Re: Pakistan Islamic or Secular?
if you talk about five pillars of Islam, they deal with your personal religious belief. If that kind of Islam which is based on five pillars is concerned you are free to practice them even in France which is considered highly secular.
We are talking personal religion and political religion. Personal religion in Islam’s context is based on five pillars namely nimaz, roza, hajj, zakat, and belief in holy prophet and Allah, period. All these acts are your personal acts, nothing to do with the state…
Political religion is different… where state adopts one single religion in a multi religious society.
In this case state starts punishing the sins (religious wrong doings), in addition to crimes (wrong doings effecting fellow citizens).
The recent example of Taliban’s Afghanistan as a role model of Islamic state, you could be punished for shaving your beard.
I know you will argue that it was not Islam as you see it, but most of the religious leaders including that of Jamat Islami consider it as the best model of Islamic state in modern times.
Here the posters who are arguing for secular system are actually not supporting no religion in the society. They are just supporting the state should not adopt a particular religion in the worldly matters, while giving you freedom to follow your five pillars..
While your argument revolves just around twisting words, and confusing people with definitions as you think. I don’t find any logical content in your argument.. as I think according to my own very personal opinion.