Re: South Asian Muslims' Self-Hatred
What an interesting thread................
The article made a few good points, about the erosion of our culture. The Salafi brothers I have met instantly dismiss a lot of our (Pakistani) traditions and I have noticed they are very quick at calling other sects innovators or kaafir.
We should all be united, in the ideal world, and treat other non Muslims as we would wish to be treated by them.
All I can go on is what I have observed living in England. There are the ignorant Pakistanis, whom sweet_taboo seems to despise but when he goes on to state that if Arabs hate Pakistanis it's because most Pakistanis are scum, that is a textbook definition of self hatred.
There are all kinds of Pakistanis, here in England or wherever, it is wrong to dismiss and negatively label so many people. The older I got the more I realised how a large number of Arabs look down on us and that hurt, to be honest. However I don't hate them back, there's no point. I'm sure there are many decent Arab people in the world today but the bad ones have cast a shadow on their people. Just like some Pakistanis have given the rest of us a bad name.
Here in England I see the Salafi kind of brothers who want to be Arabs, I respect them for following what they consider to be The Prophet's way of life but I find their attitudes to be unsettling at times. They have been taught to despise their own parent's culture, that is very sad. Pakistanis have traditionally been good Muslims so I don't like some of these brainwashed self righteous brothers looking at us like we are deviants.
I know some of these people have a very noble cause but they are stubborn. A righteous path is to be respected but many of them come across as being arrogant and snobbish, which surely runs counter to the ideals of a true man of any faith.
The other extreme are the Pakistanis who want to be white at all costs.
At times all I see are the extremes, I just want to live my life, follow my religion as well as I can and yet retain my Pakistani heritage.
Oh yeah, sweet_taboo, you can get some really nice shalwar kameez I'm surprised at you saying they all look shabby. I wear western clothes most of the time but at home I like wearing shalwar kameez it's the most comfortable clothing in the world for men.