Reading a local newspaper yesterday, I came across a report on an article posted in “The Wall Street Journal” about Pakistan. The title of the article is “The Myth of Moderate Pakistan”. The author of the article is “Sadanand Dhume”, an Indian writer based in Washington D.C. For those interested in reading the article, here is a link
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703386704576185843562595056.html
The article, in a nutshell, is the traditional mentality of an average Indian, still refusing to accept the fact that Pakistan is a sovereign state. Every word of the article reflects the deep-seated hatred of the author against Islam and Pakistan. Sadanand Dhume has a few publications under his name according to wikipedia, almost all of which are centered upon hate against Islam. Here is the link through wikipedia to those publications. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadanand_Dhume
But staying on the topic, I would like to address the issues Sadanand Dhume has raised in his recent publication in the journal.
First and foremost, he has pointed out that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Taliban murdered the Pakistani politician Shahzad Bhatti. It is no secret that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Taliban is a terrorist organization which has no affiliation with the Talibans in Afghanistan. The Afghani Talibans have rejected the idea on numerous occasions. It is a shameful attempt by the anti-Islam terrorists like the CIA and others to defame Islam and counter the popularity of Islam among the followers of other religions. Anyone who has the slightest interest in Pakistan’s current affairs knows that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Taliban was created by CIA for this very purpose. Here is a link to an article detailing the links between CIA and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Taliban, for those with doubts. http://warincontext.org/2011/02/27/cia-linked-to-pakistan-taliban/
In the fifth paragraph of his article, Sadanand Dhume could no longer hide his intent and went on to display his belief that Islamic ideas are wrong. The article reads
“Islamist parties may not garner large-scale electoral support, but Islamist ideas are widely tolerated by mainstream political parties.”,
.. So in his view, Islamic ideas are wrong or bad. For some strange reason, I have a notion, Sadanand Dhume must have been briefed by other Muslims, what Islam stands for and what it does not stand for. Terrorism is one thing Islam definitely does not stand for and Pakistan Tehkree-e-Taliban is not an Islamic organization. But, I have no intention of wasting my time to try to explain it to anybody, especially to people who are not listening.
Eighth paragraph of the article opens with author’s remarks about the infamous “Anti-American sentiments”. Sadanand Dhume goes on to explain that Pakistan is the country where the American favor ratings are at 17%, least among the countries surveyed by the Pew Global Attitudes Project. I wonder why? Let’s see, America is such a peace-loving country. It is the only country whose leaders had the hearts to kill quarter of a million people in an instant with its atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It is a nation who has been constantly at war even before its creation, but more importantly, thousands of miles away from its own borders, on other nations’ soils in the more recent times, which most people around the world (some even in the United States itself) call intervention and occupation. http://americanhistory.about.com/library/timelines/bltimelineuswars.htm. It’s agencies like CIA is always busy in illegal activities around the globe. http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/CIAtimeline.html. The list can go on for the heroic deeds of this peace-loving nation called The United States of America, and then they have the guts to go out in the world and conduct surveys about who likes them most. Well excuse me, it seems like those surveys are only meant to find out who is aware of the American atrocities and who is not. Being a Pakistani, I am proud to know that we are atop the list who know what is going on.
In the ninth paragraph, Sadanand Dhume has again blamed Islam calling the terrorism by the CIA and its’ likes, “intolerance” embedded in the founding idea of a separate land for Indian Muslims. Once again, it only shows that the author could not keep his hatred for Islam at bay. In the tenth and eleventh paragraphs, he has tried to pose himself as a well-wisher of Pakistan who wants to find ways to rid Pakistan of it’s problem, “Islam”. And the means, he wishes to achieve this, is through “social networks and satellite television”. Something, which has already been in effect for at least last 20 years.
In the end, being a Pakistani, scratch that, being a proud Pakistani, I would like to reply directly to Sadanand Dhume, in response to this article.
“We, the Pakistani nation, are already in a bad shape, not because of your mental delusions, but because of our own corrupt leaders. We do not need stupid advice from well-wishers like yourself to worsen our situation. Rest assured, Pakistan will see better days with sincere poeple in power. Until then, you can continue to wet your pants thinking of that time, and see if anyone in the world cares.”
hushyarbaash 