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I disagree with the last statement, and this isn't the thread to get into it, but Western Nations have also sponsored and supported murdering, destructive regimes and personalities in th ename of "national interest".
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Pakistan's actions/policies gone awry, can be viewed in the same light as those of the US gone awry
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I'm beginning to understand your pragmatic desire for movement towards a moderate Islamic state as opposed to a secular state. However I still see a negative aspect of such an association. As things stand today religion is tightly coupled to the state and religious justifications are trotted out for issues which others would, as you rightly point out, use "national interests" to justify. When religion permeates or atleast appears to permeate so much of your govt. and decision making do you see why people attribute actions/policies interchangeably to govt./Islam. As a related question, would this moderate Islamic state of yours stop using the Islamic brotherhood card in dealing with Kashmir?
Second, why is there so much recourse to Islam in public discourse? Or is that a misperception of mine?
I apologize. I didn't mean to single out your brother. I'm interested in hearing what arguments the segment of the population we are talking about .. ie the urban educated people have against the west. I'm also interested in Pakistani views of India.