Recent Pakistan, USA, Terrorism, Neighbours and Positive Changes (1)

Right from the start, Pakistan has been living under a lot of challenges ;) Thousands of people migrated to reach the lands they wanted to live in i.e. India and Pakistan at the time of separation in 1947 and thousands were killed in this process. We got Pakistan with a specific goal and that was the Muslims could live in a separate land as they do differ in context of philosophy and life style to Hindus. We could have been living together with our Hindu fellows but I personally think that it was a right decision since it was better to live in separate land instead of fighting over petty issues. One can bring two good reasons against this idea: firstly there are still millions of Muslims who are living in India then why some Muslims did prefer a separate state? Secondly Pakistan could not reach the goal it was created for. Both of these reasons are strong and logical ones.

Well, as far as first point is concerned, I feel it is almost impossible to bring a solid result that what could have been better i.e. one land or two lands? At the time of Movement for the separate land i.e. Pakistan, Muslims were of both opinions, there were those who were in favour of separate land and they had their strong reasons and there were those who were not in favour of separate land. I am personally in favour of the separate land although it was a difficult choice and it took a lot of sacrifices; choice of a united land was also fine but I don’t feel good at it. Today, Muslims of India are living fine but I think Indian society was not that open and liberal at that time (i.e. around 1947) so things were more complicated and harder on that stage.

Second question is that why Pakistan could not reach its goal of being a strong and prosperous Islamic state? Well, it is also a hard question, I feel that there have been some natural reasons for that failure and there also have been some reasons due to fault of Pakistani nation. We have been up against both internal and external challenges. Internal challenges have been struggle for a system of state, we have been following a system which is mixture of Islamic rules and other ones and people have been divided over the choice of a system; I think this one has been our biggest problem till today. In addition to that there have been problems like instable political system, weak economy, weak educational system, class system, weak judiciary, corruption, unfair division of resources among provinces etc. Our external challenges have been wars with India, Kashmir issue, wars in Afghanistan and of course our marriage with USA and engagement with UK ;). Some of our international enemies like friends have been fantastic and we will never forget their wonderful contributions towards Pakistan ;)

Anyway, we somehow survived many difficult times, conspiracies and illnesses during last sixty years. I would like focus now upon the last decade of the Pakistan and current situation of it. I feel that last ten years have been of special importance for us since this is the period when we really started to change.

Last 10 years

A coup

Pakistan has been living under Army rule during much part of its life and one commando named Gen. Pervez Musharraf came on the scene like a Hollywood hero and he took the control of Pakistan in end of last century. He gave his own reasons for this brave coup and in reality there has been no neutral and open investigation that what actually happened: stories and fairytales are spread here and there. People of Pakistan felt happy that they have got a new saviour who will do magic for them e.g. he will make all the mountains of Pakistan of gold and all people will be happy and rich, in reality it was start of new fun!

Actually Mr. Musharraf is a very cunning guy since his childhood ;). I don’t know whether he was sincere towards Pakistan or was something else; as no one can read the heart of anyone. It has been hard to exactly judge him and his goals as he has been under different pressures and situations but I personally feel that he got two big problems first he tells lies shamelessly; lies sink a person and his credibility and secondly at times he has been too much diplomatic to the extent of cowardliness. In addition to that Mr. Musharraf has been living among friends who are very corrupt and cunning so he had been misused and misguided. One more thing is that Mr. Musharraf is kind of person who can lose their sanity if flattered; he starts thinking that he is very special, intelligent and brave person to the extent of exaggeration which is the problem with many people. In addition to that he has been trying to do all alone and how much a person can do alone? One has to depend upon others too and his colleagues made a lot of corruption. He did not try to take his nation into confidence at important issues and it is so hard to survive if own people are not backing up! He must have been clear that International Powers in general withstand as long as they have their interests and then they scrap anyone mercilessly. Anyhow, Mr. Commando himself is not free of fault.

Our nation is so simple and they could be cheated so easily and this coup was start of new deception.

September 11

After few years, when Mr. Musharraf was the sole power in Pakistan, happened the big bang i.e. September 11 incident!

USA has been riding on our necks rather on the necks of whole world. They made a lot of hue and cry that we have been cheated and destroyed by the Al-Qaida. Ok, whoever this Al-Qaida is and what ever they did, it was extremely wrong, no one must be allowed to kill the innocents and civilians and no one must attack other countries but those dear American fellows went too far in their hunts. They took this incident as a ground to justify all what they did, right or wrong and world was like a scared goat! No one really asked them to make a real open investigation and bring the real solid proofs so that one could look for the exact and real criminals and punish them instead of running and killing people madly. This is in no way justified to invade countries, detain people, kill them and label them as criminals without clear and solid proofs and without fair and open trial. Even the worst enemy must not be punished without solid proofs, open and fair trial.

Anyhow, Mr. Musharraf also joined the group of scared goats and did not question the doings of blind elephant and this was a start for the fun for us. People of Pakistan were detained, tortured and killed in Pakistan on the basis of allegations/assumptions of so called terrorism and handed over to the USA for further treatment/fun. They were hospitalised in X-ray camp and likes and they had a lot of fun there and world became a better place now: king and queen are happy. I don’t know how many more terrorists are there in this world? May be USA knows better and it is also possible that God is also not aware of it as only USA knows better; may be my name is also there in the list ;) If really my name is there then they don’t need to forge any story against me, come to me simply and I will go with you. Don’t put pressure on your precious minds for more plans.

Here, let me make it clear that I hate Al-Qaida, if there is any such group as it is more a virtual/media and mysterious group, and those Muslims who think that Al-Qaida helped the Muslims or Islam are wrong. First of all what they (Al-Qaida) did (if they did it) is not Islamic as Islam does not support such brutal and unjust acts; this is not Jihad it is sickness, secondly they don’t have right to be self claimed saviours of Muslims/Islam, did they took Muslims especially the scholars into confidence? No, they did not. Thirdly they provided excuses to USA for the invasions, killings and detention of Muslims! What was contribution of those innocents who were killed in this dirty war? Fourthly, it is strange if people like Usama bin Laden are not arrested beside so much advancement in technology and intelligence; but they will say it was fault of Pakistan; it is easy way to end the story and people nod their heads in affirmation like stupids and say yes yes it is fault of Pakistan without finding real factors! Fifthly, it is responsibility of the Muslims themselves and not of USA or others to detain Al-Qaida and likes and punish them for their wrong acts. Reality is that this Al-Qaida thing has proven too costly, painful and source of shame for the Muslims.

