Pakistan: Can Sharia and Freedom Coexist? | 5 Minute Video
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- Опубликовано: 1 фев 2015
- Pakistan is the world’s fifth largest democracy. It is also deeply influenced by Islamic law (Sharia). Can these two traditions, Western Liberal democracy and Sharia, co-exist? If so, how? And if not, what are the consequences? Haroon Ullah, foreign policy professor at Georgetown University, has some fascinating and sobering answers.
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Script:
Can you name this country?
It is the fifth largest democracy in the world. It has nuclear weapons. And it's home to millions of religious extremists. It is both a leading fighter against and a major supporter of terrorism.
The answer, of course... is Pakistan.
Its unique makeup poses a question that should preoccupy everyone:
Can two diametrically opposed forms of society -- a free one and one based on religious Sharia Islamic law -- exist in one nation?
A very disturbing true story gives us a possible answer.
On January 4, 2011 Salman Taseer, the former governor of Punjab, the nation's most populous province, had lunch with a friend in Kohsar Market, an upscale international series of stores and restaurants. I lived only a few blocks away at the time.
Throughout his career, Taseer was outspoken in his belief that freedom, democracy, and pluralism were inseparable, and that all religious minorities, should be protected. Such ideas, however, are anathema to extremists. As a consequence, over the years, Taseer had received numerous personal death threats. I knew him. I interviewed him. I spent time with him. He showed extraordinary courage by refusing to be silenced.
After lunch, the governor left with his aides and his bodyguards and headed toward his car. A small crowd had gathered and Taseer waved to them as his driver opened up the rear door. Without warning, a member of Taseer's own security detail stepped forward and opened fire with a machine gun not more than ten feet away. Salman Taseer was struck with twenty-six rounds and he died where he fell.
This is how extremists deal with those whom they consider to be a threat -- they kill them. But our story doesn't end there.
When the assassin, Mumtaz Qadri, entered the criminal courtroom in Islamabad, he was met by cheering crowds who showered him with flowers. The cheering crowds believed that Taseer had deserved to die. To many Pakistanis, he had insulted Islam by advocating democracy and freedom for all Pakistanis, irrespective of their religious views, and by speaking out for the rights of women.
In the following weeks, Pakistan's Islamic parties led marches and demonstrations of upward of forty thousand people honoring Mumtaz Qadri, the assassin, and celebrating Taseer's death. What was even more disconcerting, was that Pakistan's moderate political leaders remained silent. They issued statements acknowledging Taseer's assassination, but not one stood up and decried the murder of this brave and honorable man. The trial was held and Qadri was found guilty of murder.
But it gets worse.
After the verdict, there was an enormous uproar against the judge, who received so many death threats that the poor man had to go into hiding. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, pressure from extremist groups eventually forced the government to suspend the case indefinitely. In essence, the judge's decision was undone. And at Taseer's funeral, which I attended, organizers were unable to find a single religious leader to preside over the event. The extremists had sent a clear message: anyone who opposes them could be targeted for death anywhere, and at any time. Stories like this are not uncommon in Pakistan.
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If i insult Confucius in my magazine nothing will happen.
If i insult Buddha in my magazine nothing will happen.
If i insult Jesus in my magazine nothing will happen.
If i insult Brahma in my magazine nothing will happen.
If i insult Muhammad in my magazine, guess what...
This is the main difference of Islam to other religions!
Thanasis Kai Oxi Vasilis And why would you insult Gods who are revered by millions? Freedom of speech has restrictions to prevent chaos
+Dux 56
Speaking about any God other than mine is insulting therefore I demand that you stop. See how restricting freedom of speech, other than calls to violence, can get out of hand?
Sure, but still, why would you want to? What do you hope to accomplish? And don't misunderstand me, I am not against criticising religion, I am an atheist. What I am against it outright insults.
Yeah, that is unreasonable. I am not saying we shouldn't criticise, and there are people who get bitchy if anything is being said against their religion. The only remedy I think of is being rational.
Questioning what I find insulting is now against the law and I demand your arrest for hate speech, incitement to racial and religious hatred. How dare you!!! Seem rational? Where does the offense stop?Slippery slope.
Rights don't stop with feelings. Thats why free speech is paramount in a free society. If it's not then that society is not free. The only remedy is to stand fast on that principle and not capitulate to progressive, politically correct nonsense.
Pakistan 🇵🇰 is a democracy the same way the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea is a democracy
Pakistan is even worst, atleast N. Korea isn't terrorist factory
@@Sumit-Sh the video is 4 years old, and now the situation is different, totally different. we faught a long war against terrorism in Pakistan and lost 70k people in that, finally we have won the war and there is no organized militant group is in Pakistan.🙂
Yes and Russia is a democracy too. Although the 200+ journalists murdered in his nation under the watch of Tsar Putin might not agree....
@Brian Nowhere in the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence is the word "democracy". The US is a Republic, which primarily means the rule of law is the highest authority. Many things are voted on but must still be within the constraints of law.
@@humarientertainment2276 Women ride now inside of bus.
The BBC will keep quiet about this.
Polish TVN also doesn't want to tell about it somehow...🤔
Msm kept quiet about the mass molestation in Cologne ofc they're going to keep quiet about that.
Good to see a non Indian hating BBC
As long as it isn't related to Israel and Palestine BBC doesn't give a damn
Pakistan a democracy OMG are u kidding ??
Islamic democracy. Lel
@Dave Felix right
saddly yes...
Which the military runs
Yes it is
Can Sharia and Freedom Coexist?Short Answer:NO
Nirlamb Ghumman: To quote the Vicar of Dibley '' The short answer, no. The long answer nooooooooo. ''.
