The liberal city: "Thus Stands Karachi"

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Re: The liberal city: "Thus Stands Karachi"

its not that bad. there is the political meaning in context of a given country, and there is the meaning of liberal that is used when Michael Goldfarb says 'The word liberal has been so debased in America by right-wing demagogues that liberals have for at least two decades preferred to call themselves progressives.'

since the context is defined to be pertaining to religious extremism take these dictionary definitions and focus on the bolded ones, with the context of religion. So for example, when you read the word orthodoxy, think in your mind 'religious orthodoxy'.

broad: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"
having political or social views favoring reform and progress
**tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties**
big: given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and openhanded grandfather"
a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets
free: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

doesnt have to do with economic liberalism or athiesm etc.

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Re: The liberal city: “Thus Stands Karachi”

Yep, very tolerant! Atleast accept people from different political/ethnic/lingual backgrounds!

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already addressed that. pasting again:

since the context is defined to be pertaining to religious extremism take these dictionary definitions and focus on the bolded ones, with the context of religion. So for example, when you read the word orthodoxy, think in your mind 'religious orthodoxy'.

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Re: The liberal city: "Thus Stands Karachi"

^ Please see post #53. I agree with what you are saying.

I believe that Sindh as a province has done better in terms of religious tolerance. It could be because of compromising, non-aggressive nature of population living under wadaira system in rural sindh. The native Sindhi population is politically not very active having served under landlords for centuries and pacified by the saints who lived and spread love there. This fact was exploited by a very active political movement by JI and MQM politically mobalising non-Sindhi ethnic groups in Karachi.