RajputFury , about ten posts back I had addressed you directly; I don’t know if you have deliberately ignored my post or just didn’t notice it. I am going to address it to you again directly. You may ignore it again like an ostrich who buries his head in sand thinking that since ‘I can’t see it – it is not there.’ But keep it in mind that the viewers of this thread will surely notice that you are ducking the issue.
In my last post to you I had a quote of Mr. Jinnah. I am going to quote it here again below.
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"We are a nation," he affirmed, three years before the birth of Pakistan, "with our own distinctive culture and civilization, language and literature, art and architecture, names and nomenclature, sense of values and proportion, legal laws and moral codes, customs and calendar, history and tradition, aptitude and ambitions--- in short, we have our own distinctive outlook on life."
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Let’s analyze this statement.
Distinctive Culture and Civilization…….Muslim for more that thousand years.
Language and Literature…….Muslim Literature to quite an extant.
Names and Nomenclature……..Muslim
Sense of values and Proportion………by large Islamic
Legal laws and Moral codes……Legal Laws – hotch potch / Moral Codes – Muslim-ish
Customs and Calendar……..Customs - Muslim to quite an extant
History and Tradition………Islamic + Local
Aptitude and Ambitions………? I hope Islamic
Distinctive outlook on Life…………. For vast majority Islamic (I hope)
Apart from language and local customs all the above we share with all fellow Muslims whether they are in Africa, Europe or any where else.
Will you not take Salauddin Al Ayubi, who was a Kurd, or Tariq bin Ziyad, an Arab, as your heroes like any other Muslim?
You are talking about a few Arab leaders who did not support Pakistan, like King Farouk of Egypt or Yasser Arafat or Nasser? Do you think that these people truly represent their people? They are not/were not popular even with their own people except for Nasser. So are you going to disassociate yourself from the Muslim brotherhood just because of a few ‘rotten leaders’?
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Or the cozy Nehru-Nasser relationship?
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Maybe from Nasser’s point of view Pakistan being in American camp was ‘threat to him’.
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Why did the Arab world lose Palestine after it was created from British Palestine?
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What happened in 1971? Did it not happen in Pakistan the majority of ‘Pakistanis’ opted out of ‘Pakistani Nationalism’? (I know there are very many reasons for it but the fact remains). The Arab world ‘lost’ Palestine because of stupidity of its leaders. On what grounds did Pakistan lose half of itself? Please don’t forget that Jerusalem belongs to Pakistanis as well as it belongs to all the Muslims.
You talk of Pakistani Nationalism? What good has it done for those poor and desperate Pakistanis (Biharis – stuck in Bangladesh)? For thirty odd years they have begged and pleaded to be brought back ‘home’ but Pakistani Nationalism has got cold feet and just has not acknowledged it’s own people back. They have never let Pakistan down; but Pakistani Nationalism certainly has let them down. Sadly, history is witness to it.
As overwhelmingly Pakistanis are Muslim, I will quote a few of Hadith of Rasool (saw) where he has addressed the ‘Disease of Nationalism’. I am sure as Pakistani first and then a Muslim you will regard his sayings with utmost repect as nothing but the Truth.
The Messenger of Allah (saaw) said,"He is not one us who calls for Asabiyyah, (nationalism/tribalism) or who fights forAsabiyyah or who dies for `Asabiyyah." Abu Da'wud
"There are indeed people who boast of their dead ancestors;but in the sight of Allah they are more contemptible than the black beetle that rolls a piece of dung with its nose . Behold, Allah has removed from you the arrogance of the Time of Jahiliyyah (Ignorance) with its boast of ancestral glories. Man is but an Allah-fearing believer or an unfortunate sinner. All people are the children of Adam, and Adam was created out of dust." At-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud
"Undoubtedly Allah has removed from you the pride of arrogance of the age of Jahilliyah (ignorance) and the glorification of ancestors. Now people are of two kinds. Either believers who are aware or transgressors who do wrong. You are all the children of Adam and Adam was made of clay. People should give up their pride in nations because that is a coal from the coals of Hell-fire *If they do not give this up Allah (swt) will consider them lower than the lowly worm which pushes itself through Khara (dung)." * . [Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi]
"The believers, in their love, mutual kindness, and close ties, are like one body; when any part complains, the whole body responds to it with wakefulness and fever." [Muslim],
"The faithful are like one man: if his eyes suffers, his whole body suffers." [Muslim],
"An Arab is no better than a non-Arab. In return, a non-Arab is no better than an Arab. A red raced man was not better than a black one except in piety. Mankind are all Adam's children and Adam was created out of clay." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim, on the authority of Abu Musa]
"Every Muslim is a brother to a Muslim, neither wronging him nor allowing him to be wronged. And if anyone helps his brother in need, Allah will help him in his own need; and if anyone removes a calamity from [another] Muslim, Allah will remove from him some of the calamities of the Day of Resurrection; and if anyone shields [another] Muslim from disgrace, Allah will shield him from the disgrace on the Day of Resurrection." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim, on the authority of Abd Allah ibnUmar]
So brother RajputFury, I hope that you are not going to disagree with what Rasool Allah (saw) has stated. Because Allah (swt) stated the following in the Holy Quran.
"It is not for a believer (male or female) that when Allah and His Messenger have decreed a matter that they should have any choice in their decision. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he has indeed strayed in plain error." [Surah Al-Ahzab (33): ayah 36]
And those who still uphold nationalism, remember what Allah (swt) says, "And let those who oppose the Messenger's commandment beware, lest some Fitnah (disbelief, trials,afflictions,...) befall them or a painful torment be inflicted on them." [Surah An-Nur (24): ayah 63]
If you look around you can’t help but notice that all the countries are forming alliances and large National Unions. Here in Europe the countries that had fought two bloody wars within matters of thirty years and had hundreds of year’s rivalry have joined hands to form a strong union. Now they are busy absorbing the new countries on the Eastern flank. No country can now survive in isolation. Ultimately Pakistan will have to join other countries for its own long term survival. Is it not better to join up with it’s fellow Muslims with whom Pakistan has so much in common for the betterment of whole Muslim brotherhood?
*But if it’s still Pakistani Nationalism for you, than be aware that Rasool Allah (saw) has said that in Allah’s (swt) sight such a person is more contemptible than the black beetle that rolls a piece of dung with its nose (Dung Beetle). *
I hope that you care to respond to this and my previous post.