Faddine then explain the video.
short answer :Yup
+Casey Marling it is u clearly don't know anything about it lol the bad parts? what lies. it is only decent to men not women.
@@rasheed9705 Did you stop taking your antipsychotics?
Short answer - No. Long answer - Hell no.
I agree :(
why ? stop throwing ur views without evidences idiot
Shah Faisal the video was the evidence.
@@pathankhan4433 You want even more evidence. Pakistan is home to 5 terrorist organization as designated by the US State Dept, an ally of Pakistan!
@@pathankhan4433 yeah keep spaming kid
biggest joke-- Pakistan is a democracy😂😂😂
Yeah it is founded for the Muslims
It is a democracy. It is very corrupt, but a democracy nonetheless.
@@strangerui4009 oh really then What stands for white colour in your flag.
By the way I am not Pakistani
@@spectacular1104 it was founded by the muslim league to form a seperate state for muslims
Aparently by accident
Title: Pakistan
First question, can you identify this country?
Me: Pakistan
Soren Utpal You should go to Taliban-interfered Afghanistan
@Soren Utpal Just migrate goddammit.
Who is buried on Grant's tomb?
This guy is awesome !! A rare breed of pakistan who accept and acknowledge the current situation. If majority of pakistanis are like him, there will be no India-pakistan conflict.
+karthik puvvula
Pakistan is full of Islam extremists so India has better amount of Hindu extremists, you speak as if Our country is a paradise for Muslims and Christians and other Minorities, There is no wonder, Most of you Indian Hindus Believe this way, Self Hypocrisy was never a realization that can/could/would occur to you people which is why stopping caste based reservations is more important than Stopping Hindu Caste System. If Americans and Europeans are as religious as we are, we Indians, Pakistanis and Buddhists would have never been able to build any Mosques or Temples. India-Pakistan conflict is not a thing because our Army has always been the powerful and will be, but the extreme ideologies among blind followers in both nations should change irrespective of any religion.
Pluralism and acceptance is still a hard thing in our country even after 60+ years of Independence. You speak as if you can easily judge a country but you think you could just ignore the biggest holes on freedom in our own country.
+karthik puvvula Any country which runs by her major religion ideology is not a democratic country by calling itself democratic it only fools the minorities in it and blindfolds the majority with pride while blindly thinking that entire world still believing its a "Democratic" country.
+susheel sundar Please don't mention India and Pakistan in one sentence when you are talking about religious extremism. India is still a secular democracy just because majority religion Hindus are open minded and allowed it to be. May sound harsh but true. Minorities have reservations, which means they are treated better than most of Hindus. They are politicians, film actors, sports and everywhere else. And yes, India treats minority religions better than any other country in the world. If this is not enough for you, then should Hindus give up their religion and surrender themselves to minorities? Will that satisfy you? Having said that, we still have faults, like you rightly mentioned caste system and a minor group of moderate extremists. I say moderate because there should be contrast between real and hardcore extremists like Pakistanis. Finally I suggest you find out how Pakistan treats its minorities, instead of complaining about not having beef in your cheese burger.
karthik puvvula
Please don't mention India and Pakistan in one sentence......
Your patriotism has blindfolded you but isn't it so when it comes to our country we always pompom about our culture and traditions and all the shit only looks better on outside?
You think i give a damn about mean ban, meat ban is silly but in a perspective BJP government is trying to adapt sharia law methodology, why should Muslims and Christians adjust their lifestyle for the sake of Hindus ? Would Hindus do the same thing?
Meat Ban maybe is silly but its barbaric use of law and order in "Democracy" therefore this only proves India is not actually a democratic country under BJP government and i clearly see you as a adamant bhakt.
Yes, Minorities are there in every line of work in India, but who are majority in every line of work in India, what kind of quality they have lead since independence ? what is the ratio of people who has most of the black money and who are the biggest corporates in India?
You know you feel that my plight is all about my cheese burger, but Jesus i don't even like cheese burger or beef, its about freedom and you believe being a Hindu or maybe being a Upper caste or blind OBC its really good for Minorities here, but you are not a Minority either....
Last but not the least. You believe that Pakistan is worse than India, but you should know that correlating Hindu extremists from India to pakistan, Indian Hindu extremists are more powerful and more in number, and for Hindu extremists Indian Hindu sympathetic support always comes in Support. Which is Worse. You will definitely disagree with me but really not a problem because you are not the first person or Indian who speak like this. you should ever try how actually minorities think about their status in India, than by assuming yourself, and bursting your chest to 56cm.
Nevertheless, India is no different from Pakistan when it comes to Religion extremism. whether you agree with me or not.
+susheel sundar OMG ! you are beyond repair dude. You are hallucinating and paranoid. Are you saying majority of rich people should be minorities ??? when it comes to billionaires and black money holders minorities are no less. When Dalilama was banished from Tibet, we took him. Muslims get to follow their law in India. They get reservations. When Parsis were thrown out of their own country, we took them. But for morons like you there is another country. Its called pakistan. feel free to go there. you will have good time with like minded people. I am an agnostic by the way. (This is officially the dumbest conversation I ever had). I give up on you dude. If there is a god, may he save you.
He says majority of Pakistanis(overwhelming majority) supports pluralism,democracy and freedom.That's not true.
60% of Pakistanis live under $2 a day and they are not educated.How can uneducated people who've only had religious education in the local mosque support pluralism,democracy?Moderation only comes with education.
The video presents an optimistic outlook on Pakistan but things are much worse here.
+Saqib Manzoor then who is responsible of that ??? that they are not educated what were leader doing when this protest took place
+Saqib Manzoor 60%? really? dang, where can I find that?
+Saqib Manzoor Yeah sad how Pakistan became what it is today. Hope you guys do get a second chance.
