In the past 2 months from the Mubarak Sani Case to the Police Killing 2 people over Blasphemy accusations, Pakistan is in a chaos of Religious Islamic Extremism. We can try to find the cause of this problem at multiple levels, but can the way Pakistan came into being be a fundamental reason too?
To deconstruct this very question, Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed would join us on 'ViewPoint'.
TIME STAMPS:
0:00 Intro
0:59 Recent Events of Islamic Extremism
7:28 Elite benefits from Extremism
10:36 Ideology & Power Dynamics
13:57 Pakistan's Ideology based on Hatred
17:58 Jinnah, Muslims & Hindus
25:36 Muslims wanted an Islamic State
29:46 How Pakistan became Extremist?
33:43 Objective Resolution & Jogendra Nath Mandal
36:28 Muslim v/s Hindus to Muslim v/s Muslim
41:19 Is Zia-ul-Haq to Blame?
44:32 Jinnah v/s Zia-ul-Haq
47:13 Jinnah's Positives
50:13 The Change in Power Dynamics
53:51 Economic Prosperity v/s Extremism
55:47 The Elite are under threat too
58:25 Can Power defeat Ideology?
1:02:25 Islam or Muslims: Who is to blame?
1:07:21 How to pick & choose from God's Commands?
1:09:28 No Country is Exclusive
1:13:03 Is there a Practical Solution?
'ViewPoint' is an independent interview series, hosted by a Pakistani Journalist Abbas Haidar. Here we cover topics that are not generally discussed by the mainstream media and topics include, but are not limited to, politics, religion, life stories and news.
To put it in perspective, we are asking questions that matter!
Abbas Haidar is a journalist of Pakistan origin.
He started his education in Engineering, and did his BS in Civil Engineering from Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi. He also studied as an exchange student at the Minnesota State University, USA. Then he did his Masters in Engineering Management from the University of Alberta, Canada. Finally he landed at Center of Excellence in Journalism, IBA, Karachi for his Masters in Journalism - where be also won a Gold Medal in the same.
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