Army intervention and control of the state

Anyhow, we lived under Army rule for almost 7-8 years during last decade and it was lead by the hero of the world and champion of lies Mr. Musharraf. He used the resources of the country in the way he liked and we had to obey him. There were no chances to investigate freely what he has been doing; his main song was we are fighting against terrorism that he sung day and night; even while he slept. What does it mean the fight against terrorism? Does it mean to do all what a person likes! He received a lot of money and support in the name of this war and also got total free hand to do all what he liked: humane or inhumane. Pakistanis were not safe even in their own land as anyone could be anytime labelled as terrorist, detained and handed over to masters. We received heavy support from the USA against terrorism but we did not realise that we were actually being fed with poison!!

International pressure for the cooperation in so called war on terror

There has been immense pressure to cooperate in the war against terrorism; it was like the highest sin if a person even dares to question the things being done in the name of war on terror. Anyone who dares something against it is labelled as terrorist, fundamentalist, Taliban etc. As it was supposed that enemy of USA was mainly sitting both in Afghanistan and Pakistan so Pakistan has to cooperate in this sacred mission against terrorists. Pakistan has to shed the blood of those people who were once trained and supported by the USA and Pakistan along with blood of a lot of innocents. Those children, women and other civilians who even did not know where USA is were killed using the latest weapons. Yes, it is best use of the latest technology to kill civilians; it is nothing against human rights if people are killed by advance technology as billions have been spent to make the latest weapons! The whole war mainly has been based upon assumptions and statements. People of the world and especially Americans were taught day and night that we are fighting for your security and our enemy is very brutal and strong; and people believed everything blindly as if angel Gabriel was telling them the message of God! It was thought that every missile and bullet of USA only kills the enemies or potential enemies!

Internal divide of the people over the issue of fight along USA

Well, the Pakistani nation got divided over the extent of cooperation to the USA in this war. There have been four groups: first one was of the opinion that we should totally/blindly cooperate with USA and even fight against so called terrorists; second group was in the favour of realistic and measured cooperation; the third group was in favour of no cooperation at all and last group was of the opinion that as Afghanistan has been invaded so we should fight along with them against invaders i.e. USA. Well, every group had its own reasons and views. Some people even went to Afghanistan for the war against USA and Co. In any case, there appeared different poles at every level and in every institution. It has been a tough phase for the people. There occurred many casualties in this process to contain different groups. Some groups who thought that government was favouring the oppression and unjust of USA so they even went to the extent of suicide bombings against own people. There has been opinion that it is allowed to kill own people and it was not based upon the opinion of scholars of Islam. It has always been problem that the scholars were not consulted in the difficult issues as they are the people who can judge the situation in broadest possible context. It is opinion of majority of the scholars that suicides are forbidden and it gets even greater sin if committed against innocents/civilians. Personally I feel that first and fourth group, who were in favour of blind cooperation and fight respectively, have not been the right in their approach.

Difficult border along with Afghanistan and complex nature of the relationships of both people and countries

The border along Afghanistan is a difficult one. On both sides of this border are living those people who are historically and ethnically connected strongly. They share the faith, tribes, languages, history and ethnicities so it is very hard to keep them unconnected and unconcerned from each other. There are those people who even want to fight against the invaders in Afghanistan as they feel that its occupation is unjustified one. Pakistan Army and other security forces have been fighting to contain them and there have been efforts through the dialogue too. It increases the irritation and anger of the people in Pakistan especially of the people along the border after occasional attacks in Pakistan from Afghanistan and regular flights of spying planes of USA/NATO on the borders of Pakistan. Such acts of the USA and Co. are extremely irritating and sometimes they are clear invitation for all out war but we have been trying to be patient and I wish that war does not happen otherwise it will be very costly one for everyone. They know very well how much they are winning in Afghanistan and like to put blame of failures on Pakistan. The oil is added to the fire by the regular allegations by the USA and puppet sitting in Afghanistan that Pakistan is not doing enough against terrorists and that much support is coming for the fighters and bombers from Pakistan. Even Indian fellows also sometimes join the song of allegations which are more allegations and theories and of course there is no limit of allegations. Anyone can come for the press conference and say a lot of words!

These days new theories are coming that terrorists are threatening bigger cities of the Pakistan so they in other words want to follow and attack the invisible electric mouse of Al-Qaida and terrorists in Pakistan. These are the same forces which were used as an excuse to destroy the Iraq and Afghanistan. They say that Iraq is doing fine now! the reasons is that mission there is accomplished as it has been destroyed; Afghanistan is now current destruction point and then they are looking to destroy Pakistan. Wherever they go they leave the destruction and fires behind!!!

Here I would like to mention that Pakistan does not need to support people fighting in Afghanistan. We had been interfering there in past and many others also did so but it is almost zero now. Pakistan wants to see Afghanistan standing on its own feet as both countries have paid a lot in the wars. There are still thousands of Afghan refugees in Pakistan although thousands went back and it has been a huge challenge for the Pakistan.

Situation in Afghanistan itself is not satisfactory. There are many internal and external powers which are still operating there and it is really hard to get a clear picture of the happenings and involvements. Occasional attacks from the Afghanistan side are also a source of worry! Who does it; Afghanistan, USA, NATO or someone else? Opium is big business in Afghanistan and many hands are involved in this business; who are those who are earning millions out of it?

Al-Qaida factor and Mujahidin

Al-Qaida factor and Mujahidin (religious fighters) have been two big problems for the Pakistan. These people were bred during the fight against Russia by the USA and Pakistan; as I said our marriage with USA has been an old and interesting one but the problem is that they knew us more than we knew them. We have been the people who could be easily played with in the name of friendship, cooperation and help and that habit of ours brought us a lot of miseries and difficulties. The fact is that the international powers only care about their vested/greedy interests and all other things like peace, human rights, cooperation etc are generally of secondary importance to them. They show one hand and attack with other one; they give statements in the favour of peace but don’t forget to attack from back if got chance; they give support but never enough that others could be strong enough to stand on their own feet.

Anyhow, we had to give a lot of sacrifices and blood to contain those people who were created for the war against Russia; that was a holy mission at that time of war but now it has become terrorism; this is USA and their masters and not God who have right to define what is holy and when!!. The problem is that USA and others don’t want that we make any talks with those fighters; they want that we remain busy in this endless war so that our wonderful Army is destroyed and divides among Pakistanis bring Pakistan to the ashes; in this way their mission is accomplished but this mission is almost impossible to be accomplished!

In any case if peace comes through the peace talks then we will first go for this option no matter what others say but if this does not work then we will definitely use force against those in Pakistan who challenge the peace; we have been doing it and we will do it in future too. We can’t allow the Taliban, Al-Qaida or any other person to dictate us for their version of Islam; Islam is Islam and it can’t be in the way Taliban, Mujahidin, Al-Qaida or Liberals want it to be; it can only be in the way God told. These are the scholars of Islam and Muslims who qualify to decide in this context and not any other group (like Taliban, Mujahidin, Al-Qaida or Liberals etc) can dictate us that what we have to do! One of the best ways to contain these fighters especially Taliban is to show them the broader picture of the Islam through the scholars so that they could know the real factors!

