Blasts, blasts and some more blasts. Shehzad Roy was right: Pakistan waakaee ek naazuk morr say guzarr rahaa hai. We’re at the point where nobody knows where the next bomb will explode. Everyone is the target.

Terrorists attacks were previously limited to Government offices but now, the terrorists (be they the Taliban, America or RAW) are targeting students – the Talib-e-Ilm.

I don’t remember Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) or Allah stating or even so much as hinting to harm innocent students!

What kind of dumb idiots are exploding these bombs!?

I won’t be giving reasons as to what the terrorists are doing wrong. Instead, I’ll tell you something else: the end result… Which is something rather interesting.

Read on ahead.

The Formula for Human History:

Thesis-Antithesis-Synthesis

According to G.W Hegel, a German philosopher, there are three stages to human history development: the Thesis, an intellectual proposition or idea; the Antithesis, negation of the thesis or a similar reaction to it and the Synthesis, the union of the common good points of both the Thesis and the Antithesis. This, my friends, is how history unfolds.

This cartoon is appeared in today’s The News. What a coincidence!

A War of Ideas

Pakistan as it is today, is facing a war of ideas. The mil-milaaap of two polar opposite schools of thought. This is the war of the moderns against the conservatives, of one extreme against the other extreme, of ignorance against equal and opposite amounts of ignorance. As it is, both sides are wrong in one way or the other.

In this war of the moderns against the extremists, it is the moderate group of people that gets harmed the most. By moderate people, I imply you and me. Us. People who follow the middle path…

Things will probably get worse before they get any better. I mean, we’ve had seven bombs explode in the last four days! The blast in Peshawar on the 17th of October was blasted by a female; a first! And also: in last six years a total of 22,110 people were killed in terrorist attacks in Pakistan. (Wall Street Journal)!

What Baba Said

This is what my Baba says when asked about what will eventually happen to Pakistan and these horrible horrible bomb blasts,

“Beta, there is no doubt that Pakistan is in a bad shape. But the fact is, ab Awaam uth gayee hai. They know that what the Taliban are doing is COMPLETELY wrong. It is only a matter of time before we all stand up together: the people, our media, our military and the government to fight as one against the menace that is the Taliban”

Well said.

Synthesis, Here We Come!

So we really are just at the thesis-antithesis stage. The sad fact is, it will probably take dozens upon dozens of sad incidents, like the IIUI blast, before we even begin to touch the synthesis stage. But yes, what keeps my hopes up is the truth that our military forces are working day and night (with Operation: Rah-e-Nijat) in the war against terrorism. And we are slowly and steadily reaching the synthesis stage…

So what do you do under these circumstances? Follow three words: Unity, Faith and Discipline. Be united. Have faith in Allah. Be disciplined. Bas.

“If you change your past and work together in a spirit that everyone of you, no matter to what community he belongs, no matter what relations he had with you in the past, no matter what is his colour, caste or creed, is first, second and last a citizen of this State with equal rights, privileges, and obligations, there will be no end to the progress you will make.” – Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Published in Us Magazine!

It’s been almost two weeks now and SHAME on me for not updating this post earlier but hey! I’ve got some great news for ya!

Modernism vs. Terrorism was published in Us Magazine on 27th Friday, 2009. Nice! Babu khush hua!

I’d like to take this moment as an oppurtunity to thank everyone for all their awesome comments and encouraging statements. I LOVE YOU! And with really be nothing without support!