Most Non Muslims try calling Muslims as Indian, Pakistani or British Muslims. This concept in itself is wrong. Muslims do not believe in anything except nation of Islam. A classic example is Pakistan . Contrary to belief that Muslims were/are discriminated and Islam was being desecrated in pre 1947 days in India it was Islam in action behind the 2 nation theory. The recent incident in Gojra, Pakistan shows what must be happening prior to partition to inflate and rally Muslims behing the 2 nation theory. Even in Pakistan the fight is between Islam and people who do not want to be Islamists. (Dealientation from their culture). An example can be Iqbal, the great poet.
“Iqbal’s background is detailed in Ram Nath Kak’s Autumn Leaves (New Delhi: Vitasta, 1995, ISBN: 81-86588-01-9): “His grandfather, Sahaj Ram Sapru, a revenue collector, [allegedly] embezzled funds and when discovered, the Afghan governor, Azim Khan, gave him the choice of death or conversion to Islam. Sahaj Ram chose life, and assuming new names, he and his family moved to Sialkot in the Punjab. Later, Iqbal never acknowledged his native Kashmiri and Indian tradition that his grandfather had been forced to renounce. Perhaps this reveals that terror wins.The victims wish to be like their tormentors.”
One of the primary reasons of my leaving Islam is this constant alienation from anyone and anything. It can be a train stations name, some Puja festival, someone singing or someone being happy that can trigger the alienation and discrimination button in Muslims. I want to be happy rather than being on this constant verge of unhappiness gifted to me. I want to stop believing that I am any different from the human race. The truth is Muslims cease to be humans. They are told to be Muslims first and last. There is no scope of being a human left.
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