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

[GoldenAsif]

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

@kakaballi

Pakistan was created because of the fear that POLITICAL rights of Muslim minority might be usurped by Hindu majority India. India and Pakistan were not supposed to be ‘enemy’ countries to begin with. It was the mass killings and plunder during migration ( primarily because of idiotic border lines and lack of planning by British and local politicians) that bred hatred.

Even if we accept that Pakistan was supposed to be an Islamic state, we didn’t move in that direction either. Many western governments are more ‘Islamic’ in terms of providing security of life and property to citizens, justice, education and medical care and protection to minorities. I don’t think anyone would have a problem if such ‘Islamic’ government is installed in Pakistan. For us, ‘Islamic’ has mainly been prayers, fasting, clothing and superficial expressions of piety.

Agreed for the vast majority of rigid and backward-thinking Pakistanis that is what Islam is. Add …** excessive expressions of religiosity and blasphemy and the picture is complete. in other words all just banawat or dikhawa.
**
Call it secularism or liberalism (a better word perhaps) but it only means separation of state and religion - freedom, liberty and equality thereby ensuring citizens of all faiths are protected and treated equally under the law. It doesn’t mean you stop practising your respective faiths.