Look here people! I should make this clear that it doesn't affect my sleep whether a Muslim living in Bharat loves Bharat or not.
First Andhra:
Yeah the problem with the parliment attacks and all the hijackings is that normally they are staged. So that's not a fair comparison.
This "fanaticism" that you talk about, I thought existed in all Muslim countries as per CNN.
The Rafeeq term, I know gets used in SA a lot. I never had it used on me but I did get into a lot of fights with Saudi kids. It all depends on the people you deal with. My Father had Saudis working with him who were absolute jerks. But then he also had colleagues who told us strictly to live at their places when we visited Makkah and Madinah for Umrah. So, it's tough to characterise Saudis as uneducated racist brutes as you so badly want to. Man, my love only grows for you with every single post especially with that trademark smily icon of yours.
Andha_Qanoon:
As much as I find it futile to say anything to you, I will answer you post because you directly addressed it to me. I have a lot more incidents that I can quote if you'd like. But that's not the point! If you guys have good experiences, good for you! My congrats man!
The creation of Pakistan, I'll deal with afterwards.
Akif:
I agree with most of your post. I completely agree with your oft expressed opinion that we Muslims tend to divert our shortcomings and blame others. I would much rather have Pakistanis (and Muslims) instead of cursing America trying to establish why we are lagging behind the leading nations. We need some introspection. Regarding your specific queries. Here's my take on these issues:
1)Yes, we have the problems that you mentioned. I believe if a person is a Pakistani, the person deserves to live as a citizen of the state in peace. But as far as Ahmedis are concerned, this claim that they make of being Muslims is what causes the most problems for us Muslims and eventually them. The Shia-Sunni situation is very sad and I have nothing to say further on that.
2) MQM and Sipa-whatever all deserve to be banned and only cause trouble. Kill 'em all, I say! Start with Altaf Hussain. India or not, I don't care!
3) What discrimination? I haven't seen any, I went to a very prestigious school in Pakistan and we had Christians there. Never had any problems! Two Christian brothers were actually very popular. One could dance very well, the other was a great sportsman. My Mamun had a very good Hindu friend in his college.
4) The blasphemy law is in theory not wrong but is being used improperly. Maybe they should step up the amount of evidence required before convicting someone.
5) Of course we had problems in East Pakistan and let me be the first one to aadmit that we were unfair to the now-Bangladeshis. Oh sorry, but why blame me and the common people. The people to blame are Bhutto and Mujeeburrehman who were concered about securing their "kursis" and of course Bharat. I mean heck you guys blame us for Kashmir right? So, why can't we return the favour?
Regarding India:
I have talked to Andhra earlier about this issue. I personally think that the theoretically the idea of Pakistan was right. However, the fact that not all Muslims joined Pakistan (by choice or circumstances) really makes the whole thing shaky. From a selfish point of view, it pains me to see the Taj Mahal (the work of our co-religionists) only on TV and not being able to visit it. A lot of what India is cashing in on as its culture has been contributed by the Muslims. So, why should we as Pakistanis have to forfeit everything that we have a hand in building, be it architecture, society, culture, etc.
I only have respect for Indian Muslims for their courage because they have endured a lot whatever the cause maybe. But most importantly, under the banner of Islam, we are brothers and frankly that is the most important identity that we have as Muslims. Everything else is temporary, the boundaries, nationality, race and colour.