Secular Pakistan: ‘Pakistanis should know Quaid’s Aug 11 speech by heart’

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Re: Secular Pakistan: ‘Pakistanis should know Quaid’s Aug 11 speech by heart’

@Faris_Udeen

As for seperation of Religion and State, I dont think personally there is any country in existance that has complete seperation of those things in reality even the USA has its idiots to simply point fingers at one factor being a problem is niave and foolish at best… our collapse is due to many factors, now please get this taliban fixation out of your head… its a very bad obsession you have.

False dilemma. It’s not an all or nothing scenario. Most do not call for an absolute separation of religion and state, nor is Pakistani society a good candidate for it. Referencing extreme secular models is often an excuse to avoid addressing the fact that the role of religion needs to be modified in the public sphere. It’ll be progress if we can start by addressing state sanctioned bigotry and misogyny in the name of Islam. Repealing and/or amending the blasphemy law is necessary. The Hudood Ordinances are a perfect example of why Shariah needs to be reigned in and replaced with civil law.