Wow!
I agree but what were the qualifications of OBL. There have been many well educated terrorists. I mean if electrical engineering classes for bomb making are recognized by universities likes of harvard and oxford, pakistan is a world leader. Don't be a fool to blame it just on education, we have had all sorts of terrorists. I blame islam.
First American channel showing correct map of Pakistan.
Mayank Srivastava to an Indian it’s correct, in fact, it’s illegal not to draw Pakistan with those borders in India. which i think is stupid.
Grove Street Members. GSM I legit feel bad for the commenters, they are so deluded
Yeah. Glad to see it 🇮🇳.
man, i love the nationalism here
@1 2 He is not hindu supremacist
He is an Islamic bigot
The map of Pakistan is shown true here...
Kashmir in India
@@koyba3747 You think Pakistan would leave Kashmir to be an independent country? I guess not..
@@varun_shankar I said neither could be trusted to give the Kashmiri people what they want and they both oppress them
@@koyba3747 if we give up our part of Kashmir, the Kashmir Hindus , Buddhists and Sikhs will go extinct just like in Pakistan part of Kashmir by Wahhabi and Sunnis.....
Gilgit baltistan is part of Pakistan
@@koyba3747 its muslim majority only because of the ethnic cleansing and the forced exodus of kashmeri pandits(Sect in Hinduism) by radical islamists to make it a muslim dominated region...
This is why a nation should separate religion out from politic.
Islam cannot do this. It is a religious/governing system. It cannot be separated.
But sharia isn’t even “law” in the sense that we in the West understand it. And most devout Muslims who embrace sharia conceptually don’t think of it as a substitute for civil law. Sharia is not a book of statutes or judicial precedent imposed by a government, and it’s not a set of regulations adjudicated in court. Rather, it is a body of Koran-based guidance that points Muslims toward living an Islamic life. It doesn’t come from the state, and it doesn’t even come in one book or a single collection of rules. Sharia is divine and philosophical. The human interpretation of sharia is called “fiqh,” or Islamic rules of right action, created by individual scholars based on the Koran and hadith (stories of the prophet Muhammad’s life). Fiqh literally means “understanding” - and its many different schools of thought illustrate that scholars knew they didn’t speak for God.
Fiqh distinguishes between the spiritual value of an action (how God sees it) and the worldly value of that action (how it affects others). Fiqh rules might obligate a devout Muslim to pray, but it’s not the job of a Muslim ruler to enforce that obligation. Fiqh is not designed to help governments police morality in the way, say, Saudi Arabia does today. According to classical fiqh scholarship, a Muslim ruler’s task was to put forth another type of law, called siyasa, based on what best serves the public good. The most vivid example of this was the recognition of incestuous (mother-son, brother-sister) marriages practiced by some non-Muslim minorities living under Muslim rule, dating back at least to the 14th century, despite the abhorrence, generally, of such marriages to Islam.
Nope,
this is why we should nuke those bastards
The creator of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, himself said that Maulvis have no place in politics in Pakistan
Pakistan’s leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah said the same thing as the nation was to gain independence, Extremism was brought to Pakistan by the US backed military dictator Zia ul Haq. He killed the leader of the largest political party at the time the Social Democratic Zulifqar Ali Bhutto
A "moderate" Nazi is still a Nazi.
Apply this.
+Curran Hyde Moderate Nazism is pure National Socialism, focusing 100% on socialism for American citizens and ONLY American citizens, preferably American born citizens, which means all American citizens regardless of race or religion, only completely decided by residency status.
@Mr.Hyde I would much rather be a "nazi" than a commie - the latter was way worse
Mr. Hyde moderate Nazi isn’t a thing, it itself is radical ideology
Nazism is extreme-Left ideology, so it's fanatical itself.
It’s more like “a moderate Christian nationalist is still a Christian nationalist”.
According to instrument of accession 1947 Kashmir is a part of india, well done pragerU you showed the true map.
Then junagadh, and Hyderabad deccan must be in Pakistan. Their princely rulers acceded to Pakistan.
@@talhajaved4990 pakisthan ko humne beekh pe tumko diya tha. hyderabad ka nizam Patel ke paav chuke Hyderabad ko dediya. dil he tho ake lelo
@@charanso143 if you know history India was name given by European colonials. India first governor General was mountbatten
Even Hinduism religion name was given by Arabs who when captured sindh mispronounced sindh as hindh and sindhu as hindu.
British took karnataka kerala and deccan from tipu sultan in 1799
Uttar pradesh and bihar from nawabs of oudh in 1856
Bengal from nawab siraj ud daulah in 1757
Telangana and Andhra pradesh from nizams of Hyderabad who became princely state
Delhi from mughals in 1802.
Actually whole india before British was Muslim theocracy but illegally its in hands of Hindus due to British saving you.
Sikhs who want khalistan are also persecuted. Hinduism in my opinion is just an identity given by british to steal subcontinent.
@Kzyklone aman!!
"Islam in a man is as dangerous as rabies in a dog" Sir Winston Churchill.
You forgot to mention how Churchill admired Islam, but of course you never want to include that.
"We cannot gain victory over a people who, when they look down the barrel(s) of our gun(s), they see Paradise." -Sir Winston Churchill
@POISON
Oh no.
Mosques.
Oh no, they have a Constitutional Law..
*WHAT TF DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH TIMOTHY MCVEIGH*
@CrackedOutCrow: Interesting how my comments have been deleted.
It's ok though.
You know the hate you carry in your Heart.
And, that's precisely why *you* are just like *them.*
CrakedOutCrow says:
"...Mosques don't belong... They'll all be destroyed..."
See that people?
