Posted on January 17, 2008
Filed Under Blogging, Blogsphere, Review |
In this post today, I have reviewed write ups from The Pakistani Spectator, Shirazi, Amna Gilani, Akhund, aMmAr, Raza Rumi and Phil published on The Pakistani Spectator, Light Within, Ghoraba, Ronin, Jahane Rumi and The Canvas.
“Though the constitution of Pakistan doesn’t allow a non-Muslim to hold the top office, but then who cares about the constitution here. Just for an instance ignore the constitution (which is extremely easy at least here), and let’s answer this question, would you accept if some competent, sincere, able, and deserving person becomes the Prime Minister of Pakistan, but doesn’t have Islam as his religion?” writes The Pakistani Spectator. It seems a very simple question but indeed very difficult to answer when one sees it in context of ideology of Pakistan. History tells us that Muslims of subcontinent demanded Pakistan on the basis of religion Islam and all the constitutions of Pakistan to date highlighted the Islamic nature of the state but Quaid-e-Azam clearly mentioned in one of his speeches in initial days that in the nation state of Pakistan, the religious matters will not be a cause of discrimination but it is observed that the concept of minorities still exist. In such a situation what is expected out of a sane fellow if he is asked such a question? I think not much can be said…For reading complete post, click here.
It is believed that one of the incentives around with blogging is monetary. In Pakistan, this concept is not yet very popular but still one can find many blogger monetizing their blogs to some extent. Shirazi whose Light Within is one of the initial blogs in this industry writes about his experience with monetizing his blogs. This post at Light within is written in context of Pakistani bloggers who are deprived of Pay Pal account. It can serve as a very good guide for all the bloggers interested in monetizing.
Porn…when I wrote this word, I was thinking to keep my tone neutral since talking about porn industry here is still considered a taboo. I wonder why it is so when it is a reality in Pakistan. It is rightly pointed out in this post by Amna Gilani in this post at The Pakistani Spectator that these internet shops are fast replacing snooker clubs and video game shops and mini cinema houses because people around are aware of its utility as something that offers the porn stuff. Is it due to our ignorance or something else? I think, it is an out come of this general frustration prevalent around due to sex starvation. Some time back I wrote that sexual gratification is one of the important considerations around for every human being as an animal in its essence so if this is suppressed it manifest itself in form of such reactions including but not limited to use of internet for watching porn stuff or in severe cases rapes and so on. You can find two posts in this connection on my blog; one that of rape case of a seven years old girl Lacho Koolhe and other about the illicit relations between teachers and students in educational institution.
This post by Akhund at Ghoraba caught my eye due to its catchy title on Bloggers Pakistan saying that Free will of Bengalis was considered threat and it found the blogger linking it to condition of present situation with Sindh, Balochistan and NWFP. When I clicked it, I found the famous six points of Shaikh Mujeeb. This post was a reprint of those points without any commentary from the blogger. I think blogger wanted to give the choice to its readers for drawing any conclusions out of it. I think by doing this blogger has left a lot of space and it would have been much better if he would have written a line or two to give his point of view.
The Islamic month of Moharram marks the incident of Karbala in which the grand son of Holy Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). Hazrat Imam Hussain (A.S) is considered a symbol of revolutions and marks the traditional fight between good and the bad. This post at Ronin by aMmAr is about Horr who was part of Yazid’s army but left him to join Hazrat Imam Hussain (A.S). From the post I gather that it is originally written by Dr. Ali Shariati, the famous Muslim Scholar. It gives an account of Horr in particular and Karbala generally. I found it very interesting and a piece worth reading.
Raza Rumi is one of the popular bloggers around and his circle of influence in blogsphere is far reaching. He maintains his own blog but his posts use to appear of many other blogs around. One such blog is Indian Muslim blog where his guest post is marked one of the best with that blog. You can read his selected and top ranked piece here.
I reviewed a post published with The Pakistani Spectator about Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in this post at Silence last week. It was about Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. Phil has discussed the same post on his blog and I found his comment interesting though I don’t feel like lining with Phil. You can find his view here.
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shukriya again for such an exhaustive review
Great summing up
and thanks for the kind words
salaam
Raza
I ditto Raza sahab
I like people who tell out what and how they feel. I believe it makes for a more tolerant and a more vibrant community.
Thanks
I think Pakistani people should blog more to create a possitive Image of Pakistan.