Arabification of Pakistan and Pakistani culture:

[Jolie]

Re: Arabification of Pakistan and Pakistani culture:

@PyariCgudia

At least people are admitting they are seeing dupattas replaced by hijabs and abayas. It’s not a comfort issue. It’s a mimic of the arabization from the western muslims. This trend started in the US, UK and Canada and other such countries where dupattas would be considered super exotic, and they’re difficult to wear with American clothes. Pakistani women saw Arabs wearing abayas and hijabs in the west and having zero interest in keeping up their pakistani culture, they swapped out their paki culture for Arabic culture. When people go visit family in Pakistan the trend grew.

As for Punjab and KPK most of it is rural. Cut out posh model town and the drawing rooms of Peshawar, women are STILL mostly veiled in these areas, KPK more than Punjab. How do I know? Open the TV and watch regional news coverage and see how women are wandering around. A lot of burqas these days. In the 80-90’s this trend was going away and now in the same households where burqas were shed, there are now abayas.

It has nothing to do with comfort. Abayas existed 30 years ago but no one was wearing them. No such shops in karachi in fact and I doubt there were in other cities. At least not commonly found. It’s a new trend and it has to do with copycat of trends with muslims in the west and those trends are heavily influenced by Pakistani populations meeting arab and Persian populations in the west. You don’t see them wearing the dupatta so why are we adopting hijabs and abayas?

No one has addressed the rapid rise in bearded men.

Newsflash: Punjab is the most urbanised province of Pakistan.

It is better if you leave Punjab and Lahore out of this discussion, it only reveals your ignorance. Chances are you have never set foot on either Lahore and Punjab, and if I start bashing America on the basis of what we see on TV you’ll get very very hurt! What do you know the rich diversity, tolerance and social harmony in Punjab.

As with your rest of your hijab and abaya hating posts, honestly, I see no difference between you and extreme right wing bigots we have in the West who equate Hijab and beards with extremism, and foreign cultural invasion. It’s the same type of xenophobia and prejudice and stereotyping.

If you have the guts to condemn burqa and hijab in the name Pakistaniyat, then lend the same courtesy and tolerance to those who condemn women wearing jeans and tops in the name of Pakistaniyat. If not, you are just a HYPOCRITE!

I find it pathetically hypocritical that when Hijabis get gun down in America, likes of you are preaching tolerance, freedom of choice, freedom to practice religion, but when it comes to Pakistani Hijabis, you are questioning their love and commitment to country’s culture and identity. What exactly is the difference between you and racist French politicians who think French Muslims are not French enough and they betray their country by wearing headscarves?

It is your narrow mindedness and limited experience which makes you think that 30 years is not a huge amount of time for country’s culture, Pakistan women’s contributions in public life and lifestyle to visibly change.

Let’s just sit here and collectively wail about the good old innocent PTV days where you saw on TV what the state wanted you to see.