09-24-2010, 06:22 PM
Generally speaking, following the laws and policies of any country (whichever it is) is compuslory for all residents and citizens without any other discussion or room for debate.
We have to choose one of the two options; EITHER we don't ever settle down or stay at other countries (specially non-muslim ones) of which we by birth are not the citizens; OR if we have to do so, we should learn to remain harmless for such countries and obedient to their own policies and laws. This second part also applies on those who live there since birth because their parents settled there. There is no other way of survival in such cases. We should bear in mind that such laws and policies of other countries may happen to be against the muslims as well for one reason or the other, specially when we know they can never be our friends in essense.
I personally don't exactly know the real story behind this entire incident of Afia Siddiqui, yet I believe USA presumably has no benefit in capturing a help-less woman and punishing her like this without any justification since she is neither Iraq nor Al-qaida in her ownself. We usually never see American forces capturing harmless innocent females (even males) living in the areas around us. Why they only took people like Aimal Kansi, has now been proved with the passage of time. If you will reside at USA, engage yourself in smuggling and other deals of ammunition, and will also kill some CIA officials due to any disputes, what will they do? They will do what they have done with Aimal Kansi. I may be wrong, but I believe, in doing so they are/were rightful. If we will have such powers and someone will behave like this with us, we will also do similar things; and we have many instances where we have done similar things when we were in power. We need to study the history.
We should have same rules and principles when we tend to analyze something. If the Shahaadat of Babri Mosque is painful for us the demolishing of Somnat would be for someone else. The human sentiments have same weightage and instinct. The only thing which hinders the people to think justifiablly is the imbalance of power which has always played its role regardless of who-ever is/was in power.
Although I don't have fullest insight of Afia Siddiqui's case and I cannot comment on specific validity of the actions taken against her by USA, yet I wonder what an educated doctorate-holder America-based female was doing at Afghanistan during the times when every one was factually reluctant to go there; and what connections and roots with Afghanistan made her to undertake such visit and stay. Afia has her roots in Pakistan at Karachi, and I could not find her personalized connectivity at Afghanistan or with the people of Afghanistan. If she was on some research visit, it is still not known.
Whenever we have to think on this issue, we will have to explore this aspect as well. The answer to this question may bring in the answer to the question raised by Anamz in this thread.
Regards,
(edited for spelling mistakes).....
We have to choose one of the two options; EITHER we don't ever settle down or stay at other countries (specially non-muslim ones) of which we by birth are not the citizens; OR if we have to do so, we should learn to remain harmless for such countries and obedient to their own policies and laws. This second part also applies on those who live there since birth because their parents settled there. There is no other way of survival in such cases. We should bear in mind that such laws and policies of other countries may happen to be against the muslims as well for one reason or the other, specially when we know they can never be our friends in essense.
I personally don't exactly know the real story behind this entire incident of Afia Siddiqui, yet I believe USA presumably has no benefit in capturing a help-less woman and punishing her like this without any justification since she is neither Iraq nor Al-qaida in her ownself. We usually never see American forces capturing harmless innocent females (even males) living in the areas around us. Why they only took people like Aimal Kansi, has now been proved with the passage of time. If you will reside at USA, engage yourself in smuggling and other deals of ammunition, and will also kill some CIA officials due to any disputes, what will they do? They will do what they have done with Aimal Kansi. I may be wrong, but I believe, in doing so they are/were rightful. If we will have such powers and someone will behave like this with us, we will also do similar things; and we have many instances where we have done similar things when we were in power. We need to study the history.
We should have same rules and principles when we tend to analyze something. If the Shahaadat of Babri Mosque is painful for us the demolishing of Somnat would be for someone else. The human sentiments have same weightage and instinct. The only thing which hinders the people to think justifiablly is the imbalance of power which has always played its role regardless of who-ever is/was in power.
Although I don't have fullest insight of Afia Siddiqui's case and I cannot comment on specific validity of the actions taken against her by USA, yet I wonder what an educated doctorate-holder America-based female was doing at Afghanistan during the times when every one was factually reluctant to go there; and what connections and roots with Afghanistan made her to undertake such visit and stay. Afia has her roots in Pakistan at Karachi, and I could not find her personalized connectivity at Afghanistan or with the people of Afghanistan. If she was on some research visit, it is still not known.
Whenever we have to think on this issue, we will have to explore this aspect as well. The answer to this question may bring in the answer to the question raised by Anamz in this thread.
Regards,
(edited for spelling mistakes).....
