Allama Iqbal- Is he still relevant?

#57 by Naqshbandi on June 23, 2007 6:49am PT

yes...that`s the same thing as a million $ reward for rushdie`s head...or the speaker of the punjab assembly saying he`d kill rushdie himself..or the minister of religion of the land of the pure saying suicide bombings against rushdie are justified...

Re: # 64

well actually the such peaceful hindus have given him death threats and ransacked his home which have forced him to leave india and live abroad.

so what`s the difference. and the leader of the hindus who was at the forefront of such attacks was bal thackeray who is a politician too (actually a gangster but in the guise of a politician).

and wasn`t deepa mehta/mira nair also forced to film Water in Nepal after hindu fanatics burnt down the sets of her film in Benares?

#53 {``We need another Shaheen like Quaid_e-Azam.................
And Imran Khan fits in to that picture perfect........... ``}

Zeena,
Imran Khan is more like what the Shaheen left on the rock. :)

#59 by tahmed32,

Did the US cultural centre attack in Islamabad come before or after the Iranian fatwa? I think it was before.

From Tom Friedman`s NYT opinion piece:

``But since the Islamic parties have monopolized the mosques and the authoritarian regimes have monopolized the public square, anyone trying to articulate an Arab Fourth Way today “is competing against either God or the state — and between God and the state, what room is left for secular democrats?” asked Palestinian pollster Khalil Shikaki.
Only weeds can grow there — small nihilist weeds, like Fatah al Islam in Lebanon or Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia in Iraq or Islamic Jihad in Gaza. And they are growing.``

Sums up the way ahead for Pakstan. Mend your ways - little time left!

naqshbandi #56 good point. I tried reading his book to see what the fuss was about, and found it to be so dull i stopped reading after three pages. Like all bores, khotay da sir rushdie is trying to get attention by writing articles ridiculing people`s religious feelings - just like on chowk where the more stupid the poster, the more insulting his posts to some community since that is the only way anyone will pay attention to him.

It is these jahil irani mullahs, who by issuing the fatwa, gave this bore so much prominence. if they had not done so, no one would have heard of rushdie. and now the pakistani mullahs and the half-brained son of zia-ul-haq are making fools out of themselves and giving this khotay da sir even more attention.

arjun,
here are some urophiliac hindu retards protesting against m f hussain --the INDIAN artist:

Allamah Sahib himself was knighted by the British, of course...

I wish that the minority of Wahabi extremists who call themselves Muslims and use Islam to gain political points would realise the harm they are doing to the image of Muslims worldwide when they start protesting and burning books at the most trivial of things. Rushdie got a knighthood. So what? Get over it. If you don`t like his books,just don`t buy them.

He is a British citizen and the Brits have a right to honour him if they want; I don`t like the guy after he wrote Satanic Verses but I think this reaction is unjustified.

If Muslims hadn`t given him so much prominence the idiot would now be a forgotten novelist or someone most people outside of literary circles had not even heard of!

Re: # 56 Naqsh

Khomeini was no Wahabbi - he started it with the infamous Rushdie fatwa

Re: # 56 Naqsh

You are a wise man, and an atypical Muslim

inbred retards protesting Sir Salman Rushdie







mushy`s effigy gets burnt even at anti-rushdie rallies....it`s like mushy is the new America..



he looks really really constipated..

while people dabate Iqbal`s relevance, Jamia Hafza `revolutionaries` resort to action again , this time kidnapping Chinese from an Acupuncture centre in Islamabad.

What is ore relevant today, shayeri or laaThi??

I was never quite impressed by Sir, Allama Iqbal`s ideology, but, recently I started reading his few poetry books, and I realized Pakistan needs his kind of ideology more than ever....And his ideology is not only relevant for current Pakistani chaos, but, is vital,if Pakistanis wish to survive..........

We need another Shaheen like Quaid_e-Azam.................

And Imran Khan fits in to that picture perfect...........



Long live, our Shaheen, Imran Khan................Imran Khan zinda bad..............

I was never quite impressed by Sir, Allama Iqbal`s ideology, but, recently I started reading his few poetry books, and I realized Pakistan needs his kind of ideology more than ever....And his ideology is not only relevant for current Pakistani chaos, but, is vital,if Pakistanis wish to survive..........

We need another Shaheen like Quaid_e-Azam.................

And Imran Khan fits in to that picture perfect...........



Allama Iqbal got his inspirations from baba Khushaal Khan Khattack...........and I can safely say, Khan Baba was the actual Shaheen man........................

Sorry, zeemax..............

All I can say that in view of current Pakistani politics , Imran Khan is fits in to that ideology of Sir, Allama Iqbal`s ideology of Shaheen...........................

Long live Imran Khan, Shaheen of Pakistani democracy............

{``Allama Iqbal- Is he still relevant? ``}

Yasser,
Hi, all I can say is:

TeghoN ke sayye men Hum palkar jawaaN huwen heN
AasaaN nahiN mitaana naamo nishaaN hamara

OR

Baatil se Darney walle, ay aasmaN nahiN hum
So baar kar chuka he tu imtihaaN hamara