That's what a hypocritical extremist terrorist looks & sounds like.
This is because there is no moderate Islam, only people who call themselves moderate. Those "moderates" still think that innocent people should be tortured in Hell and that homosexuality is a sin, among other fucked up things.
+ghostofdayinperson Ya US and its' stupid western allies terms this extremists moderate while they are usable in their policy.
Don't christians think the same way ?
+Rick Apocalypse Unreformed ones, hillbillies. Islam isn't reformed, isn't centralized, isn't compatible with any western value.
FED L. Have you ever read the Qoran ?
Rick Apocalypse I don't need to read through that slog of a book to understand it preaches bigotry the same way I don't need to read Mein Kampf to understand it preaches bigotry.
short answer? No
I agree :(
why ? stop throwing ur views without evidences idiot
what is ur purpose vineet...throwing stamp comments on others without anything at all....u r so depressed
If u come to my country u'll know why
then that is because of ur country....not us...lol
You are the only channel I’ve came through that represents the Correct Map of India 🇮🇳
Wrong Kashmir deserves to be independent, as you Indians hate the Muslims there forcing them to move, and the Pakistan's do not offer them democracy
#IndependenceForKashmir
Kashmir hindustan hei
@@koyba3747 the word kashmir came from the hindu sage "Kashyapa" he's my ancestor
@@koyba3747 All Indians don't hate Muslims. Y do u generalize?
And this is why sharia law should be banned in the US
You already have a working system, why would anyone replace it?
Ban religious rule in any form in the US, THEN we’ll talk, because this is quite literally just religious nationalism, the exact same way as Christian nationalism.
0:20 I thought he was going to say the UK. Oh well, the UK is already like half Pakistanese already :/
really that much?
+BrianS/OTuireann It's an exaggeration, sure. But with the rise of the Muslim population and the secret videos within major Mosque's exposing the real teachings - there is a problem.
It's only 5% calm down
5%, try 84% in Packastan. The latest US-based PEW Research Center survey, released 11 days before Pakistan goes for elections, shows that 84% of Pakistani Muslims favour Islamic sharia as their official law.
Mike Jalbert I was talking about the UK. Obviously "Packastan" muslim majority country are going to want Sharia
Put it this way, you don't see people moving to Pakistan do you?
Uncl Dolan I actually moved there - much better and way way more liberal than ANY country in the middle east, including Israel
Big difference between their major cities and their many remote regions though
Uncl Dolan True, but if you go to remote rural areas in Pakistan (We have some farms there) people are happy living on less the old fashioned way. By western standards, a lot of Pakistan's culture and way of doing things might seem strange and even criminal, but people are happy. What matters to us is food on the table, not money in our pockets. People here are simpler.
Hashim Raza Thank god you went back.
Uncl Dolan en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_Pakistan#Refugees_and_asylum_seekers
Love you for showing right map of Pakistan I had tears when you didn't show Pakistan occupied Kashmir it's part.i am Indian and your channel got some respect thank you
Why would you be happy about that. India occupied kashmir needs huge amount of indian army, and they come up in the news alot, normally in the bad light. Pakistani occupied kashmir seems pretty peaceful in comparison
@@SA-uz9snPakistan occupied Kashmir doesn't have colleges, food, electricity, transportation etc lmfao
This is the only channel that showed the real map of Pakistan
Subscribed from 3 accounts
Classic Indian.... cheating the system to boost subscribers (T series wanna be)
@@zainthekiwi5239 don't generalize,I'm an Indian but I have only this account, good and bad people are everywhere
Nithish Nithish I was joking lmao
What an idiot? U r the classic example of idiots that live in my country.
Is it Pakistan a democracy? No.
ruclips.net/video/Rbkl1yViatQ/видео.html
This is what happens when you take religion seriously. Especially this one.
Don't kid yourself bud. Everyone has a religion You are not superior.
+mojorizn72 false. how about no religion
no religion is the solution
It's stupid to say everyone has a religión. It's like saying everyone is a White dude(?
@@wssnwwssloswysvwewww like that when communistic athiest in Russia were kiling people beacuse of their faith and nationality?
Dear pakistani,
why dont you adopt secularism?
Secularism encourages pluralism, equality and meritocracy
Dear rational being citizen of the earth
Lol nope
Pakistan was built as an Islamic state not secular
The same reason why Christian ppl don't.
If it adopts secularism then chances of unifying with India
Loads of love from India to PragerU for showing the real political map of Pakistan, u r the first foreign channel I've seen to not include Pakistan Occupied Kashmir in the map. Keep it up PragerU!
They don't include any of Kashmir in the map of India either.
Go to 1:58 at ruclips.net/video/TiJIYdgkF9M/видео.html
@@abdullahbhalli9614 Agreed, in that video also Pakistan is shown without PoK lol
@@indobalkanizer6557 I know. That's what I said.
@@abdullahbhalli9614 are you a Kashmiri by the way?
@@indobalkanizer6557 Yes. why
Great video. I am from Pakistan and I remember the exact events leading up to the death of Salman Taseer. He was a brave and noble person. A succesful business tycoon with much of his wealth invested in business and educational ventures in the country. In this particular case, he was defending a poor middle-aged woman, an illiterate road sweeper, who had unknowingly burned some rubbish she had swept away at the side. In the rubbish were some pages from Quran or some other holy texts. The woman happened to be Christian and the religious extremists had accused her of burning these pages wilfully. They wanted to put the poor woman to death. Salman Taseer, as the governor , tried to pardon and release her. He had a tv interview just a week before the attack and it was clear that he was under a lot of pressure and stress. Yet he did not back down and stayed the death sentence from being carried out against the woman. Then he was killed.