These so called Mujhideen are sometimes stupid people who in the name of religion are easily misused. They get ready easily to make suicide attacks and even don’t try to confirm what the real commandments of the Islam are and even don’t try to judge the person who incites them. They think everyone who has long beard and talks about Jihad is right and all other are wrong. It is also very much possible that person who incites for Jihad is playing in the hands of enemies; intentionally or unintentionally.

These so called Jihadis always keep the weapons along with them and their minds are so volatile and their blood is so hot. They bring weapons so quickly even at the minor disagreement. This is not the way a person should behave; peace comes first and not war but they see things other way around.

Red mosque issue

This was one of the big incidents which happened in the recent past of Pakistan. It was one indication of the fight between two groups who posses the hard stances. Both parties showed the rigid behaviour and who paid at the end? The innocent children, women and others who did not had to do anything to the terrorism. Both parties who fought are till today defending their act but there had been no neutral inquiry into this matter and this is a pity. This incident was a big shake up for Pakistanis and Army had to pay a big price for this brutal and ruthless operation. I think both fighting parties played in the invisible hands but they didn’t realise that.

Issue of nuclear weapons and their spread

Pakistan has been alleged to be an active player in the spread of the nuclear weapons. It is hard to know the real facts in this regard as things happened at different levels and in many different circumstances. It is however clear that if something like that happened then many people was involved into it. It is also very much possible that many international forces are involved in such spreads as it is no secret that international powers do sell the weapons and earn a lot through it. There are big players in the international market who do many things which common people don’t know. People think as if all atomic weapons around the world are spread by the Pakistan; which is just a supposition and no reality. Those people who cry day and night of their innocence are in no way angels!

We had to make our defence strong as we had been under threats most of the time. India did the Atomic test first and we had to do it; not because we want war rather because we did not want to be blackmailed and threatened. It is also fear of the people that Atomic bombs of Pakistan might go into the wrong hands but this is more a fear than reality. We have extremely strong protection system for that but there is no limit of assumptions that what can happen in future; there can be thousands of theories about possibilities. It is also no secret that Atomic and other weapons were mostly used by someone whose all acts are justified! Big brother ;) and also their Masters!

Political inability and corruption

It is true that our political system has been quite bad. There is a lot of corruption and even the party system is not democratic. Those people who are influential are the heads of the parties and power is the main criteria to sustain in the politics. In last ten years; Mr. Musharraf supported those politicians who could be easily bought with money; who are with everyone who has power; they don’t care about principles and to tell lies and to cheat is as easy for them as brushing the teeth; in simple words people without feet and faces. So they used their training of grabbing the resources and filled their pockets. Money in the name of war on terror came like flood in Pakistan and Mr. Musharraf distributed it among his companions (thugs) like a king. What did get the common man from that money which was obtained by selling and killing people like animals? Very little and they are lucky that they did not get share from that poison!

Unfortunately there are few people in Pakistan who sell their faiths and loyalties for few coins and this is natural for every society. These corrupt agents can do anything for the sake of money, power and other benefits! They are however being defeated as the common man is awakening and positive forces are getting stronger.

Judicial issue

Actually some people in the judiciary started to challenge the doings of the Mr. Musharraf and his companions. Mr. Musharraf and Co. had just started to enjoy their comforts, luxuries and non-stop corruption. No one was challenging their authorities but all of a sudden Chief Justice of Supreme Court Iftikhar Muhammad Chauhdary started to disturb their enjoyments. He started to give verdicts against the corrupt and uncontrolled companions of Mr. Musharraf. In addition to that he started to ask about those who were missing and were illegally abducted by the security agencies in the name of war on terror. That was a difficult, new and unacceptable reality for the fake commando and his masters. So he ordered to the Chief Justice of Pakistan to resign by calling him at his Army headquarter. Luckily Chief Justice got the courage to deny his orders.

This lead to difficult time for the Chief Justice; he was humiliated by the security forces, was put under house arrest along with his family; even his children were not allowed to attend their schools. A new chief justice was appointed at his position; what a great work by the fake commando; is it not? That lead to the some anger among the dieing nation of Pakistan and people started to feel a bit humiliated and they started to protest against this act.

That protest was joined by the Lawyers of the Pakistan; it was like a change in the way of Pakistan. Protest became so successful and intense that dismissed Chief Justice got reinstated but as he again started to do his brave job the fake commando again got up in problems. Now authority and position of the commando as president was also challenged there in the court. At that point he felt that verdict of the court will be against him; he dismissed more than fifty judges and imposed state of emergency in Pakistan. That was not the only thing; he also put many judges under a kind of house arrest but actually his ship had got irreparable damage; now he had to sink in any case. Anyhow, this forced Mr. Musharraf to leave his position as Army Chief and he was left with one authority of being a President only which he got because there were no neutral and brave judiciary and parliament otherwise it also could not have been possible.

Unrest in the provinces

In some provinces of Pakistan people are not quite happy towards the government of Pakistan and Army. Their aggression and dissatisfaction is natural and justified as they did not get the rights they deserved. There was no clear definition of the rights of the provinces and also if some rights were defined they were not given to the deserving people. The problem has been that top authorities were corrupt and they did not care about the people in different areas. This suffering did not confine to any particular province; almost everyone got affected by it. At times when people started showing the resistance; they were also crushed by the security forces which further increased the aggression. This divide and unrest was also fuelled by some external fellows of Pakistan who are from the very first day unhappy with Pakistan!

Indian factor

Our relations with India have been tricky from the very start. Pakistan and India were born like twins but we are quite different and our goals are not similar. We also have fought quite a few wars with each other. Anyhow, luckily during last ten years we did not had any big war. There was not any major conflict recently between two countries but the issue of Kashmir remains unsolved and that issue could be a flash point at any time. Quite recently things are happening quite awkwardly in Kashmir!

There has been intervention by the both countries in each others country and matters but recently Pakistan has reduced it almost to none. It has, however, become a fashion to blame Pakistan for many things what happens in India e.g. explosions and violence. They always try to prove themselves as the angels! And sometimes I feel as if the whole world is full of angels except Pakistan. Some of our Indian fellows day and night try to prove to the world that Pakistan is a problematic and rogue land and they themselves are the sacred cows! We, however, know very well that how sacred they are! ;) Yes, we know that they (Indians) never tell lies, they never cheat, they always think sincerely for the world and all other positive what a person can think of is present in India. On the other hand Pakistan and Pakistanis are the most brutal, stupid, unethical, terrorist, liars and all other negative what a person can think of is in Pakistan. People of the world are free to believe them; we don’t have any objection to that as people are free! ;)

As far as people of Kashmir are concerned; they are free to take any way they like for themselves. They can live independent or can side with India or if like can come with Pakistan. We respect and support their right of any choice they like.

