Not all "Mullahs" are a problem. One should stop using this word in a derogatory sense. We are tarring all with the same brush. Most people who copuld be classified as Mullahs may not even support these elements who are destabilising Pakistan. The Barelvi, Shia and other non-deobandi Mullahs are probably anti these. there are some Deobandi Mullahs who are probably anti-militancy but then again if they are forced into a position against them they would be seen as taking Bush/USA side.
We are allowing them to hijack the term "Jihad" which is not about blowing American soldiers up and their allies. Jihad itself has a deep rooted meaning and can be a struggle inside too. We "glorify" them when we call them Jihadies- this is how they want to be seen. Its wrong that people such as Khekheshan use "Jihadism" in a deorogatory sense in their signature. Most physical Jihads are legitimate struggles against occupying powers.
Why should people from Iraq, Afghanistan accept American domination? The Americans invaded - of course the people are going to fight back. We should be allowed to speak out against American foreign policy when its wrong and not feel we are going to be labelled terrorist.Peopel criticise Pakistan for supporting the mujahideen but what other options were available? I dont think it would be very comfortable for pakistan to have Russia or its puppets on the border. A number of people criticise saying they should never have been involved but what would have happened otherwise? There was probably no other option in dealing with Russia at that time.
A lot of posters assume that Fazul Rehman and MMA are in the same league as the militants - they are wrong. These people are obvious sell-outs that people can see through.
The assumption that these militants have no support is wrong - the 60% of the people who did nt vote might want the militants in power. There is/was support for them but their attacks on Pakistran have weakened support for them. Why should Pakistanis want to support the USA in subjugation of the wortld? The USA is not the fairest country in the world. It has an anti-islam policy and its blatant for all to see.
Islam will always be a significant influence within pakistan and theres nothing wrong with that. pakistan needs to stop the cross-border infiltration but how will that be? There needs to be a change in the system from top to bottom and that may solve it in the long term. education, equality, a good economy may some of the long term remedies but what about the short term?