What comes first ......?

Country or religion ?

For me its country, some might say i am wrong ? But thats what I am. I feel its more practical in this politicised world. If this was not so, OIC would have been one country !!!
What’s your opinion ?

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should be religion....

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if country based on religion and follows relgious rules, then why not the country. its making sure the religion stays alive, so yah.. Country!

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Religion. Muslims are not supposed to fight for land expansion unless it has something to do with muslims being oppressed.

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Not a big historian here but didnt Islam went all the way to Spain? werent muslims the ones doing the oppressing to the natives of the countries?:confused:

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Here is something for you to know :slight_smile:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4948121296578586703

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anwar, nice video, thank you for sharing

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Religion. In most cases, I see that a religion is best served through having a strong country with a population that follows that religion.

Hence my belief that, for example, Islam would be weakened if Pakistan was weakened (ie through the Muslim world losing some of its its most advanced weapon factories and scientific institutions). So protecting Pakistan protects Islam.

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According to Iqbal:

Qaum mazhab sei hei, mazhab jo naheen tum bhee naheen
Jazb-e-baaham jo naheen mahfil-e-anjum bhee naheeen

Too na mit jayey ga Iran kei mit jaanei sei
Nasha-e-Mei ko ta'alluq naheen peimanei sei

I agree with Iqbal (ra). :)

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religion.....

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who does not:)

here is one more piece of great poetry from him :rehm:

Iss daur main, may aur hay, jaaam aur hay, jamm aur
Saaqi nay binaa kee ravish-e-lutf-O-sitam aur

Muslim nay bhee taa’meer kia apna haram aur
Tehzeeb kay Aazar nay tarashwaaey sanam aur

Inn Taazaa khudaaoun main baRaa subb say watan hay
Jo Perhan iss kaa hay woh mazhab ka kafan hay

Yeh bu’t kay taraasheedaa-e-tehzeeb-e-navi hay
Ghaarat gar-e-kaashaana-e-deen-e-nabavi:saw: hay

Baazu tera Tawheed kee quwwat say qawi hay
Islam tera des hay, tu Mustafwi hay

Nazzaara-e-Daireena zamaanay ko dikhaa day
Aey Mustafwi khaak main iss bu’t ko millaa day

Ho qaid muqaami, tau nateeja hay tabaahi
Reh beh’r main aazaad-e-watan soorat-e-maahi

Hay tark-e-watan sunnat-e-Mehboob-e-Ilaahie:saw:
Day tu bhee Nabuwat kee sadaaqat pay gawaahi

Guftaar-e-siyaasat main watan aur hee kuch hay
Irshaad-e-Nubuwat main watan aur hee kuch hay

Aqwaam-e-jahaan main hay raqaabat tau issi say
Taskheer hay maqsood-e-tijaarat tau issi say

Khaali hay sadaaqat say siyaasat tau issi say
Kamzour ka ghar hota hay ghaarat tau issi say

Aqwaam main makhlooq-e-Khuda batt-tee hay iss say
Qoumiyat-e-Islam kee jarr katt-tee hay iss say

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..........when everyones talking Iqbal, i thought of going off topic....
Majhab nahi sikhata , apas main bair rakhna...

Lets carry on with the topic.

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ahh.. my hindustani bhai :hugz:

:smiley:

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sahi pahchana bhai, i forgot the dot below J ! If you get this, you are my hindi bhai !!:slight_smile:

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Mullah ko jo hai Hind maiN SajdaY kee ijaazat
NaadaaN! yeh samajhtaa hai kaY Islam hai Azaad

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Bammo aur dhamako ki goonj ko gar u hin jeet ka danka samahte rahoge,
Thak jao ge, haar jao ge, Islam ko har kadam 100 kadam peeche lete chaloge !!

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Corrections:

Saaqi nei bina kee ravishe “zulm”-o-sitam aur

and

Islaam teira deen hei, too mustafavi hei

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okay if there is a war betwen twomuslim states pak and afghanistan and as pakis we know that pakistan is the aggressor what are we supposed to

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Well actually for me, religion and nation are both equal as Hinduism and Hindustan are so intertwined that it is impossible to give one preference over the other. I can say the same for Jews from Israel.

Now if I were Pakistani muslim, I would give preference to nation because, my nationality implies my religion and not vice-versa. Even if I were a Pakistani Hindu, then too I would have given importance to nation because my identity is ''Pakistani Hindu'' and not ''Hindu Pakistani''. The word Pakistani comes first.

But then I would have also made sure that my compatriots dont bring harm to any aspect of Hinduism in India or Pakistan such as temple destruction or any such thing.

So nationality comes first, as religion is automatically taken care of afterwards.

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If it is an established fact that Pakistan is the aggressor then I will side with Afghanistan. Our first preference should be to mediate and make the two brothers in Islam (Pakistan and Afghanistan) settle their disputes.