I would like to mention it that no matter what happened in the past wars; who was right or wrong but this time if India did mistake of attacking Pakistan then they will know what it does mean because this time we are ready to reply. Yes, we want to have peace with India and all others but it does not mean that we will tolerate their aggression and propaganda.

American intervention

It has been impression that America has been quite active and influential into the internal matters of Pakistan. They supported some special political and other forces which could safeguard their special interests. They have been against the restoration of Chief Justice as they have been afraid that it will open up many hidden acts of theirs if he started to investigate the people who went missing during so called war on terror. They have been till recent Past supporters of the undemocratic authority and dictator i.e. Pervez Musharraf although people of Pakistan in general hated him. They also have been active to buy people among our army and there have been other hidden activities too although statements from the American administration have been different and very beautiful ones most of the time. It is also quite interesting that whenever there are elections in USA some Al-Qaida dirty frogs appear in some part of the World!!

Sometimes USA and Co. talk about the plans of the Al-Qaida and terrorists in such a way as if they do lunch together with them! By the way, USA uses the pretext of Al-Qaida to attack other lands what if others also start thinking in the same way against USA? why not?

Suicide killings

Pakistan has been big victim of suicide bombings although people think that these people just kill non-Muslims but if one would analyse who were the victims of these suicides then it will be clear that they are mostly Muslims. We have been shattered by these acts of suicides. Our people don’t feel secure even in their own country. So one thinks that who are committing such brutal acts? There quite a few factors as already mentioned which are playing role e.g. Army action against Militants, attacks from Afghanistan, Pakistan’s support of USA in Afghanistan, brainwashing and misuse of Jihad with possibility of external hands etc.

Here I would like to mention one more point: Islam is against the suicidal attacks especially against civilians but it should also be kept in mind that if a person goes for such an extreme act where he/she even kills own self then there should be some big reasons behind it. There are the circumstances like injustice, anger and feelings of total helplessness which might lead a person to such an extreme action; so circumstances are also big reasons along brainwashing, ignorance and misguidance which cause suicide attacks! In any case such acts must be fully condemned as they generally take blood of civilians and lead to chaos.

My personal views and every one is free to agree or to disagree.

In next post i will present some positive changes which have been happeing in Pakistan.

Muslims of the West(Europe) (Last Part)

As I wrote few things about migrated Muslims of the West; now I would like to mention few points which I feel migrated Muslims especially in the West should take care about. Well these are just suggestions nothing more than that; everyone takes his/her own way and must disagree to me if required.

• First of all, Muslims of the West should show respect, love and care towards the fellow local people. Local people have great right upon us; they have right on us as creation of God, as Human beings and many of them follow the same God that we do. In addition to that they support us in different forms e.g. moral support, educational support, health facilities, financial support, accommodation, security and so on. So in response we are obliged for all possible cooperation, care and respect. Above all Islam instructs us to be cooperative to all human beings.
• We should keep in mind that the lands of the West are not Islamic states so laws and philosophies there are different than so called Muslim lands. People here were grown up with different culture, philosophy, society and priorities of life than what we do have at native lands so it is illogical to expect and demand all what we have at home lands! Respect for the local systems and people, is the base for the cooperation. Well, respect for the local systems and people doesn’t necessarily mean that one also follows their faith/philosophy or religion rather respect means that we should accept their right of choice of faith, religion or system for their lands. I personally feel that it is Islamic rule too that we respect and maximum follow the rules of the lands we migrate to; one should not take measures bypassing local laws. This point is a difficult one but I am quite optimistic that if locals and immigrants are sincere to cooperate then things are easy to settle and manage! One should never terrorise peaceful people.
• There are many ways and places where one can have chances of meeting, acting and understanding with locals. Yes, there are things and limits which one can’t cross, and everybody has some limits, but there are so many things which one can do together with local fellows. There is not much use of staying all the time back and away from the local people. If one is at new land then one should also try to integrate, share and learn , this is how life is, we learn from everyone and everything we come across. Personally I learnt a lot during my stay, I even feel that many things might never could have been grasped by me had I not migrated. So instead of making this stay burden and stagnant, one should use it positively. One, however, is free to take a way where he feels most comfortable according to personal nature and priorities.
• Local people are normally very nice, cooperative and show great respect and understanding. I found people of the West especially of Europe very sensitive, wise and respecting one. Yes, there are few exceptions which one finds everywhere as natural phenomenon. So if a person behaves so nice then there is no reason of replying badly or rudely. I even think that if someone behaves with anger or hate, we should reply with love since it is very much possible that that person has some misunderstandings especially when people see a lot of negative things about Muslims on media. A good person is the one who replies the bad acts of others with good acts.
• One should stay stronger at one’s faith and religion since a person without clear and decided faith in long run is not useful for anyone. If someone thinks that by leaving his/her faith and values, he/she can better help people then he/she has either misunderstood faith and religion or he/she is following some incompetent and wrong faith/religion or its form!! In any case people are free for any choice.
• Muslims should stay united and respecting towards each other. There are different sects and different schools of thought among Muslims; it is a reality so all Muslims no matter what their sect, land, nationality, colour, language, race be, should be respected by each other. I feel at some times that Muslims of some nationalities take themselves superior over others only because of their national attachment although in the sight of Allah, superior is the one who is better in HIS obedience and the one who is Obedient to HIM, stays humble! When Muslims fight with each other it creates strange situation for all. Others also start thinking that what kind of followers they are and what kind of religion they do follow! So this thing brings double negative effect; first it divides and weakens Muslims and secondly it causes suspicions about Islam which is very bad.
• One should regularly learn about religion and great efforts should be put through worship, reflections, learning etc. to purify and strengthen faith as faith does not stay at one constant level, it goes up or down, so its care can’t be ignored. One should make sure, however, that everyone tries to improve him/herself first instead of correcting or preaching others first. Everyone is first of all accountable for his/her own acts and then for anyone else. This is our normal problem that we point finger at others’ fault and consider ourselves right and pure; I feel it is a natural human problem ;)! Great care should be given that one does not force anyone for anything! If God has left human beings free for a choice then who are we to take due freedom of others away. Yes, I do agree that one should sincerely and wisely try to convince and care fellow Muslims and others. We must understand that choice of faith and religion can’t be forced; God does not allow it. One should however share his/her philosophy with others in best way.
• Muslims should be very sensitive towards faiths, philosophies, priorities and religions of local fellows who are different in these contexts. We must respect their right of free choice of any faith or religion they like or prefer. We should share our views with great care and respect. Even those fellows who are Atheists must be respected and cared; I personally found these fellows extremely sensitive and nice.
• We should not try to snatch or misuse the resources of the local people. These are their right bestowed to them. Every nation is owner of resources given to it by God and Muslims or any other should not try to grab resources of others through cheating or force.
• Those Muslim fellows who think that all Non-Muslims are against Islam and Muslims and they must be badly treated; I will with due respect totally disagree to them. There are few very important points in this context.