His son who was trying to get justice for his father was abducted shortly after Taseer's death and has still not been found after 3 years. Presumably, the religious extremists are holding him hostage as a bargaining chip to get the killer released. The whole country is being held hostage by Islamist militants.
Thanks for not involving quarter Kashmir (Indian) in Pakistan.
SUSHANT SHIVALKAR why does such a little thing matter to you! The whole world knows Kashmir is a disputed territory
Indian nationalists are annoying.
Bob Gustavsonn not disputed brother, Kashmir has been integeral part of India since ancient times, Pakistan came into existence a few years ago and that is also based on false doctrines.. As you know, when muslims become majority in an area, they demand separate islamic country and threats the sovereignty by starting separatist activities, the same is happening there in Kashmir.
Centrist Muslim I feel sorry for your hatred towards us. get a life.
I have a nice on here in the US. Sadly, the high Indian population in the school leads to a pretty large number of nationalists. Not all Indians are nationalists (I myself am of Indian descent from both parents), but the ones that are never shut up about a nation on the other side of the planet even though they don't live there, and weren't born there. This comment that I wrote was also pretty crap. Pakistani nationalists are also stupid. Nationalism is an excuse for war. Patriotism is support of your nation.
"Moderate" is a false narrative.
Less extremistic.
There are liberals in Pakistan who go against Islamic values for the sake of empathy. They can effectively be classified as Moderates.
They would still be a part of a shitty religion tho.
prosperity and islam, is like freedom and foot chains
I appreciate every video by Prager University. Keep up the good work!
He who kills with a gun, someone else that thinks different, is a real coward.
What do you expect from him who hide behind their own wife in gun fire?
I'm not the biggest fan of PragerU, but this video was fairly accurate.
Nah
@@As-Gemini As person from pakistan .this video was surprisingly accurate for a prayeru video.
West has been making a huge mistake of addressing Islamic terrorism without paying as much attention to Pakistan as required.
only news channel that shows truth not like leftist.
This is the same channel which said the British colonialism was great.
@@projalpaul9278 there wouldn't be India without British colonialism
I appreciate the views in this video, and the courage of Haroon Ullah. However, he is wrong. Islam is vehemently anti-democratic and anti-human rights. So when the very platform of the society goes against democracy and freedom, then there will *always* be frictions, murder and mayhem, in that country, despite an alleged "moderate" Muslim majority.
Islam as a civilizational foundation has never, and never will support any kind of modern society. Kemal Atatürk tried in Turkey, but it only functioned half-ways as long as it was de facto a military dictatorship. As soon as enough semi-freedom were given, Turkey reverted towards Islam and thus anti-democracy/human rights.
And for those of you who believed that Islam needs a reformation, like Christianity. Luther, combined with the printing press, gave all Europeans access to a Bible, and in their own language and not Latin. This transformed Europe, not, as falsely claimed, a bunch of immoral atheist philosophers in France. This is a pure fabrication. The enlightenment was done by Christians, based on Christianity. It was never an atheist majority project, no matter what your Marxist college professor tells you.
We already have the reformation in Islam, where major parts of the Muslim world get access to their own religious primary sources, Qur'an, (Sahih) Hadeeths, tafsir, sira, etc. This has produced Salafism, Wahabaism, Da'esh (The Islamic state/Caliphate). As very few Muslims have really studied their own primary sources, these forces will catch on like wildfire. What we have seen from the Muslim world is just the beginning, and there will be no Muslim reformation to modernity and human rights. That is pure Utopia and a dangerous one.
u dont know islam then.
ahsan malik believe me, I know what Islam is. I read your primary sources, maybe you don't know what Islam is. Care to explain:
How Muslims are commanded in the Qur'an to follow the behaviour and actions of their false prophet Muhammad, al-Ahzab 33:21 - You people have always had an exemplar of the Messenger of Allah who displays a good quality as well as a magnificent attribute of a great master whose conduct induces imitation by the one in whose bosom hope springs eternal of Allah's mercy and of the bliss of the hereafter and applies remembrance to Allah often enough."
This is a huge problem, as Muhammad, by your own "holy" scriptures, were undoubtedly one of the most evil men in the recorded history of mankind. Isis is merely doing what the false "prophet" Muhammad did, al-Insan al-Kamil (اَلإِنْسَانِ الكَامِلْ) and the four "righteous Caliphs" (الخلفاء الراشدون) did.
One of the worlds largest and most popular Sunni Fatwa Banks, by Muslims and for Muslims, gives a good insight into what true Islam REALLY is.
Please explain how the following are peaceful and beautiful:
Muslims are commanded to conduct Jihad. Some of the reasons are humiliating the kuffar, war booty, and taking kuffar girls as war booty (sex-slaves)
islamqa.info/en/34647
Enemy kuffar women (non Muslims) can be taken as war booty and used as sex slaves:
islamqa.info/en/12562
Also married Muslim men are allowed to have kuffar (non-Muslim) girls as sex slaves
islamqa.info/en/10382
It is not adultery or rape for a Muslim man to force his female kuffar (non-Muslim) war booty to sex.
islamqa.info/en/20802
So in Islam it is OK to rape non-Muslims, Kuffar, but you can't take them as friends:
islamqa.info/en/2179
Muslims can not be ruled by kuffar (non-Muslims). Islam is here to dominate, not to be dominated:
islamqa.info/en/82681
It is haram (forbidden) for Muslims to honour kafir (non-Muslim) in any way. Including farewell parties:
islamqa.info/en/32560
Greeting a kafir (non-Muslim) is haram (forbidden). The kafir must always greet a Muslim first:
islamqa.info/en/48966
Lying to the kuffar (non-Muslims) is permissible in Islam:
Arabic only: islamqa.info/ar/154955
There are no vast moderate Muslim majority in Muslim countries that adhere to the human rights in the West. Shown clearly here:
www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-exec/islam/
ahsan malik please show me how the "moderate" Muslim "majority" in Pakistan react to these atrocities in the name of Islam:
www.raymondibrahim.com/tag/pakistan/
ahsan malik Islam is the religion from hell. Satan is your master.
