Repost on Zaid Hamid.

I had written an earlier post on Zaid Hamid. In that post I had written that I saw Zaid Hamid to be a negative impact on Pakistanis in the long run, with his vision of political Islam and promotion of which was started by Zia Ul-Haq.

For decades, this ideology has left Pakistanis with an inferiority towards Middle Eastern Muslims and turned many into religious extremists who have little or no sense of tolerance.
What Zaid Hamid is doing spreading the same ideology, only in different circumstances. Unlike former General Zia, he is obviously not a dictator and cannot enforce his views on the population. Also unlike Zia, he has managed to gain a following amongst Pakistan's Westernized elites who traditionally did not follow religious lifestyles.

From what I notice, religious extremism is slowly declining amongst Pakistanis, but Zaid Hamid seems to be acting as the sort of person that will re-strengthen religious fundamentalism in Pakistan.
A person who will be the next Zia Ul-Haq ready to breed the new generation of religious fanatics amongst Pakistanis.

Knowing his tactics of fighting Indian propaganda, I admired him for that. Now I look at him and his ideas with disgust.
After all the Islamists and Hindutvas have been the traditional arch-rivals in the quest for political power in the subcontinent, so why should it be surprising?

At first I thought I was the only one seeing him for who he really was: An extremist cult-leader trying to gain popularity amongst the masses. Now that other Pakistanis see what I see, I can give him full condemnation without hesitation.

Instead of preaching tolerance, secularism, peace and promoting solutions to solve social or other problems in Pakistan such as overpopulation, he just preaches religious fundamentalism which will only strengthen the damage General Zia left on Pakistan.

I recall how people would quote him or use him as reference on Pakistani forums that I was a member of. Almost as if he's some unquestionable 'god.' His role in becoming a cult leader was not out of false prophet-hood as many claim, but rather by trying to turn every issue into a conspiracy theory and gaining an audience.

Adolph Hitler had a saying. Speak a lie, repeat it and everyone will believe it. That's exactly what the Indians have done in their global propaganda campaigns against Pakistan by preaching we are the "same people" and then by accusing Pakistan of spreading terrorism to the point many around the world, especially the West believe it without questioning it.

Zaid Hamid is using the same tactic and using religion, which has poisoned the minds of many confused Pakistanis youth ever since Zia Ul-Haq's reign of terror.
Even despite that most Pakistanis are not as religious as the extremists, this minority of fanatics which Zaid Hamid has joined have gained large followings by spreading unproven claims.

The long time mixture of Islam with Pakistani national identity also seems to have strengthened his power as religious fundamentalists have had that tradition of always hijacking Pakistani patriotism with religious fundamentalism.

I was rather saddened to see Imran Khan alongside Mr Hamid on a talk show to celebrate Pakistan's independence day in 2009.

Hamid's recent row with Pakistan's religious right wing can be seen as as a blessing or even a miracle. The growing tension amongst the religious fundamentalists in Pakistani society only makes the work of the civilized population (not counting the pro-Indian, Westernized elite Muhajirs) much easier.

Ever since the introduction of radical Islam that has infected Pakistan, the civilized population of the country have been powerless against the religious extremists.
With the growing tensions between Zaid Hamid and the mullahs, things may improve.

Few dared to openly challenge a religious fundamentalist in Pakistan like Zaid Hamid ever since their empowerment by General Zia. But unless one is a powerful religious leader himself, a strong opposition cannot be born.

The sooner Zaid Hamid's cult goes to war with the mullahs, the better and easier for the civilized population. All we must do is sit and watch two evil entities destroy one another, saving us the burden of having to destroy them ourselves.

Below are videos that explain Zaid Hamid's scandal and the murder accusation by the mullahs against one of their leaders:






Zaid Hamid's failed campaign in Lahore as a result of the scandal: