Monday, 8 July 2013
Pakistan: Wearing the hat
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A religious politician’s words about the inviolability of his God-given dignity were mirrored by the head of a secular party and the president of the confused-Islamic republic of Pakistan.
Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch |
Source/Credit: The News | Pakistan
By Talat Farooq | July 8, 2013
“I have a hat. It is graceful and gives me a certain dignity...Someday I may get up enough courage to wear it, instead of carrying it.” – Erma Bombeck
Over the last one week I have heard the word ‘dignity’ mentioned twice by two of our most important leaders – Asif Ali Zardari and Maulana Fazlur Rahman.
In a TV talk show Maulana Sahib went on a rampage against Imran Khan. He bad-mouthed Khan’s beliefs and values while questioning the religious faith of his children. He then ranted on about the debauchery – “obashi” – that PTI has unleashed on society by allowing young women and men to jointly indulge in political activities such as attending jalsa/meetings, protests or sit-ins. This, the Maulana emphasised, was un-Islamic and in stark contrast to his own “nazriyati” approach in keeping with the Quran and Sunnah (read Mullah Omar and Hakimullah Mehsud).
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