***** I'm just curious about the similar things stated in the bible. What do you say about that?
When men fight with one another, and the wife of the one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of him who is beating him, and puts out her hand and seizes him by the private parts, then you shall cut off her hand. Deuteronomy 25:11-12
Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man intimately. But all the girls who have not known man intimately, spare for yourselves. Numbers 31:17-18
You may purchase male or female slaves from among the foreigners who live among you. You may also purchase the children of such resident foreigners, including those who have been born in your land. You may treat them as your property, passing them on to your children as a permanent inheritance. You may treat your slaves like this, but the people of Israel, your relatives, must never be treated this way. Leviticus 25:44-46 NLT
As a person from the "Indian subcontinent" , literally tears rolled down from my eyes when I saw the correct map of Pakistan you showed.. I subscribed! 🙋♀
Wow you people just want property so much
@@SA-uz9sn we aren't wanting property.. We are just claiming our looted away property
@@sattvikavlogz657 dude this isn't just a property. There are people living there. Stop playing politics with them.
@@SA-uz9sn @S A well, I ain't here to play politics... If some random Islamist terrorists claim our indian land to be their own and start attacking us, then we have the absolute right to defend and talk on behalf of our country .. And secondly, pakistan did not only take away that portion from us, but also committed a massive religion based genocide on your so called "people" living in that area.. You people definitely don't have to teach us politics..
gilgit baltistan is literally in our territory though? sure ill admit that kashmir is a disputed land but you cant lie saying gilgit baltistan isnt pakistani. Ive been there and there isnt any indian occupation whatsoever. The only disputed lands between us is jammu and kashmir.
"Can sharia and freedom coexist?"
Definitely **NOT!**
and people say that religion is a good thing >.>
+RoxyLuffer Depends WHAT type of religion,my friend.Because there are some religions that mean good.
+Ergo Xill Nahh...
+RedInferno112 Nahhh... Yea,no.
"there are some religions that mean good." Maybe to their horde of brainwashed minions...
+RoxyLuffer You don't understand.. It's not religion that's bad,it's the bad people that have done bad things in the NAME of religion.
A Pakistani here. Kudos to Haroon for being such brave, I know how hard it is to openly favour Mr. Taseer and ideas of modernity and secularism in our culture, and this man was courageous enough to do that. May you be blessed (Amen).
your blessing turns into death, I mean you can't even save Hindus minority and they get converted every day. and then you say it is wishful conversion.
@@abhishek2026 Ok Bhakt.
Pakistan is a graveyard for any religious minorities. (Christians Hindus or even some Muslim sects). It's very easy to file a charge of "insulting the prophet/islam" to someone from minority.
Just two days back one Christian girl got raped as she refused to recite Kalima(Islamic prayer to become a Muslim).
There were many incidents in past where girls from minority religion getting abducted raped or even murdered. Sometimes when they file case while the girl is missing there were times police and the judiciary compelling the parents of the victim to get her married to the rapist itself. (Tribal religion = tribal justice )
Unfortunately I have not seen media coverage om these issue.
Shit happens in every country, it shouldn't happen but it does because of a small minority of extremists.
@@Name-fe4fk small minority of extremists huh? Here is such a minority.
ruclips.net/video/_4LqYPHQugQ/видео.html
It's time to call a spade 'a spade'.
Sir my immense respect for your courage and clarity of the facts presented.
Such a propaganda video is a wet dream for indians
@@henrydiamonds8010 We only dream for a world without terrorists... We don't care you pray to Allah or Christ, but we do have problem if you blast yourself in the name of peaceful Allah. 😂
I would rather dream of a world without religion.
Mr. Ullah, thank you for your testimony. Good luck, you are certainly going to need it.
I would only urge you not to be naive about the real numbers of knuckleheads in your country. A functioning pluralistic democracy can survive 10-15% of knuckleheads - look at the United States - unfortunately in Pakistan the ratio seems to be inverted. No democracy, no real democracy, can survive a 85% knuckleheads. From my point of view Pakistan has a very thin crust of democratic values, concentrated in a small upper class minority centered around Karachi and outside of Pakistan. Most Pakistanis, despite some education and technology are essentially the same tribal people they were a thousand years ago - witness the scenes you just described. Pluralistic democracy is not compatible with tribalism, in fact if you want to understand the evolution of pluralistic democracy in the West it is the history of the detribalizaiton of the West. No tribal people allow their tribe to become extinct willingly, it is where all of the effectiveness of their way of life comes from. The reform of Islamic society that some "moderates" anticipate, witness al-Sisi in Egypt, suppose the tribal/Islamic model can be preserved somehow - it cannot. It takes a huge leap of faith for a group of tribes to dissolve their own identity as a tribe in among their tribal enemies - or a big bloody war. Huge numbers of your people are going to die sorting this out, even as huge numbers of Europeans died sorting it out in the Thirty Years War and the various Wars of Religion.
Good luck again.
I don't know how I didn't know the map of my own country
CaptainBlocker don't look map look on your system.
I didn't even know that it exist....
CaptainBlocker Kashmir isn't shown here which it usually is... That's why you didn't knoe
If you are a Pakistani I request you to abstrain from extremism (If you yourself aren't them help others to get out of this viscous circle) and improve your systam and make Pakistani a real democracy based on constitution not sharia
Adurrehman Wajid it shows that even international universities don't believe Kashmir to be Pakistan's part which Pakistan is claiming to be it's
Can Sharia and Freedom coexist?
