Arabification of Pakistan and Pakistani culture:

[teggy]

Re: Arabification of Pakistan and Pakistani culture:

@Doppleganger

I think that the problem is that many people think that emulating arab = emulating islam and being good muslims. This is NOT TRUE considering wahabiyat and ISIS, Al Qaeda that have been spawned from the gulf.

Arabs of today aren’t the arabs that came after Prophet Muhammad and even then, I wouldn’t blindly follow them if they are wearing the robes and jhaantay. I think that it is overall ill of Pakistani (or muslim) society that we can’t identify ying from yang.

I could also make a thread about indian influence (why do we need ladki when we had larki for centuries) or why do we need to dance to bollywood songs when Pakistan does happen to have a very good industry? Of course, the so-called “islamists” who seem to think that they are doing a service to islam by worship arabs or persians etc would be first ones to jump and criticize ‘indianness’ on that thread. I can probably name them but lets avoid the conflict.

The highlighted bit is part misconception, and part true depending on what we’re emulating. Although there are dress requirements in Islam; however, there is no dress code for being a good muslim in terms of which cultural dress we wear; some people wear the thobe because it fulfills the requirement of covering the aura and comes upto ankles. There are hadiths that warn against dragging clothes below ankles. Most of us including myself wear pants that go below the ankles either for work environment or it’s habitual. That’s a debate on its’ own.

The rest of what you’ve said holds weight. Unfortunately, we haven’t done enough. There is work to be done; we need a better effort to educate ourselves, and by extension others around us so that the coming generation(s) of Pakistanis can be well aware of what is a part of Islam, and what is a part of culture, and make the distinction on their own merits.

This of course is all just an assumption because I’m saying it from my perspective, and I might be the lone voice on this. Each person’s mileage may vary depending on their own reasons and experiences.