Governor Punjab Salman Taseer murdered in Islamabad

[AikPakistani]

Re: Governor Punjab Salman Taseer murdered in Islamabad

@daenigma

Religion is a Social Phenomenon, The real question that has to be answered is whether Religions or one specific Religion should be allowed special privileges like the Blashpemy law where it is not allowed to be analysed & critiqued like any other Ideology/Philosophy/Guideline/Way of life ? Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz as-Sudais can be a hatemongerer and call Christians “cross worshippers” which is not even critiqueing but a just an insult, yet when anyone analyses Islam using Islamic text they’re murdered/persecuted or have a fatwa put on their head.

Pakistan is odd, Ahmediyyas who are generally peaceful are not allowed to call themselves Muslims, but Terror groups who carry out Violent atrocities are allowed to call themselves Muslim

You have raised some very good points.

Ideally, political parties and leaders should use good governance and genuine service to rule peoples’ heart and take the nation forward. However, if one takes examples from history of different nations. Some leaders with corrupt mindset combine religion with politics in order to gain control over masses. Consequently, if someone revolts against them, or refuse to being oppressed, they use the religion card. Simply put, if one reacts against their fraudulent system, they make it look like a reaction against religion, and create extreme violence and bloodshed in the name of righteousness. This manipulation of religion is not something new, and certainly not new to Islam.

However, if the leaders are righteous and dedicated, they can use the same technique of combining faith and politics in order to strengthen the nation, to expand it, to flourish it, to make it successful and prosperous, to put checks and balances, and to gather everyone on one platform. Faith and morality are two very important pillars of good governance.