Depends on the context
Freedom to speak your mind? No
Freedom to marry a child? Yes
Iran, then Pakistan, then Turkey. What next? Indonesia? Egypt? Jordan?
Islam HAS to be IRADICATED!
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!!
God create Islam.
Democracy?? You must be a comedian
Ha! You must be Indian!
@@justinnamuco9096 Pakistan is not democracy .Pakistan is military dictatorship and Pakistan created Taliban.
I appreciate you for showing the correct map of Pakistan in the beginning.
@@rottenapple6531 Taliban's puppet shouldn't say something higher than their standards.
@@rottenapple6531
Wait Taliban didn't leash you
"... anathema to extremists..." You say... They are not extremists they are the devout followers of their holy book.
They are the devout ...try to understand this...they are true Islam.
“....until the flames of religious extremism die out...” you mean like another 1400yrs???
nah probably 20 years after the nukes fall........
Comparing the origin of Christian and Buddhism with that of Islam, you can see they are fundamentally different. Islam is political and bellicose from the beginning. Like communism, it is political on top and spiritual at the grass-roots.
*It is a political ideology that masquerades as a religion in order to spread------like a disease.*
*www.politicalislam.com*
@Ryoshikari Oh, religions having rules how unusual.
Opponents of democracy should only be entitled to whatever rights they would allow others under their system. Have skin in the game
I'm so glad my teacher made me memorize every country in the world, all of that preparation for this one question! Thank you.
Democracy? Bwahahaha What a joke.
Democracy isn't a good government in the long run tbh. Look at the situation in USA, it's going to fall soon.
@@parthbonde2106 Yeah, because communist and socialist sympathisers are taking over and gaining power and influence.
How many terrorists must attack you before you learn how sharia operates?
Rohit Jha "Buht naut all Mosliems"
Pakistani chief of army is more powerful than President or any politician. That explains about democracy in Pakistan.
Linda sarsour wants to bring lovely sharia in America 😂
That would make everyone there a Muslim. Do you think that's possible?
I am so very very happy that the map is correct !
You deserve my subscription !!!
You might call Pakistan a democracy, but its a false democracy since its the Military and Mullah's, the Islamic Cleric's who really control this Banana Republic, its ruled under Sharia Law which is counter to Democracy, a fragile Democracy at best, this is a nation where the Military is waiting to take control at any minute, if you look at Pakistan's history the Military has ruled for the majority of its history. Many Tribal area's are in chaos, such as Baluchistan, the Baluchistan people want to separate from Pakistan and should never have been part of Pakistan in the first place, during Pakistan's creation, Muhammed Ali Jinnah annexed Baluchistan and occupied that area making it part of Pakistan, time to free Baluchistan.
Pakistan is a chaotic nation more like a Jungle and nearly bankrupted, a true Banana Republic a name sake Democracy, the people truely dont have a voice and Sharia Law rules the roost so not a democracy at all. Sharia and Democracy dont mix, like water and oil.
Conclusion Pakistan is not a Democracy so stop calling it the 5th Largest Democracy in the World cause its not, there is no freedom of speech, Thought, press or anything, its the laws of Islam that rule Pakistani society, Pakistan is a false Democracy.
I love how the map they made for Pakistan left out the Kashmiri provinces.
As a pakistani i am proud to announce that we have largely won this fight. We are also proud of our sharia law as well. We live in freedom(barring some censors especially porn material) and extremism has gone down
Thank you for this video. I'm getting sick of extremists in my country. Unfortunately they became overpowered during Afghan war.
November 2018 update. the guy who killed Mr. Taseer was hanged and Mr. Taseer has been given justice. Also the women for whom Mr. Taseer was advocating has been freed by the Supreme Court
rai asifnawaz
They can’t show défense to Islam. This channel s biased and will never show anything showing Islam in a good light
May be those people on top didn't like the bad publicity. Guess this video on Pakistan uploaded in 2015 - 3 years before the verdict had done its job.
This video was uploaded 3 years before the verdict, how could it be biased? Truth sometimes hurt.
Respect from India for showing the correct map..
Short Answer: No
Long Answer: Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Subscribed for showing correct map of India .
🤩 Only American channel that cares about the truth.
PAKISTAN? A DEMOCRACY? YOU ARE THE FUNNIEST PERSON IN THE WORLD!
I live in a third world country and since a few years i've started to note muslim people, men and women, growing in numbers.. their clothing is beyond obvious.. we have no problems with theirs because either still outnumbered respect us Christian ones or follow our law.. so, Occam razor's truth.. that's the key!!!.. remained as minority and respectful of our laws.. we latin third world are still in time.. sorry Europe.
You should ask: Can Muslim-majority communities can carry on secular laws?
D. Chen
Turkey, Tunisia, Syria, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan
As an Indian, I appreciate PragerU not including Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in the map of Pakistan. Kashmir will be Indian forever until the end of time.
@M Mughalboo spotted
@Lol Nah Unfotunately, yes.
Thank you to show the real map of this country.
I am Salafi Muslim and I can confirm that answer is hell no...
"Pakistan is the world’s fifth largest democracy."
Since when? LMAO
How come pluralism is only a western idea?? There was pluralism in the East much before the West. Pluralism is general idea seen at many parts around the world.
"democracy"
Short Answer: No
Long Answer: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
its not a democracy but military rule
Short answer: no
So sacrifice my own life for Pakistan🇵🇰 😂😂
Luke AHH I LOVE PAKISTAN. WHEN I GROW UP I WILL GO TO ARMY AND SAVE PAKISTAN AND DESTROY iNdIa
grape
The map made me realllyyy happy
a country which chooses religion over secularism,ends up being destroyed
example:porkistan
Democracy doesn't mean freedom, it's 2 wolves and a sheep deciding what's for dinner.
