Pakistan Muslims: so-called guardians of Islam
I come in contact with people of all nationalities and they all think that Pakistani Muslims are more fanatical than Arabs. In fact, one Arab even told me, “You Pakistanis think that the Holy Koran was revealed in Urdu, on 14th August 1947!”
There is a great deal of truth in all this. Consider what happens in Ramadan. Pakistanis think that they’re doing a great favor to everyone by fasting. All work virtually comes to a standstill, and in the last ten days of the holy month you find people walking around as if they’ve not slept for many days. In such circumstances, you cannot ask clerks and factory workers to work at normal speed. If you do, they look at you as if you’ve said something bad about their sisters or mothers. “Can’t you see I’m fasting!” is their response. You want to tell them that you’re fasting too, but it hasn’t affected the quality or quantity of the work you do, but since the atmosphere is already tense, you decide not to respond.
Another abominable trait among so-called Pakistani scholars of Islam is to utter totally irrelevant Arabic sentences (from the Holy Koran) whenever they want to make a point. While this may impress illiterate people, any educated person can see that they’re trying to show off.
Once I was in a restaurant, when a man started behaving in a crazy manner. One of his companions had cast doubt on his honesty, so he began shouting and asking everyone the direction of Makkah. “I want to pray right here!” he shouted. I pointed out that the time for the afternoon prayer had already elapsed, but if he wanted to pray so fervently, there was a mosque on the other side of the road. But he kept repeating, “I’m a true Muslim, I carry a prayer carpet with me all the time!” He didn’t explain why, if he was a true Muslim, he had missed the afternoon “namaz”. But then, all hypocrites are alike, and Pakistanis are more hypocritical than others.
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October 1st, 2008 04:31 GMT
Asslam’u Alakum & Eid Greetings to all who made most of Ramadan!
Firstly, no one is guardian of Islam but Allah. If someone - like me, a Paki, or anyone else - thinks they are guardian of Islam, then it is their misunderstanding.
I see it as an interesting topic because I have seen such behaviour of people around me & all, and I personally believe that all the problems being faced in Pak today r just coz of lack of the education and understanding of Islam - not traditons+Islam’s confusing mixture but true religion!.
But I think writer has been TOO irrational and made some such points which r just unwise & don’t hold water.
e.g. response: “Can’t you see I’m fasting!”, well if that person knew the true purpose of fasting they would have never said that, so if u knew why then don’t u explain them the true purpose of fasting; just because ‘ atmosphere is already tense’ is not enough pal, by saying that u r just leaving a person illiterate as u found! No point of your having got the knowledge then, I think.
and ‘“You Pakistanis think that the Holy Koran was revealed in Urdu, on 14th August 1947!” is just making me lauuuuuuuugh bcoz it wasn’t something I had expected from someone having even very little knowledge of the religion. By the way, why that arab brother used “your Pakistanis”, doesn’t it mean that we aren’t family – what about that Universal Brotherhood I hear a lot about?
I am just concerned that why do we give up so soon and leave our brothers/sisters in faith on their own???
October 2nd, 2008 11:09 GMT
@khoobseerat: well Said, ignore this author , he often writes about things which he himself is not aware at all.
October 3rd, 2008 01:17 GMT
@Mr Adnan Siddiqui, please go back to whoever taught you English and ask him/her to refund (with interest) all the money you paid. And please offer your comments when you’ve learnt to write English properly.