Pakistani “Muslims” law enforcement and civil groups have utterly failed to control our extremists.
And thus we are all lumped together.
If we had huge peace rallies with every attack on a foreign diplomatic mission,
or mountains of flowers for any foreigner / Pakistani killed by terrorists,
then the rest of the world would have differentiated between the bad ones and the good ones.
So far the “good Pakistanis” are silent,
And
Silence is mostly interpreted as “support” it is not correct but this the way the world goes.
And quit that Muslim vs. non-Muslim labeling.
In Pakistan we are in the same boat as our non-Muslim brothers.
The more we emphasize on our Muslimness, the more we get lumped with the tribals and despots of the Middle East. Remember the man is known by the company he keeps.
If we don’t want to get tagged as a bank robber, then we should not walk in the streets with the known bank robbers.
If we want to get tagged as a peaceful, lawful person/nation, then find all the peaceful and lawful groups/nations and walk with them instead.
Then soon the world will recognize us as a good citizen/nation.
p.s.
For some reason we forget that our parents always taught us the do’s and don’ts about our friends’ type. They always said make the friends who are most sophisticated, educated, and forward looking. Why would they do that? because they were worried about family name getting spoiled if you picked up the wrong kind of friends.
Why then we refuse that Pakistan as a nation should have friends based on the same criteria that our parents taught us.