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#24 by Urstruly

Arey yar aysay kaisay ho sukta hai. The dialogue with Uthman comes a little later, and this is how that went.

Muawiyah wrote to Uthman, “Abu Dharr has become a problem for me, and his case has involved such and such matters”. Uthman wrote him, “Verily dissension has protruded its snout and eyes and is poised to jump. Do not scrape the scab, but rather dispatch Abu Dharr to me. Send a guide along with him, give him adequate provisions, and treat him gently. Restrain the people and yourself as far as you can, for you will keep control (of affairs) so long as you keep control of yourself.”

So Abu Dharr was sent to Medina and when he came, Uthman said, “Abu Dharr, why are the Syrians complaining about the wounds inflicted by you?” Abu Dharr informed him how it was improper to say “God’s property,” nor was it proper for the rich to grasp after wealth. Uthman responded “Abu Dharr, I must carry out my own obligations and take what is owed by the subjects. I cannot compel them to be ascetics; rather, I am required to summon them to heed God’s commandments and to follow the path of moderation.” Then Abu Dharr said, “Then permit me to leave, for Medina is no home for me.”

The lack of focus on real issues runs down from the top and Musharraf is no exception. A judge and a number of lawyers get killed in a bomb blast in Baluchistan as part of a chain of terrorist attacks inside Pakistan. Next day, the doctrine-of-necessity president tells the press that the situation is improving, calls the recent incidents ``mamooli patakhay`` and focuses rest of his speech urging the nation to elect his supporters in the next elections. How is it different from the religious masses protesting some petty cartoons while ignoring all that is truly wrong around them?

this man - a friend of the prophet - really made a statement !

GUJRANWALA, Feb 20: Punjab Minister for Social Welfare Zille Huma Usman was shot dead by a man described by police as a religious fanatic when she was going to address an open court here on Tuesday.

Police arrested the accused, Maulvi Mohammad Sarwer Mughal, and seized a pistol he was carrying. The accused had been charged with killing four model girls and injuring a dozen others some four years ago, and he was acquitted by a local court for lack of evidence.

Witnesses said the 36-year-old minister, mother of two minor boys, was being showered with rose petals by workers of her party at the Muslim League House on the Asgher Ali Road when the accused fired on her.

Quoting the accused, who ran a hardware shop, DIG (operations) Khadim Hussain Bhatti said he was waging a jihad against anti-Muslim forces. “Women can’t become rulers in Islam,” he is reported to have been said.

AFP adds: Officials said the accused killed the minister because “she was not wearing Muslim clothing”.

“He killed her because she was not observing the Islamic code of dress,” local police officer Nazir Ahmad said.

Disgraceful. Can you imagine the hue had it been the lady who`d gone up to the guy and shot him for wearing a scary beard? And I shall also ask what Paracha asks at the end of his piece: How less “unIslamic” is this than the basant and women’s marathons, I wonder?

another statement by the believers

MIRANSHAH: An Afghan refugee was beheaded on Tuesday for being a US spy in North Waziristan. The decapitated body of Nek Amal, a 35-year old man from Zozak village in the Afghan province of Khost, was found in a roadside nullah in Saidgey village, near the Pak-Afghan border in North Waziristan. A note found near the body read, “Whoever spies for America will meet the same fate.” The militants, suspected to be pro-Taliban elements, also cut off their hands and feet. staff report

........ so how are the secular liberals going to respond to this ? ....... a marathon in miranshah ?

Paracha Sahib… a very nice write-up on the current state of affairs in Pakistan. Luckily, for the major part, the liberal left is confined only to Karachi (and to imported Karcahiettes in Islamabad). In Punjab there’s no such monster, as we have Molvis to deal with. Karachi is blessed with both kinds. In all honesty, the Paki liberal left comes across as the biggest scum of the earth – worse even than the Mullahs. Then we have people like our own Masadi Sahib, who is buy-one-get-one-free kind.

looks like it the Dark Ages for us. we will be lucky if we see some light in our life times.............

``Sometimes, (worse than the mullahs), it is the liberals that are giving intellectuality a bad name.``

Well said, the video`s popularity bothered me immensely. I`m so glad you wrote this.

Aisha Sarwari