Thanks for a sensible argument (unlike CM who is stuck in this like he was in the polypropylene thread).
OK.
Many Pakistanis in their minds, trivialize the very concept of ruling 200+ million people in the 21st century.
Islamic Shariah discussion in Pak has been so unfortunately relegated to hand chopping aka hadood.
And thus we now have two groups aka Islamists vs. Secularists fighting like village old women, shouting and frothing and cursing.
Oh Bhai Marv.
Running a government should be treated like a “SYSTEM” with thousands of moving parts that need constant up-gradation and evolution.
The problem with Islamists is that they think government can be run like those by Khalifa Rashideen. Nothing could be further than truth.
If any of you were transported via time machine to live in the Makkah during any Khalifa Rashid, you will choke with dust, suffocate due to trash, and die of trivial diseases if not looted on your way to another city. Or killed during civil war that would eventually follow with the death of one Khalifa or the other.
You will not have running water, nor a reliable transportation system accept perhaps a sick donkey.
You will not bathe for days, and you will be smelling like dirty animal.
To top it off, the only government revenue will be a tiny 2.5% zakat supplemented by HUGE amounts of the loot Khasoot of defeated tribes and countries.
And Mr. Mav, after 3 days (tops) of such meager existence, you will be the first one to shout, “Get me out of here, I am gonna die, I’m gonna die, please get me out of here”.
Then you better pray that your time machine works, otherwise you may kiss your softy softy @rse good bye.
No wonder, the application of Sharia in the 21st century has quickly lead to the destruction of societies even the ones blessed with natural resources.
How many middle class Pakistanis want to live in Talibotic Kabul, Or Shabbab’s Mogadishu, or Qaida’s Yemen?
Heck no! Most of us want clean living, running water, functioning government with good revenues that are then spent on social security, health care, and education, and infrastructure.
And guess what? All these necessities are modeled and thus adapted from Europeans. No such example exist from the time of Khalifa Rashid.
Thus Khalifa Rashid system is not only unstable (inherently), but also incapable of providing modern living.
And still some Paks want to romance with the caves and tents. While wishing to have everything that Europeans have in the 21st century.
Oh Bhai, how can you have European style life without ADAPTING from European systems?
Hain?
How on earth you can change “modalities” to live like Europeans such as:
1 - healthcare,
2- social security,
3- education,
4- infrastructure, etc. etc.
Without LEARNING from and ADAPTING to their system of government?
You think Sharia is etched in stone? like the tablets given to the prophets MUCH MUCH before Mohammad pbuh?
If so, then you got the stone of stone tablets with no spirit of Islam that in itself came to rid the ideas that forced people to follow stone tablets and rituals.
Sharia’s prime example was never meant for hand chopping.
In reality Sharia asked for much less dramatic but lot more fundamental things like speaking the truth, be honest, be tolerant etc.
Unfortunately Islamists in Pakistan cannot practice these fundamental requirements and instead continue harping on hand-chopping and donkey riding lifestyle all in the name Khilafah Rashideen.
And that is really really sad.
p.s. And if during your time travel to Makka of Khalifa Rashid time, you showed youtube video or digital images of modern European living, I bet many Sahaba ra would be trying to get in your time machine (no disrespect intended!).