I will tell you a story …there was this guy Mr Abdullah, a member of Jummaath-i-Islami, a hard-core fundamentalist, and very close to the Pakistani establishment, an ex-civil servant, chairman of NWFP Public Service, and head of Jails during MMA regime in NWFP.
Once a France born Arab representing a reputed Europe-based human rights group came and talked to him about the condtions of prisoners in NWFP jails…Mr Abdullah mistook him for a Westerner and so furiously asked him as how he can teach human rights to Muslims…He tried to inform the human-rights guy as how Muslims treated prisoners during the era of “Khulafai-Rashideen” etc. and how Westerners does not have the moral ground to lecture Muslims and instead should learn from Muslim history … This Arab guy told him “I am an Arab, I know my history very well, so, please, don’t teach me my history…Would you please do something about the miserable conditions of prisoners in NWFP jails”.
So vigoratus brother, kindly don’t teach me my history …As Pashtun/Afghan, I am very well-versed in my history and know what is at stake.
hahaha, it is ironin that so many of our Muslim brothers try to convince US that Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires but then they themselves forget this point and try to step ahead and install an Islamic Amarat in Kabul.
Have some stomach for diversity …This is not racism…This is genuine expression of natural identity and group sentiments…Obviously, I am not going to subscribe to someone’s or group’s self-serving notion of partiotism or humanity.