06-09-2006, 05:10 AM
Columnist Abdul Qadir Hasan wrote in Jang (April 6, 2006) that Mughal king Akbar was a great favourite of the Hindus because he was secular and had invented his own heretic religion. Now a film Mughal-e-Azam was being imported into Pakistan. It was made by a Muslim director in which Muslims have acted, but it is aimed against the ideology of Pakistan.
The rulers are secular and want to spread secularism in Pakistan. The conspiracy is to take Pakistanis away from their Islamic values. The film is supposed to be imported for commercial reasons along with some other Indian films, but the real objective is to undermine Pakistanâs religion. Akbar will be shown as the best king because he was secular but in fact Akbar became apostate through his invention of deen-e-ilahi, which was now to be introduced through the film.
What about the secularisation coming from the video and the cable TV and countless American films and serials? This is worse than deen-e-ilahi. This is Mr Hasanâs most unthinking column.
Historian Safdar Mehmood wrote in Jang (April 11, 2006) that he had noticed the following defects in the civic behaviour of Pakistanis. On the road we tend to stare at others. If we are driving we have the tendency to curse other drivers. We donât care if our honking of the horn insults others. We begin driving faster when we see someone trying to overtake us correctly.
We simply canât stand someone opposing us in argument and succeeding. When we give our argument we tend to be loud and aggressive. These are signs of an intolerant society.
We have much in common with Third World societies but the defects mentioned above are specific to us in their intensity. They are very âMuslimâ defects.
The rulers are secular and want to spread secularism in Pakistan. The conspiracy is to take Pakistanis away from their Islamic values. The film is supposed to be imported for commercial reasons along with some other Indian films, but the real objective is to undermine Pakistanâs religion. Akbar will be shown as the best king because he was secular but in fact Akbar became apostate through his invention of deen-e-ilahi, which was now to be introduced through the film.
What about the secularisation coming from the video and the cable TV and countless American films and serials? This is worse than deen-e-ilahi. This is Mr Hasanâs most unthinking column.
Historian Safdar Mehmood wrote in Jang (April 11, 2006) that he had noticed the following defects in the civic behaviour of Pakistanis. On the road we tend to stare at others. If we are driving we have the tendency to curse other drivers. We donât care if our honking of the horn insults others. We begin driving faster when we see someone trying to overtake us correctly.
We simply canât stand someone opposing us in argument and succeeding. When we give our argument we tend to be loud and aggressive. These are signs of an intolerant society.
We have much in common with Third World societies but the defects mentioned above are specific to us in their intensity. They are very âMuslimâ defects.