^ In peshawer a journalist was killed while filming the protest there, so how can we find out under what circumstances the people have been killed.
Mohsin Raza KHAN @mohsinrz](https://twitter.com/mohsinrz)
[RIGHT]پشاور:اےآروائی نیوزکےرکن محمدعامرکی نمازجنازہ ادا کردی گئی محمدعامرمظاہرے کی کوریج کے دوران پولیس کی فائرنگ سے شہیدہوئےتھے[/RIGHT]
Why isn't army and police raiding madrassas and arresting mullahs and people responsible for bloodshed and destruction? And why did govt make this holiday so people can go out and protest?
It is so sad that 19 precious lives were lost and no one can be held responsible. i hope we have seen worst of it and things get better from here. Though i am neither a muslim nor a pakistani but i feel the pain. Act of natural disaster is understandable but this thing was totally avoidable. Didnt we see enough deaths last week.
PS. just saw on geo that aashiq e rasools also looted ATMS, i dont know how does it show your love.
^ Youm e Ishq e Rasool Mubarak everyone. Remember, if your looting then make sure you can relate it to the West some how, and if your not, what the hell is wrong with you, you bloody Kafir!
That sums up everything so beautifully. i wish this thing was headlines in all news papers tomorrow.
Good find Rangoli, you always bring up things so rare.
I heard something I could not believe. They r opening offices, business and shops after Friday is over. Is that the end of Ishq-e-Rasool? Thats shameful since it means there are things more important to you than Rasool. Like money or feeding family etc. Remember your faith is not complete until you love prophet more than anyone else. Please do not open business to test how far your ishq-e-rasool would last. If Friday's show was symbolic, same goes for your faith. Faith needs to be more than just symbol. Keep your businesses close, not just for a day, week, month or year but as long as it takes to erase this event from our collective memory. It should not be Youm-e-Ishq-rasool, it should be aam-e-Ishq-rasool (The year of Ishq-e-rasool).
The government, and other movers and shakers of the country, are either in denial or have yet to realize that endless pandering to hate-mongers and obstructionism is only accelerating the downward spiral of the country. The more intimidated we become, the more, for example, we refuse to amend blasphemy laws because of fear of Islamists, the more we arrest people on cooked-up charges by mullas and mobs instead of the other way around, the stronger those forces become that are wont to destroying, killing and maiming at whim. There is need for introspection and acknowledgement that there is a toxic level of intolerance in the country. Which we need to address head-on instead of finding external imagined enemies and scapegoats and allowing ourselves to be dictated by religious fanatics and mobs.
Asad Umar @Asad_Umar](https://twitter.com/Asad_Umar) a friends son wrote on FB today “we are pakistan. mess with us and we will destroy OURSELVES to teach YOU a lesson”
sad to see brainwashed children taking an active part in violence and vandalism**
Greetings from Pakistan on World Peace Day
**Greetings from Pakistan on World Peace Day. We have a lot of events and activities planned for today; unfortunately none of them will be sending across the message of peace. Our children, through whom we could portray a peaceful message using crayons and doves, are at home today and could not go to school. Those who don’t go to school anyway are being coerced by their adult relatives to spend the day out on the streets with them to burn tyres.Our parks and other public locations where we could have held some nice peace rallies and shown off our creative skills through artistic placards have all been sealed shut due to violent protests which we are currently being conducted to show our love for our Holy Prophet. Sounds complicated? Shouldn’t be – almost everyone is catching up to our unique Pakistani mentality now.
No peace concerts planned here either because music wouldn’t be an appropriate indulgence on this day and also because we may get killed on our way there by a stray bullet. Sorry, to explain this better: yes, our policemen are firing stray shots right now to ensure there is peace in the cities.
While expressing love for our Holy Prophet some people in Peshawar got carried away and set fire to some cinemas, so the families planning to go to the movies on this peaceful day can do so no more as the seats will be charred and the screens burnt.
Moreover, our leaders cannot come out to address the public on World Peace Day because there is too much violence on the streets so they have instead given the adventurers of Pakistan a field day so that they can do whatever they want. This freedom given by the government today is being enjoyed by thousands who have taken the country hostage because they are angry at the foreign filmmaker who disrespected the Holy Prophet and portrayed Muslims as violent people.
Burning candles and having vigils is too modest a gesture to share with the world so instead you will see my countrymen setting their own property on fire because this will teach the horrid filmmaker a lesson never to mess with us again. We are capable of setting this whole country on fire and so what if it only damages and destroys our own assets – at least the whole world will know that peace can not be taken for granted.
Speaking of peace, most crowds seem to be thronging towards the US Consulates today. This may be because the US President had been the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and what better activity on World Peace Day than to pay respects to the peace prize winner – but then again, this could also be because of the horrid filmmaker who has given us another reason to say ‘Go America Go’ (note: this may sound contradictory but this slogan is actually not chanted in a complimentary way).
Our children are missing school day after day, our businesses are suffering losses worth billions, our healthcare is in shambles and our security situation is deteriorating every hour, but our faith remains strong – turn on your television and you’ll be able to see that not even a distraction like World Peace Day can turn us away from our first and foremost duty – although, I do believe Pakistan playing a cricket match today would have altered the situation quite a lot … unless the cricketers would decide to wear black armbands in protest and hence inspire the crowds watching to react Pakistani style.
Alas, all is not lost for tucked away from the madness of the country I imagine our president releasing a dove or two of his own … you know, just to emphasise his agenda for peace. Greetings from Pakistan on World Peace Day | DAWN.COM