, tau main kaya karoon???? Agar Pakistan main "islamic rule" nahin attaa ... tau NAH ayey!!  YAAR SUR NA KHAO, mujhay mera MASTERS kernay do, mujhay mairee JOB kernee do!! Duniya ko bhee sath lay ker chalna hota hay!! 

Agar main woh karoon jo mujhay Quran kernay ko kehta hay, tau loag mujhay bolain gay "oye ALI tu molvi bunn gaya?" . This is my life, so let me live it my way!

This is Pakistan!!

Salam Pakistan!!

From: Ali Munir