Assalam-o-Alaikum-Warahmat-ULLAH ALL,
I find the following problem with Pakistani Muslims/people;
First, I don't think the Taliban system will ever come here. Not because there's something wrong with it. It won't come here because people of Pakistan do not want to change for the better. They want to remain miserable, they want the current situation of lawlessness, injustice to continue indefinitely because they think remaining in this condition is 'profitable' for them 'personally', that it provides them infinite opportunities for exploitation which will only benefit them personally. People think, if Islamic way of life returned, their ability to 'exploit' for their own personal benefit alone will be gone forever. Of-course it is 'much' 'easy' to extort money from the unending circle of bribery and corruption rather than do hard work to earn for one's self or family. Why do hard work when an 'easier' path is readily available, right ?
Secondly, the problem is 'credibility' of people who could be leaders. People of Pakistan are not able to differentiate between 'good' people who they can trust and 'bad' people who they want to reject, because they are not interested in establishing rule of law within Pakistan. The people believe, the current atmosphere of lawlessness/injustice suits their personal interests because it provides them unparalleled proportions of opportunities, so it should remain this way. This is a mistake because this solution benefits a small number of people leaving the masses impoverished, without benefits, even unable to survive. Which means the result will always be a violent 'revolution'. Teh only question in this scenario remains 'when' will the people bring about this violent 'revolution'. The thing that has changed now is that Pakistan has already seen so many non-credible, not-deserving, wanna-be leaders, Pakistani people think if they continue with it, the free ride they'v had thus far will end because Pakistan will loose its existence. That is why people are giving the feeling that they are waking up.
Thirdly, no Pakistani is ready to allow the good people to rule, simply because they think if that happened their own personal interests would get hurt. In doing so, they forget that ALLAH ALMIGHTY has gifted some people with the ability to rule over Muslims. Every citizen wasn't made to perform this task, because most of us have personal interests that we'd like to pursue rather than 'waste time' in taking care of others. People who are most loyal to ALLAH ALMIGHTY are the first preference to be chosen as 'leaders' for Muslims, and the second preference is that they have the best of education. Third quality is that people or the masses should trust that person to safeguard their interests. Not everyone possesses these qualities, but they want 'power'.
Pakistanis' are not ready to acknowledge this fact, even today, because frankly the lust of power is 'intoxicating', so they will engage in mudslinging to destroy the other's 'credibility' even though they know the one they are throwing dirt hasn't done anything wrong. People won't stop untill they themselves have power. It is only after! getting power that they realize they'v made a terrible mistake, since they can't handle the task of governing over others.
Now, in such an environment where no one wants to abide by the law of the land, it is only natural that no one in the majority will ever be able to gain power. Most of the people will remain miserable in this case, because the one who will get power won't care for anyone other than his own personal self.
In such a situation, it is only natural that criminals! of the society will gain power. Not because they deserve it, but because they think they can outsmart everyone. Because in such an environment criminals feel that the best way they can survive is to always! be in power. Once these criminals have acquired enough resources to throw away, they make people dependent on them, and turn people into opportunists through implementing their own hegemony.
Posted 2 years ago on 16 Jan 2010 21:06
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