1. It is against law of nature that all the people in any group be corrupt!
2. It is consensus of almost all the scholars of Islam that one is not allowed to harm innocents belonging to any nation, religion or group.
3. Common people are not fully aware of what people at higher ranks do plan and why? Common people in any society don’t have access to all information and factors of higher ranks(rulers) so they normally don’t know about plans of their leaders. In addition to that common people have to work hard for their survivals so they can’t afford to monitor and know everything what their leaders do. Also, people can’t stand against all wrong acts of some of their leaders all the time; of course a state has power and resources to press commoners. In addition to that it is totally illogical and unfair to harm a person of any religion only on the base of assumption that he/she is our enemy. One should try to know first what exactly a person is before making any assumptions, it is very much possible that that person is very nice, innocent and friendly one and does not posses any enmity against Muslims and Islam!! And Islam does not allow harm to others only on the basis of assumptions or differences of religions/philosophies. Here let me make it quite clear that I am not saying all this to prove myself so called liberal, pro West or to get support/reward from Westerners or anyone else. I try to follow the Creator and I am obliged to stand for what I find as right and stand against what I find as unjust; no matter who in front me might be; a Muslim or other. At the same time I also expect from my own self and others that they stand against any of my wrongdoings/mistakes if they are really sincere to me ;)!!
4. It has been my personal experience that Westerners especially of the area where I have been living are very nice and fair people. I sometimes even find them better in context of behaviour, treatment with others, sincerity and responsibility better than big majority of the Muslims. Majority of them are not enemies and don’t want to fight against us. Islam does not allow fight with anyone who wishes and offers peace!
   

So those Muslim fellows who still want to harm innocent people in any part of the World are sincerity and humbly requested to reconsider their opinions and approach keeping in mind above factors. Just imagine that one Muslim harms an innocent person and on the day of Judgement he/she can’t defend his/her act and is doomed to Hell!! Then?? Similarly those who commit suicide in the name of religion, need to keep in mind that they have to justify their act in front of God at the end and if they could not justify then they would bear double loss; first loss in this world and the second one in the life after death if punished by God! So what profit one gets out of it? So dear fellows! be extremely careful and wise as Islam does not allow injustice! One should be clear whether he/she is following his/her own egoism or will of Allah!!! A believer serves the people and does not rule or harm them or!
Injustice against anyone including Muslims should be stopped otherwise this process of action and reaction might never stop! If a person is put in awkward situation then he/she might react awkwardly. Every person belonging to any group who commits crime must be equally punished after due, open and fair trial. It is however not fair to make investigations, decisions and verdicts behind the wall; it creates strange situation. Investigations should be as clear, open and neutral as possible.

Everyone feel free to agree, disagree or comment. Respect and love.

I take break from thinking and writing and i need it badly:-)

Few thoughts, observations and reflections

Some of mine thoughts, observations and reflections; open to agreement or disagreemnet:-)

• For those who are sincere to find, truth is very very near but for those who are not serious, it is at infinity!

• Patience, love, peace, braveness, respect, fairness and justice are the best ways to take revenge.
• Doctors can't treat some invisible wounds of the heart and the soul !

• More Faith drifts away from the heaven to the earth, more things get complicated.

• A couple of cuts on the heart are source of strongness!:-).

• A Faith and religion can't be forced and it must not be.

• If someone claims that he has fully understood females then he has not understood them indeed.:-))!

• There is no limit of faith and there is no limit of denial, there is no limit of truthfulness and no limit of untruthfulness, there is no limit of love and no limit of hate, there is no limit of knowledge and no limit of ignorance, there is no limit of intellect and no limit of foolishness, there is no limit of peace and no limit of chaos, there is no limit of fairness and no limit of cheating, there is no limit of braveness and no limit of fear, there is no limit of care and no limit of cruelty...
• Souls are immortal...

• Justice and Truth are the ultimate winners.

• Right and Wrong are not similar !!

• Climax of atheism is start of real faith :-)!

• Human rights and peace are for all human beings belonging to any nation, group, country, faith or religion ! Protect human beings and do not kill them.

• Human blood is extremly sacred, don't make it so cheap!

• Every human is special and important - don't underestimate yourself but please don't overestimate too :-).
• Human beings are the most precious creation on earth.

• Females are as much important and necessary as males; without females everything will be deserted, empty, tense and sad.

• Females are beautiful and surprising creation!!

• Women are surprisingly sharp at understanding and judging!!

• We forget HIM but HE does not do so !

• HIS love, patience and mercy prevails over HIS anger, no one could/can dictate HIM but HE decided to be like that HIMSELF ! Should we not be grateful then? :-)

• One can't know all realities but one should know what is most important to know.
• Fear, disappointment, hate and prejudice are few of the big obstacles in the way of real learning.

• Creation can be defeated but the Creator can't be! Ok, make another failing attepmt if you don't believe it :-)

• Satan and Co. plan their best but their plans are stupid, weak, empty and rubbish.

• Terrorism in the name of peace is hypocricy :-)!

• Peace comes through peace and not through cheating! We must struggle unitedly and sincerily for it otherwise blood-drinkers will get free hand.
• Heart, mind and soul should work together!
• Natural belief is part of us; now it depends upon us whether we protect it or crush it. Humans are free for a choice.

• If there is no Creator then why do we think, feel and talk about HIM? Do we think/feel about anything which does not exist?

• Those who are planning any conspiracies against humanity and peace must stop otherwise they will be doomed.

• Any religion which supports harm/killing/damage of innocent people must be thrown into sea.
• We must free ourselves of hates and prejudices if we want to know reality.

• Will HE throw me into Hell or bestow me Paradise? this i don't know; I have to follow HIM sincerily in all conditions and times, this i know however.

• Any damage to innocent people is against orders of the Creator then who will like to commit such a blunder to become an eternal loser?!

• Religious corruption is one of the worst form of corruption because it may create distance between the Creation and the Creator!

• Personally i prefer a nice atheist person over a corrupt religious one.

• The Creator must not be blamed for misuse of freedom of choice by the people.

• Shame on some those who plan conspiracies against humanity and peace of the world in the nights! Can't they think anything positive for the people! Shame on blood-drinkers.

• All religions and their followers should be respected and cared.

• No human being can give a faith to or snatch a faith of anybody! It is out of human authority and capacity!

• Very few nations and people have been able to digest Power! Most sink along with it.

• Positive thinking leads to positive actions and vice versa.

• Disappointment and frustration must be defeated. One should treat them like enemies.

• A person who can't respect own self, can't respect others.

Few clarifications

My next post comes soon.

