By Dr. NADIA KHAN
As 2014 is approaching, it is understood inPakistan
that US is finding an easy way, by using Pakistan
route, to be out of Afghanistan
where it has failed to achieve complete victory and leaving the war-torn
country in distress to avoid further war expenses. Beside other political
forces, it is better understood by Karachi-based Mutahidda Qoumi Movement (MQM)
to encash the situation by extending logistical support to out-going US and
Allied forces through Karachi .
Further, the polarization of religious segment
of society, elevated a heightened disagreement among each other leading to fierce
conflicts that some time took Pakistan
as hostage of sectarianism.
The rise
of Malala Yousufzai especially in America and West, with
the success of her book "I am Malala" it is evident that
the gulf between university-educated Pakistani youngsters' and the traditional Quranic-Madrasah students
is widened to maximum. These two approaches are running side by side and
getting widened over day by day.
For one
segment, she is hero and symbol of progressive Pakistan whereas other feel
that she, though a traditional Swati girl, is being used by Jews and
anti-Pakistan lobby. The core of the conflict is liking of United States of America
and hatred against US over many known issues.
As 2014 is approaching, it is understood in
Though
Imran Khan has failed to win landslide victory is recent elections but his
campaign in favor of Jihad is still in continuation. His party's vocal stance
over the inclusion of Jihad based Quranic verses back again in KPK school curriculum,
is rather a sign of political scoring than a real effort to re organize the education
curriculum that was seriously mismanaged during Musharraf's era upon the wishes
of US based NGOs.
So we
could say that the political & religious paradox in Pakistan is
quite colorful. While Altaf Hussain secular MQM is in favor of US but Imran
Khan PTI is indirectly trying to gain the sympathies of hardcore religious
forces including Taliban. Likewise, Barelvis, a group who follows Imam Ahmed
Raza Khan Barelvi school, is totally against of Taliban, who predominantly
follow Deubandi interpretation of Holy Quran & Hadith.
In this
context, could we say that "Jihad (using automatic weapons against
non-combating non-Muslims)" is part of every Pakistani's agenda? While we
find the answer of this question, if we look at the Pakistani society, we would
see that every second male in Pakistan has grown beard (no matter he is
fundamentalist or not) and he -probably- became more conservative towards
religion in last two decades due to number of external factors.
So the
answer is quite simple - every Pakistani, knowingly or unknowingly, is drifted towards
sectarianism with the tide of events happened in Pakistan or in neighboring areas.
This has resulted two segments in Pakistani society; a group of people who
think progressively and a group of people who believe in hardcore religious
teaching in which Jihad is having fundamental value.