We gotta meet! We and our forefathers have been babbling about the same stuff you are talking for last 60 years.

In this environment where our role models are either warlords or landlords we can never progress.

Remember, when Taj Mahal was being built, American made Harvard University.

The last invention that any Muslim made was a Muslim shower perhaps. What a pitty.

If there is any clarity that we need to derive, we must adopt the dogma of Iqbal. Reconstruction of religous thoughts in Islam is good place to start.

Regards

Your Friend!

If we want peace and tranquility in the the country, we should liberate the country from the clutches of Pakistan Army.

Let’s go step by step/point by point to maximize results from our dialogue:

1 I did see Hazare’s works, wonder if you know of Sri Sri of the Art of Living? like I said they have their agenda, their strengths and weaknesses, I have mine, I can’t “be them” sure I can learn from them, for which I thanked you.

2 Sects in Islam, yes indeed it’s a dream come true for me that this happens, but the realist in me knows as well as you point out that people kind of treat religion like their “skin/soul” – inseparable, handed down from parents, generation to generation, beliefs are seldom challenged, and a definite “no no” to delve into that area. Until the divides start affecting our lives, look around you today, Shia and Sunni can perhaps start a MUSLIM first world war, the zions shall laugh and drink while we drink our brother’s blood. I can go on and on this, but the bottom line I have is EVEN if they cannot “agree” on a common Islam, they can ALTER their faith to INCLUDE respect, tolerance and acceptance of other sects as “legitimate software” of the religion that is “compatible, authorized, signed and sealed” etc:) it’s not easy, but THIS TOLERANCE will help Muslims UNITE beyond Imam’s of Shia’s and Hadith of Wahabis to something common: HUMANITY, once we achieve this we can BUILD ON THE SAME MODEL with non Muslims, that is the basis of my site, if you’ve seen it? if not please take a look http://www.ahappyworld.info

Hence my final philosophy is in line with your last line …tolerate… BUT that’s easier said then done and without the above, or similar, mechanics, it will soon die down as the hate monger emotional blackmailers in Islam, (and other religions too) will soon HIJACK the “tolerance” process and we’ll be back to square one.

Think, think, think, I have again and again, I have the perfect answer so to speak but not able to get it across yet to the powers that be, once that is achieved, a buy in is agreed, we’ll start seeing hope convert to action.

Will it happen in my and yours lifetime? I sure hope so and pray… Aban and others, feel free to add me on skype iokazmi would be nice to put a sound and pic to the words

very interesting…actually funny….again no offence intended…it is the youthful adrenaline rush that tells you guys that you can change the world upside down
…my friend I am 47+old…I would request you to change your stance on the religion issue…unless you want an action like Hitler…but you must remember how he has gone down in history

In Surah Kafiroon…the prophet (peace be upon him) says may you stay with your religion and I may stay with mine….at another part in the Quran says
“there is no compulsion in religion”…
If you have read/heard the History of Islam you might have heard about Imam Malik and Imam Abu Hanifa being in the same time and telling their followers to respect the other imam’s rteligion
(My memory fails me at names but it were 2 of the 4 great scholars… AbuHanifa, Malik, Hamnbal, Shafei)
Before Aal -e-Saud took over for many years their used to be 4 Imams leading the prayer in Kaaba for their own followers.

Please we guide our kids on what to eat and whom to meet and how to live… we help them to makr correct intelligent choices rather than to force them…I fail to understand how can you FORCE A COMMON ISLAM…even Akbar inventing Deen-e-iIahi didn’t (because he new he couldn’t) force people to join.

Are you going to develop a common islam…our religious leaders…i don’t call them scholars since most of them are near illetrate (in my opinion)…are big power hungry thiefs…they are emotionally black mailing our public for the last 1000+ years

I think it would be best to negotiate a middle way and put this emotional issue aside rather than to get side tracked by it

We need to tell people to tolerate each other and live and let live

so in affect he is a bigger dooer than many could imagine

Imran bhai you are young and spirited…you have done a good job by speaking out and chalking out a plan of action…if you review the history of Muslim League…its founding members of the 1906 meeting in Bengal…if I am not wrong…had a very insignificant role if any in the 1947 partition
But they were visionaries/thinkers who had the insight to get together and high light the main issues…Mr. Iqbal and Jinnah came in very late…but since the platform was available and ground work was ready they could easily reach their goals

I hope you will evolve into the next Iqbal or Jinnah or provide them the solid footing needed…if anybody reads your blog will find our names their too