I just want to say few words: if someone at any level, in any country or in any group is unhappy by my words, actions or writing; he/she should contact me directly and share his/her reservations openly. I never claimed to be ultimate truth or champion of truth. I like to stay humble but confident. It is my right, however, to voice my innerself and that i do fearlessly but in respected way. Even then if someone gets hurt by it or does not feel good; let me know. I will take care for his/her wishes. No one needs to plan any dirty plans or conspiracies against me; be brave and fair. I don't like to hide things and like to express openly so i expect similar from others. No one is obliged to agree to my words or thoughts; everyone is free. No one can force someone for a faith or religion nor can anyone snatch faith or religion of someone; it is beyond human authority and capacity!!! So people should stay relax especially the religious fellows.
I know i speak a lot of things and some of them might not be easy to digest for some fellows. What can i do for such people, they should let me know. I respect all religions and their followers and even i respect atheists but at the same time i respect my ownself too. I have right to take a way of life as anyone else on this planet do have. Don't i?
Why am i writing these words?
Well, sometime i feel that some people are not comfortable with me but they can't stop me directly so they might try some silly, ill and dirty conspiracies and plans against me! I am not scared of it however as i know that no one can harm me if the Creator does not wish so !:-)
Here, let me make it clear also that i am totally against terrorists belonging to any nation, group, religion or country. Terrorsim is against the orders of the Creator and that is the highest reason why i am against it. No one is allowed to kill/harm/damage innocent people of any religion, faith, nation or group and i don't have any doubt about that in any part of my body. If i will commit such a crime then i will not only lose in this world but also will be punished in the next life so can i be such a stupid who will fall so low and non-sense? I don't have even faintest of such wish.
It also is not a good way to blame people for crimes without giving them chance to defend themselves legally. Every criminal, belonging to any faith, religion, nation or group, must be punished but after due open and fair legal procedures otherwise things could be manipulated!!
These were few things which i liked to share; my next post comes soon.
Be happy and keep others happy too.
Zaheer

atlast: Muslims of the West (Europe) (part 3)

After a long break, today I try to write about those Muslims who migrated to the West, a very difficult topic really. As, I have already mentioned my writings are based upon my personal observations, talks, exposures, reflections, views and experiences and everyone is naturally free to agree or to disagree to me. In addition to that I would express myself in context of Germany as example since I have been living here. Please do correct me if there would be something incorrect.

I think there are four major categories for the immigrants in West. 1: Workers 2: Asylum seekers 3: Employees 4: Students. First two groups are in majority and are living for a longer period of time while the last two groups are mainly temporary immigrants with exceptions.

Although Workers and Asylum seekers are quite close to each other but still there are quite a few distinctions among them. How do I differentiate between Workers and Employees? Well, I think major differences among them are education and skills although both could be termed as employees, however, I would take both of them as different to figure out their characteristics and lives. Here are few of my observations of four groups of Muslim immigrants, please do bear in mind that it is almost impossible to draw clear boundaries between different types of Muslim immigrants and they do posses many characteristics in common too. Some things are common among all immigrants also.

1: Workers:

• They are among the oldest immigrants of the West (Europe), there is big majority in Germany for example. Male immigrants do dominate in number.

• Majority of them is not that skilled and educated especially if weighted in Western standards. They posses just the simple education and simple rules of how to work and earn money. Here I must make it clear that being not that educated is not a bad thing if one could not get education due to any reasons. Well, frankly speaking I have seen many bad examples among so called educated people also; so I feel a sincere, uneducated and poor human being is much better than a corrupt, educated, and rich one. However, I feel an educated person, in any field of education, feels much more comfortable, confident and open in handling matters of life.

• Quite unfortunately as I mentioned in another post also; a big majority of Muslims is not properly educated about their own religion i.e. Islam. I personally take it as root cause for big majority of internal and external problems of Muslims. In the same way, those working fellows did not posses that standard/type of Islamic education which could help a person in dealing matters at different land and culture. As most of them arrived in West at their young ages and at that time of life many people don’t take religions very seriously. Again, here I am not degrading anyone rather it is what I experienced and observed. Yes, it is true that there have been exceptions and quite well educated individuals also do exist.

• These fellows faced a tough working routines and different social, political and economic environment; different rules and regulation waited for them as compared to their own lands. Social order was influenced by the philosophies which were different than those at their own lands. In addition to that they faced a hard problem in context of communication since at start they did not know local languages, very nice:-). They were mainly expected to work and fulfil their duties and not much else; it makes sense however and I think that they did it to a good extent. Fears of unknown outcomes and unexpected decisions about their fate kept them in a state of uncertainty for much time.

• They faced hard situation of being away from their families e.g. wives, parents, children, sisters, brothers, friends etc. It never has been an easy situation for anyone. I personally feel that there is no alternative to the natural love of our close ones no matter how many other sources of care we might have!

• These fellows could not integrate well due to following main reasons

1. language barriers
2. lack of education
3. tough working responsibilities
4. uncertainty about future
5. shyness and cultural hesitations
6. social differences
7. not much awareness about system; rules and regulations
8. …
   

So they have been kind of separate group and this situation seems to be quite hard. It becomes even harder when one is not able to express and to follow what he/she feels from inside; I personally can’t stop from expressing myself. I, however, feel that situation at that time was naturally hard due to factors and parameters of that time.

• These fellows have been scared of hard questions about religion and religious beliefs by local fellows. The main reasons for this kind of fear had been lesser religious awareness, language un-competency, lack of religious guiders, strong philosophical and logical capabilities of locals, religious differences, few unhappy experiences about religion by the locals and secular trends etc. This was never easy job; so these fellows had to take one out of two choices; either they fight for the survival of their faiths at different fronts like philosophical, logical etc or just become part of the normal flow of life at new place. Most of them took the second choice as they did not have many capabilities to fight and also they were living in a challenging system. As it is never easy to sacrifice personal faith but sometimes few compromises one needs to make, which is part of life. Few make more compromises while others make lesser:-).
• Different effects which this situation has left on this class of immigrants are e.g. they have become more materialistic in priorities which is an obvious thing; their brains revolve mainly around their survival and ways to gain more materialistic benefits. They have learnt to good extent how to face local people, cultural differences, strong systematic rules and regulations, religious differences, home sickness etc. They are healthier now, are able to speak local language, their families back at home are economically better which is source of attraction for others also and they want to go abroad at any cost, have gained some sense of local logical and philosophical trends and standards etc. One thing however has been damaged and that is spiritual and religious aspect since it was time and again crushed. Many of them have lost many religious values, practice and do contradict to religious values although they do have great respect/love for their religion, faith and homelands. These fellows also have to make it sure that they are loyal to the system they live in and the people they live with, this is a natural responsibility. They have to fight for a comfortable place as a personal identity between native nationality and new nationality, native culture and new culture, native religious values and the ones at new place. Such a situation might leave many internal conflicts/contradictions inside a person but also might help in thinking more and getting stronger/patient. As immigrants are able to compare two systems so they are able to think with more parameters and choices, how do they use this facility?, it depends. Well, I am personally in total respect to everyone what he/she takes as way of life since humans are free and they have different challenges.

