Adil Najam
The enemy struck again. Killing Muslims in Lahore and then in Karachi.
In this blog our vocabulary has always been the vocabulary of Pakistan, of Pakistanis and of Pakistaniat. It shall remain so. Yet, today we deliberately choose to use the vocabulary of religion because those who were targeted were targeted because of their faith. The killers were targeting processions mourning those killed at Karballa. There was nothing ambiguous about the horrific murders of Muslims in Lahore and Karachi. There should be nothing ambiguous about our reaction to it.
The intensity and the frequency of violent intolerance may have escalated, but there is nothing new about the scantimonius self-righteousness that has, for so long, and so consistently, made us our own worst and most enduring enemy: Hum he Qatl ho rahey haiN, hum he Qatl kar rahey haiN.
That both attacks were intended to be much bigger had police and security personnel not intercepted the attackers – one reportedly just 13 years old – is of little consolation to the loved ones of those who died. Including the loved ones of the lowly policemen who gave their lives intercepting these murderers. But it should be yet another moment of reflection for the rest of us. As we wrote in December 2009: “… the Pakistani policeman’s life – very literally – [has become] the only thing between a suicide bomber and his would-be victims.” The Pakistani policeman is not perfect. Nor are we. They represent the same violent schizophrenia that the rest of society does; the same violent schizophrenia that has made their job more violent than any job deserves to be.
Adil Najam has again delibrately used religion as a cover up to malign the identity of Pakistan just the same way as anti state elements attacked a religious procession to create a chaos among the society.
I have absolutely no doubt that it is anti Pakistan elements who have targeted Pakistani society in the cover of TTP. Initially tribals started attacking military targets in Pakistan in revenge of the innocent lives of their dear ones lost in drone attacks by Adil Najam’s Country. Although such guerilla attacks were not well coordinated but were limited to only military targets (because they considered Pakistan Army under Tyrant Musharraf an equally cruel partner in war OF terror). They refrained from directly attacking civilians.
However, this potential of suicidal attacks gave anti Pakistan forces (just across the Durand line) an opportunity to channelise this activity in order to destabilize and cripple Pakistan. They funded and projected previously unknown tribal warriors like Naik Muhammad, Baitullah Mehsood, Fazlullah, Mangal Bagh and others to develop their militia under the cover up of TTP.
When price is big and in dollars, its not very difficult to brainwash these warriors as well as young and enthusiastic pathans to the extent that Pakistan and Pakistani People were characterized as the killers of tribals. Then it was very easy to use this suicide brigade to kill en mass people of different fractions of society in a way that on one hand, it creates chaos and harassment in society and economy and on the other brings different faiths at warring positions against each other. The most powerful impact of this conspiracy is that now Islam is being associated with every terrorist activity around the world much to the inner pleasure of liberal extremists and secular elite.
With a small digression from the topic, i would like to ask Adil Najam why the killer of many innocent people including a federal judge in Tucson Arizona has not been termed as TERRORIST even after he indiscriminately fired and killed innocent people at a public rally? Why is he still categorized as just a normal killer? on the other hand when Faisal Shehzad placed a bomb in Times Square, NY, American media and pseudo intellectuals so called Pakistani scholars wasted no time in declaring him a terrorist even before he was caught, charged or convicted. Isnt it because Tucson killer is not a Muslim or a Pakistani so he is not labelled a terrorist??? I asked this question on the websites of several American media groups but none has retorted back at me rather many other comments supported my view.
The recent posts by Adil Najam are clearly under the influence of western strategy of maligning Islam and its followers in every possible and even impossible way. Adil Najam quotes Faiz’s Poem “Hum Daikhen ge” as a credo for ATP. Looks like his interpretation for the verse “Bus naam rahey ga Allah ka…” is actually “Bus naam hi rahey ga Allah ka…”
No sir!!! it is not inter faith conflict…. it is war OF terror by anti Pakistan forces.
@FreeFromFear
One religion can’t beat another – look at crusades.
Off course, religion was created when there were no laws to control masses.
I am sure our religion was created about 100 years after Rasool-Allah. I don’t understand why Rasool-Allah would preach the very thing he successfully fought against i.e. religions of the time – Judaism, Christianity, “Boot-Prasat”, Zoroastrian etc.
I think that’s why it says in the Quran(3:67) that “Ibrahim was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but he was a true HANIF, who surrendered to Allah, and he was not of those who ascribe partners with Allah (the polytheists).”
HANIF(to incline towards a right state or tendency) is the key word here. (Wikipedia)
Till we have brave police men & women who stand up to protect the People we have hope. These terrorists will be defeated. Our Security Agencies really need to step up and find the leaders who are brainwashing these 12 & 13 years olds to blow themselves up to achieve martyrdom and 70 virgins in the hereafter. All they will end up is hellfire!
Zulm phir zulm hai bartha hai tu ghat jaata hai
Khoon phir khoon hai tapkay ga tu jum jayeega
On one hand, it is a show of sacrifice of life, both by the suicide bomber, who blew himself to kill those whom he considered ‘Mushrikin wajibul-qatl’ and, on the other, the policemen who gave their life for their duty in checking them.
And it is of course tragedy for those who were caught unaware in this show of sacrifice.
What surprises me however is the fact that none of them could be honoured as hero like Qadri, who just killed a man in his custody, cowardly and treacherously, by hitting him with a burst in the back by the very gun given to him to protect him.
questions:
what if there was no religion?
why do we need to “convert” everyone?
why my religion is “superior”to others?
are religions really ‘devine’ or ‘invented’ ?