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The Paradox Cult

Shabbar Shah September 3, 2007

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#5 Posted by netgeek2k2 on October 15, 2007 12:13:13 am
Well said, The biggest issue I see is that the population is hungry for true guidance especially in religion..
what is happening is that land / money hungary Mullahs have made sure that they use the Beard for their own needs.
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#4 Posted by samankhan on September 5, 2007 2:34:03 am
For society to move forward, only non-violent movements work.

Right! Gandhiji proved it! The time is ripe for another one to lead us.

SK.
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#3 Posted by SaimaShah on September 5, 2007 2:16:05 am
Well said. It is indeed tragic that fear of death which is what draws us towards mythological and supernatural explanations for our presence on Earth, has been twisted into a kinky cult. It amazes me how misogyny has become the meaning of Islam in Pakistan. It is incredible how many Hijras dominate our public spaces. How garbage litters everywhere yet people would rather go to a mosque to pray than to clean their shit. How can people make the Lal Masjid lunatics out to be heroes? The very meaning of being good has been twisted to mean Burqa, verses from Quran, Sticks, and bombs. Can violence and anger ever be a good thing for society? If so, than for whom? Certainly not the idiots who enjoy the technology and the gifts of knowledge that the West developed but secretly curse them. When/If, these cult types come to power, their first victims will be the current social elite--the Haves who secretly glory in their rebellion and take a vicarious joy in killing the army people, then these people will be more cruel than the people they replace, more arrogant, more dogmatic than the unfair system that they remove. Hasn't anybody of these enlightened ones ever reflected on 'Animal Farm'? Doesn't anybody reflect on Iran?

For society to move forward, only non-violent movements work.
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#2 Posted by dullabhatti on September 4, 2007 11:04:39 am
dekhi shah ji, your sentiments are noble...your intentions are pure but with proclamations like in the last paragraph, there is no way you are going to succeed in your cause in Pakistan...even Jinnah did not talk like that...even he paid lip service to the muslimness of the masses.
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#1 Posted by nadz on September 4, 2007 4:29:25 am
I agree with u...Very well written and well observed article.This is the dilemma of our ppl that v always fight for and aganist wrong things.Evrybody knows how these madrassas and mulllahs r exploiting young kids in the name of islam and yet nobody raises voice against thm.All thy cry over is the action of the govt against extremism and the Pak army..It hurts so much tht our conscience is so dead tht v r fighting for the wrong reasons and causes..Evryday so many jawans are killed,beheaded and nobody raises any voice for the poor souls..nobody say a single gud word for their servicea nd sacrifice.Instead thy r given the name of"Na-Pak Fauj"...How ironic is that..We,as a nation,need to set our priorities straight.
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