• Immigrants in general face different types of people in new country and it is natural that one feels a bit shy and afraid of new personalities and things get even more complicated when immigrants see that locals do posses different values, priorities and philosophies of life etc. These things naturally increase shyness and some fears. What results out of it? Immigrants try to restrict themselves to their own people; they miss their homeland and family even moreJ and their thoughts go back time and again to their homelands:-). In addition to that for a person who has spent a good part of life in a different (native) country, it is never easy to be comfortable if he/she gets a very different environment suddenly. It is natural for human beings that past events/things do remain in our brain so this factor also effects. To get trust of locals is never easy and bad acts of some immigrants make it even harder.
• Many of these fellows don’t have good exposure to the international happenings and developments. They feel happy at some work , money and watching TV for example. They are interested normally in work, money, native country, family back at home etc. I think pain they take at start of their journey makes them so.

• Many of them do have wives from the home lands who joined them later while few have local wives too which is an interesting aspect attached to the immigrants in general. Local girls and immigrants have created many interesting stories:-). I have come across quite a few people who got married to local girls mainly for survival at new place and to get nationality etc but frankly speaking this has created mess in many of such cases, why? Some of the reasons which I could figure out are as follows:

1. I strongly believe that a relationship based only upon greed and materialistic benefits and not based upon humanity, love, care, respect and mutual understanding is a weak and narrow relation!
2. lack of religious education/values, lack of practice of religion, contradiction to own values and resulting internal/external conflicts etc create many strange situations. I feel that a person who is his/her self not on a strong and clear faith will most probably create many problems!
3. differences of backgrounds, cultures, religions, life priorities etc which are normal part of life and which should be source of learning in life, in many cases result in chaos due to lack of understanding, some egoism and exaggerated national prides!!!
4. …

Wives of the Immigrants: Well, those who brought wives from the homelands, they lead a different life than those who have locals and this factor plays role in lives of the children also. Non-local wives are mostly house wives:-), they are mostly not as highly educated as local ones and also don’t get that much exposure to the local society. Their main tasks are to run the matters of house and children; they also let their husbands decide about matters not related to home. This is due to both religious and cultural values although sometimes this situation results in abuse of women which is never a fair thing. However, perception of force or oppression of women by the Muslims is not always true either! Many problems to women occur due to lack of religious understanding, wrong cultural norms and human corruption.

On the other hand local wives (Westerner) do lead a different role. They like to have much more independence and like to have their own careers and decisions which is not bad either. I have already mentioned above few reasons for problems in such relations. However, there are few very good examples of this type of relationships, it depends upon individuals. I am personally in favour of all due independence and rights of women no matter where they belong to. Force is not good for any kind of relationship but in case of wife it is even more detrimental. My imagination says that if females are forced to do something against their wish then they teach such a lesson at which one simply starts crying:-), they know many ways to do that:-) .

Children: Children born or those who were brought to new land at their early age might have following characteristics.

1. Normally are more active, confident and comfortable as compared to their parents as they find the new land like homeland, familiar and natural. They are normally quite liberal and might have sometimes differences of priorities with parents. Parents, as in general, want children to be similar to parents but children want to take their own ways, it is also a typical generation gap problem. Here again the lack of worldly and religious education of parents does follow them and they are normally not able to handle children very nicely! Personally I find this situation very painful; I can understand pain and compulsion of parents due to natural love towards children but very unfortunately due to change of time and space and other factors of life, things get complicated. I personally feel that parents should understand that faith can’t be necessarily inherited so children should not be forced rather advised with care and love.
2. As these children normally find themselves quite free and independent due to open environment of the West, they make a lot of experiments themselves. They don’t feel bound to those limits which their parents had faced or still do feel. Many of these youngsters try e.g. current fashions, alcohol drinking, parties etc, which is a natural inclination and phenomenon in West. Quite a few of them are able to stay focused upon their faith and are able to handle fairly their immediate society at the same time too; this could be due to following reasons; a: they get a balanced and proper guidance through their parents; b: they themselves have strong inclination which makes them quite strong faithful; c: some worst/best experiences/people do lead them towards being strong at their faiths etc.
3. I have noticed that most of them are quite intelligent as they have different sources of information and views of the life although get confused sometime. They try to understand advice with great attention if done so with care and love. They don’t like to be forced especially in case of religion which is a good thing. I personally think that two things are total personal choice of a person and no one can force them for it; first is choice of a faith and religion and the second is choice of selection of a life partner for marriage.
4. They, in general, do have love, respect and inclination towards religion and country of their parents which I take as natural phenomenon. However, winds of the time and space and lack of proper guidance strongly effect their inclination. In addition to that they also have to face all confusions arising due to sects, differences among Muslims, International happenings, propaganda, and silly acts of some Muslims etc. In some cases they find mother and father having two different religions which is an interesting situation.
5. Beside all their inclinations and love for the land of parents they love their current land (i.e. West) too. I came to know about few cases where parents took their children back to their homelands because they felt that their children are not sticking to their religion/values and drifting away. I can understand feelings of such parents and I respect their choice but I personally feel that if parents can give proper attention, love, care and guidance to the children then normally things don’t get messy. If children get more friendship, care and respect at home then they will be lesser influenced by the other attractions they find outside otherwise children will drift away and get bad no matter where they do live!!!
6. I personally feel that these young Muslims are like an asset for the Western societies since normally they are very open, neutral, confident, flexible and show great understanding so they should be encouraged and guided to play role for bridging gaps and making integration/understanding easier. Here it should be kept in view, however, that efforts to misguide or misuse or confuse them from ANY SIDE might create awkward situation!!

2: Asylum seekers: Well many things are similar for the Asylum seekers if compared to Working immigrants, however there are few differences. Some of the things which belong to this group are

• They are normally very ill informed about the realities of the West when they start their journeys. They even don’t know where are they going and what will happen to them. Their journey is normally a blind and dangerous one. There are quite a few factors which force them to move at new place which I might mention sometimes later. Many of them even lose lives while crossing borders or due to extreme weathers or due to other calamities etc.

• They don’t know where will they live and who will take care of them. They don’t have those skills which one might need to survive in new country and language skills are also almost nil initially. These fellows are not quite educated ones. They don’t have support of friends or family at new place in most of the cases.

