To: imran.khan@insaf.pk, ameer@jamaat.org
Cc: [Choose from 'Quick Contacts' on bottom-right]
Subject: [Write your own or duplicate ‘Title’]
Asalamo Alykum,
I am extremely surprised to read the survey report of British Council Pakistan on Youth & Democracy in Pakistan reported @ http://dawn.com/2013/04/02/generation-next-goes-to-the-polls-a-survey/
I always thought that the majority of Pakistanis viewed themselves as secular and non-religious. I am surprised to know that it is not so, for the report shows the greatest percentage of people view themselves as religious and in favor of Shariah ruling. Wow!
Then for what reason is JI unable to secure sizeable seats in elections? Perhaps, it is partly rigging and partly fear of an austere version of Shariah implementation. I say so because I have met many ‘religious’ families in my life with varying degrees of Islam practice. Every family or individual consider themselves to be at the correct, balanced degree. They do not want to step right or left of their understanding of Islam. Hmmm, this is complicated.
Perhaps we need to realize that any version of Islam would still be better than the current feudalism, corruption and anarchy. Alternatively, people have a brilliant new choice in the form of PTI. It is Islam-oriented and very progressive.
Now, I also realize why I had the wrong perception about majority Pakistanis being secular and non-religious. I guess it is because of media rigging. It is my personal experience that when I post pro-Islamic comments on articles online, more than half the time they do not get printed, while every kind of secular comment is up there. It means some media outlets are creating false impressions by filtering public comments. This is journalistic dishonesty.
Well, to all of my pro-Islamic friends out there, now you have a great choice between PTI and JI in the upcoming elections. Do not sit home and you and your friends, go for them!
Wsalam,
[Name/Initials], [Location].
No comments:
Post a Comment