RE:for a thousand years....islam made them suffer
by Astute Analyst on Mar 12, 2008 04:24 AM
The problem is not with Islam but a particular kind of orthodox Islam that has spread in south asia. Turkey is majority muslim but a progressive and secular state. Bangladesh was on the way of becoming a secular and socialist state under Sheikh Mujibur Rehman. CIA got him assasinated and revived islamists under Zia ur Rehman because it considered Mujib as Soviet agent. I am convinced that Pakistan cannot become Hindu again unless some cataclysmic changes happen in the world. But it is relatively, only relatively, more possible that Pakistan will become a sensible Islamic society some day. Otherwise it will be indeed terribly bad for humanity.