• These people do face quite a few fears and pressures although local systems try their best to accommodate them. There might be cases of crimes committed by the people of this group as they have to survive somehow. Most of them try to get married so that they could get some kind of protection, however many such marriages result not that positive as I mentioned above. Personally I am not that much in favour of such blind, unplanned and dangerous journeys by anyone; it is a kind of suicide. These fellows do have to face extremely tough challenges in religious, philosophical and logical aspects and the difficulty gets even double folded due to insufficient local language skills. They do have great love for their religion inside but are incapacitated by their lacks and normally are unable to defend their faiths/religions. They also can’t speak all what they have in their hearts as they are at the mercy of local system which can thrash them out any time. This situation might bring quite a few strange characteristics in a person e.g. one gets good at pretending, telling lies, some cheating, huge differences between faith and practice might occur etc. There are both good and bad examples as naturally among this group.

• After few years of extreme hardships and training, they are able to understand life at new place. They are able to learn local language, might have a local partner, find few friends mostly from their homeland, find some places of work and earn money etc. Their life is not that social normally and just stay within restricted circle.

• …

3: Employees: This is the class of Muslims which consists of educated and well skilled individuals if analysed in context of Western views. Few examples are researchers at universities and other institutes, at higher posts in big companies etc. These people are not in big number normally. What are they? Of course human being:-)))), let me think.

• More educated, skilled and aware of current setup of the world; again here it does not mean that they are better than other people; good and bad people do exist at every level and in every group. These individuals are normally above 30 years so are quite experienced ones about matters of life.

• These people normally don’t have to pass through all those tiring formalities which are faced by two groups mentioned above as they come to new land with proper contracts, understanding of responsibilities and do get protection and guidance through their employers. These people normally live a managed, focused, rich but a bit limited life. Their working responsibilities make it hard for them to be quite socialized or to get to the roots of the local cultures. Too many bosses are also not good sometimes:-). In addition to that they normally have limited and predefined period of stay and then fly back.

• They, in general, are already married or engaged and have their families back at homeland which they miss extremely at start:-) as they can’t go for dating and waiting and have to stay faithful to their wives:-). However, more they see openness of Western society more they miss their wives and try to control themselves in this difficult situation! They face few hardships, sometimes, in context of family reunion as visa formalities for their families take a good period of time and it is getting even harder now because of current international situation. Anyhow…

• This group though is in general not able to get to the roots of the local culture but they contribute positively in following forms:

1. They create goodwill for the Muslims and local people observe and think that some Muslims are also skilled, educated and peaceful too and not all of them like to terrorise:-)
2. They are able to enhance their professional skills and knowledge and contribute both to their land of current stay and homeland.
3. They earn capital which helps them in fulfilling their financial needs.
4. ...

• These fellows normally are able to defend their faith/religion at logical, philosophical and scientific fronts as their education and skills help them greatly in this context. If one would like to analyse them in context of religious believes and practice then one would find different types among them; quite secular, medium religious and strong religious. Majority of them is, however, good at theoretical aspects of religion.

4: Students: ohh here comes the group of cows:-) including me myself… what about them?

• In general poor, solo and wandering cows:-)

• They also face great cultural shocks at start but gradually do improve because they are normally at their early youth which is period where one learns and is not that fixed in habits; also at that time one does not have many burdens on shoulders which helps in looking at life with a bit relaxed mind. Moving to a new place is normally like a second birth for them. They leave their parents so look for a similar love which they can’t find unfortunately. Now they have to live in a society which is fortunately/unfortunately quite individualistic/materialistic in nature so don’t cry mama papa dear child and be ready for the challenges yourself. Ok, Uncle Tom.

• They do get good support and guidance through their Universities/Institutes so System at new place does not scare them a lot although some fears they do have naturally. They themselves don’t have great know how of the local System; they try to know it through test and trials like children:). No baby this is wood one can’t eat it. Ok, Aunty Lena.

• Most of them are normally bachelor, miss their parents, sisters, brothers and friends they have been living with together. So try to contact them through chat and phone calls and tell them their situation and difficulties and makes them also sentimental.

• Here starts the difficult part of the story; a twist. Poor student is now in a society where dating and waiting is very open, girls and boys are so free, there are not many restrictions from society and parents, ahhhaa, is it really so? He never dreamt like that although he/she heard a lot about openness of the West. So now Student starts taking his chances and gets many smiles in response which are not normal by girls in his homeland. So he thinks that he is going to find a beautiful girl quite soon and will be successful:-). Poor student is so simple. Actually he doesn’t know that a person who is more open is also more aware and confident. If girls smile at you in West, it is due to courtesy and necessarily doesn’t mean that she is in love with you. Also girls are not easy to convince, they are normally extremely careful about having a permanent partner. In addition to that Youngsters in West normally don’t like to get into permanent relationships at the early part of youth; they say that we want to have so called enjoyment first then we will see whom to take as life partner if we felt any need of it; well nice philosophy but… Anyhow, poor student gets into a difficult situation; he finds so many options which look so close but are so far in reality.

• Very interestingly most of them don’t get a life partner at new place! Why? I could figure out few reasons which play some role

1. Shyness and fear of losing their identity/philosophy
2. Differences of cultures and religions. They normally get strong instructions from home that don’t try to go too deep into new culture and stay focused.
3. Uncertainty about careers and futures
4. Lack of mutual trust and understanding
5. They want to have some kind of serious relationship but locals don’t like it so early
6. Current engagements, though weak normally, of both parties
7. Reservations and fears of the locals towards Muslims and Islam
8. Atheistic trends
9. Sometimes they themselves don’t have strong values which sooner or later causes distrust and lack of interest
10. Distrust which is normal part of life and it is true that people do cheat
11. Well, matter of relationship I find very tricky, it is beyond my little mind to solve this equation since there are so many factors which do play role here. I have personally left this matter to God:)
    

Well, very few of them are able to have good relationships; very few sadly.

• Students are normally average at Islamic knowledge and practice with few exceptions but in general are not that bad. Normally prefer to stay with their own friends and people which is a general but natural problem. There are few reasons which hinder from getting social e.g. study burden, earning burden, shyness, laziness, cultural unawareness, social unawareness and coldness of locals sometime, materialistic and atheistic trends of the West and fast and demanding life pattern etc.

• Let me share some of their routine of life, it consists of e.g. study, part time jobs, cooking, sleeping, praying (some are regular while others not and few don’t pray at all), internet surfing, online chatting, movies watching at home, chit chat with other friends, political and religious discussions sometimes hot ones, calling back family and to watch local girls from a distance only:-) etc.

• This group could contribute to the local society since in general they are young, more flexible and open.

• As they have spent their previous lives in a different culture and society so can’t be expected to be totally like Westerners. Past experiences of an individual do play role in his/her decisions and actions consciously or unconsciously. So this bunch of cows needs to be handled carefully keeping in mind their history, culture, experiences and philosophies. I have found them in general quite peaceful and cooperative. They are also not that bad at logical and philosophical fronts.
  
  There are few businessmen and few others like female students which i could not cover here. May be sometime latter.

So it was what I could observe and think about different types of Muslim immigrants, my views and observations are open to any agreement or disagreement. What next? Let me think first.
Keep on enjoying your lives and be happy.