Its better to be under Democracy country then other option like Islamic laws...
"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried."
- Sir Winston Churchill
i dare you to go live under a different system
Abba Okoro now we are splitting hairs because it all comes down to what each government does with their system but i'd still go democracy over constitutional republic. in my opinion people should be governed by the living not by a long dead piece of paper
Careful with that edge bro.
PitchBlackFox
Oh boy! We live in a Democracy. I don't like you. Neither do the majority of the people here. We all decide you must die. You can't do anything about it because according to you in the great Democracy, the majority RULE!
Now I really live in a Constitutional Republic that is governed by some "long dead piece of paper"(actually it's parchment. But who cares cause it's dead...right?)and we decide we don't like you and we are going to get rid of you. But wait. It's illegal, according to that dead piece of paper, to infringe on your inalienable right to life. So we can still kill you, but this time there are consequences to our actions where before, it was legal to take your life when the MAJORITY of people decided that was OK.
You are the ultimate dope.
Hahaha Pakistan is the 5th largest democracy .... good joke
Islam means "Submission" Democracy means "Freedom " ain't they opposite words..
Akhil V Nair
Let’s see how democracy worked in Iraq and libya
He said 5th largest democracy. Large air quotes on the democracy bit. If only holding elections could make you a democratic nation then both China and Russia are also democracies.
Zyada bolne ki zarurat nahin
Your modi was banned from travel to UK and US for 10 years, for killing 2000 Muslims in Gujarat riots in 2002. Talk about hindu nationalists and cow lynchings in India.
The day is not far away when Pakistan will split in many small provinces
+Rajat Verma Maybe. If it so happens, India will soon follow. You think the US/Israel world domination agenda will spare India?
+deeXaeed no India is and will remain as it now forever because India is a tolerant County. We might be speaking many different languages or following different religion but we are proud be an indian
I can say the same about Pakistan.
Then you might bring up dirt against Pakistan. Then I would bring up dirt against India.
Let's just stay in our countries and not talk about other country breaking down. Ok? Let's only talk about issues: like Kashmir, Manvadar, Junagadh, Hyderabad Deccan.
Not now though. Right now, I'd only want you to stop talking about breaking down of Pakistan. Thank you.
+deeXaeed kashmir is a part of India n will remain in India. You must be thankful to Mrs Indira gandhi that she release 90k Pakistan pow in, 1971. We have easily captured lahore but we don't do it you know why because we don't want to invade any country.
I would like to add that Taseer, the man who was assasinated for speaking up about religious freedom, was a member of the Pakistan People's Party, a socialist party in Pakistan. Prager U likes to omit certain facts to try and make their point, if Taseer was an American talking about religious freedom, Prager U would denounce him for "political correctness."
Prager U also didn't mention the fact that he was defending a Christian Women in a blasphemy case and called the Blasphemy Law a "black law" on the Pakistani legal system.
This was why Mumtaz Qadri murdered him in cold blood.
I think he was absolutely right in calling it a black law. Christians have long suffered bcz of this awful law.
I'm a Pakistani, currently living here too and Salman Taseer was a hero. Many Pakistanis spoke against Mumtaz Qadri including myself when we saw footages of flowers being thrown at him outside of courtroom. Many Pakistanis are against Mullahs like myself since they've clearly ruined our country! We are against theocracy since it just leads to more religious extremism. Many Pakistani women don't do hijab, there is no law that forces us to and women go to work, universities or other events without it like myself (at least that's how it's like in the much developed cities here. Such is not the case in remote areas). Yes we exist and we are growing in numbers. We want a secular Pakistan where people of all religious groups and races can be protected, where there isnt one group that's privileged or Monopolized.
Long live Pakistan. May God protect our country from our enemies inside and out.
First of all, please use Pakistan's correct politocal map including Kahsmir. Secondly, you forgot to mention that Pakistan's supreme Court ordered death sentence to Mr Qadri which he received even with all the pressure which you rightly highlighted. You only spoke of the extremist protest but you again forgot to mention the ones condemning Taseer's murder. I like the videos on this channel as they help me think and understand other points t of view but please be respectful to the facts. Thanks
kashmir is pakistan's?
I think we can do the world a favor by turning these countries into glass craters.
!! No way !!
There’s no reason or negotiate with fanatics .
Plain and simple
Thanks for the correct representation of the Map there!.
POK is not part of Pakistan. And that is a fact.
Let me save you some time:
No.
End of story.
Pakistan supported the Taliban, and re-armed them and re-equipped them. We weren't fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, we were fighting a proxy war against Pakistan, all while Pakistan was pretending to be our ally. It shows how naive we have become as a nation.
USa and pak made the taliban
This will be a warning sign in Afghanistan right now after the Taliban took over the Afghan capital, Kabul again and we don't know if those radicals would do the same situation on what they did to their country when they took over it in the late 1990s or it'll be a different one. It's a road to nowhere for Afghanistan. 😭
the guard who opened fire was hanged by the pakistani government. please cover all the facts prager u
0:05 Nice to see the correct use of maps.
#kashmirisindia
#independentkashmir
#KashmirBelongsToChineseTibet
Kashmir is overwhelmingly ethnically muslim. It also wants to be part of Pakistan. The only people who want Kashmir in India is the Indians. The same way that the only ones who wanted India in the British empire were the British. Really make u think 🤔 hmmmmmrmm
@@zainthekiwi5239 Kashmir belongs to Kashmiri Pandits
Sonu Shet Pajeet moment