The Curse of Mullah

Educated people in Pakistan need to take stand to separate religion from politics. Relgion should be consigned to its appropriate place, namely, personal homes.
Communal people will have to be barred from holding political offices. That absolutely requires removal of masjid staff from standing in elections. The right of vote itself will have to be restricted to at least high school graduates and the candidacy to secular university graduates.

Educated people in Pakistan need to take stand to separate religion from politics. Relgion should be consigned to its appropriate place, namely, personal homes.
Communal people will have to be barred from holding political offices. That absolutely requires removal of masjid staff from standing in elections. The right of vote itself will have to be restricted to at least high school graduates and the candidacy to secular university graduates.

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So what’s your point. Pakistan should become a secular state ?

Faruk

It amazes me that things could have gotten so bad in Pakistan. As a child I always used to tell off religious neighbours who were shocked that I offerred prayers in jeans or trousers, by suggesting that it was my choice. I never believed that Pakistan would get to such a state.

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Atif Mian sahib,

My sentiments exactly. Read this a while back in the Friday times also. I have faith that we will fight back, and win back what is truly ours... this nationstate which has been hijacked by fanatics... Obviously the problem with our secular and idealistic foundations is the apparent anomaly of the separate muslim state. This issue has been discussed in great detail before on this board. In any event nation-states are evolutionary, and Pakistan doesn`t need to be wedded to Muslim Nationalism. Hence Jinnah`s speech where he says:

`Hindus will cease to be Hindus and Muslims will cease to be Muslims, not in a religious sense for that is personal faith of an individual, but in a political sense and we shall all become equal citizens of one state`

How can these ignorant mullahs argue for the ideological islamic state then, I will never know...

-Manto

PS: You will do well to ignore the abuse from the myopic anti-Pakistan brigade that will come your way now.