Monday, February 29th, 2016 : What a day for the seculars! Mumtaz Qadri has been hanged and Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy wins the Oscar Award for her ‘feminist’ documentary on honor killing in Pakistan. Sorry to disappoint the seculars, but I am too ecstatic about Sharmeen’s achievement but I am bitterly shocked and sorrowful for Mumtaz. No, actually not for Mumtaz, but for the future of Pakistan.
Pakistan has let go Musharraf who is responsible for the death of seventy thousand people and still counting in Pakistan, by dragging Pakistan in the so called war-on-terror. Pakistan let go Nawaz Shareef who endangered the country’s national security by strangling the then Chief-of-Army Pervaiz Musharraf in mid-air and telling the aeroplane to land in India or Hell for all that he cared. Pakistan let go Raymond Davis who murdered two plus one Pakistanis in broad daylight to cover the dirty game he was playing in Pakistan. Pakistan always lets go the likes of Shahrukh Jatoi who kill their fellow citizens in cold-blood just to satisfy their bloody ego. The rapists dance around scot-free in Pakistan while the raped women burn themselves out in frustration and humiliation. Shhh … do you know? Even children are raped in Pakistan and their rapists then win the next elections in Kasur …
But now that I have told you this dirty secret, I shall be lamented for projecting a negative image of Pakistan internationally, just like poor Mukhtara Mai was, who was Jirga officially gang raped and then persecuted for speaking about it.
Of all the crimes and horrors committed within the borders of Pakistan, Pakistan found only Mumtaz Qadri worthy of being punished? Pakistan was deaf to the blasphemous comments of Salman Taseer who publically declared the Blasphemy Law a black law? Ah, but they say, ‘Prophet Muhammed Pbuh always forgave his insulters…’ May I invite you to read about when Prophet Muhammed Pbuh ordered to kill Ka’ab bin Ashraf and Abu Rafi, the detailed episodes of whom can be read from Sahih Al-Bukhari, Volume 5, Hadith 369 and 372. There were times when he forgave and there were times that he punished. The most evident reasoning being the establishment of his prophet hood nationwide. He forgave on personal basis when his prophet hood had not been established yet and he punished as a state when his prophet hood had been established and it was not something to joke about, humor with and play around.
It happens! When the state and institutes stop playing their due role, individuals take up the role. For example, it is the duty of the state to look after the orphans, but Abdul Sattar Edhi has to do it. It is the duty of the state to look after prisoner rights, but Ansar Burney has to do it. It is the duty of the state to protect women from abuse, but Asma Jahangir has to do it. It was the duty of the state to silence Salman Taseer for his blasphemous comments, but the state suddenly went deaf, dumb and blind, as it usually does when the perpetrator of any crime is either a rich man or when the issue under discussion is religion.
They say, Taseer made no blasphemous comments. He was just talking about the misuse of the Blasphemy Law and hence wanted to ban the law. Of course! The Blasphemy Law should not be misused. In fact, its misuser should be given the same punishment as a blasphemer. But, to ban a law because of its misuse? Laugh out loud! Excuse me, but this is not the only law which is misused in Pakistan. Every law of Pakistan is distorted and misused by the rich and the affluent. So what? We will wind up the entire constitution? Nah! But he actually said, ‘I consider this law a black law’. I saw and heard his interview myself.
So why am I sorrowful for Pakistan? I am sorrowful for Pakistan because I just cannot understand why Pakistan is bent upon committing suicide ever since Allah Almighty blessed it with nuclear power in 1998. Just three years afterwards, we started a journey of self-destruction by picking up a fight for no good reason in the North-West of Pakistan and turning the Deoband Pashtoons against us who were, once upon a time, our unofficial frontline defence. And now we have picked up a fight with the peaceful Barelvis who have never raised a finger upon anybody, no matter what issue is going on, except to defend the honor of the Prophet Pbuh. Let alone the Barelvis, the sanctity of the Prophet’s honor is something shared by all Muslims across, no matter which school-of-thought they belong to. So why are we consistently turning our masses against ourselves? I fail to understand.
This episode is also a wake-up call to the Barelvis, to not just resort to hymn singing for the Prophet Pbuh, but also to participate in social movements for the spiritual sons and daughters of Prophet Muhammed Pbuh … for Aafia Siddiquis, Mukhtara Mais and Shahzeb Khans.
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 : It is holiday all across Pakistan, from fear of reaction to the oppression of hanging Mumtaz Qadri. Allah Almighty has own His ways of making things happen. Unconsciously, Pakistan is observing a day of mourning to the departure of Mumtaz Qadri. May Allah Almighty grant him martyrdom and look after his family the way he sought to defend the honor of His Prophet Pbuh, Ameen.
