By Iqbal Hamza
Pakistan, with a population exceeding 200 million, the majority of whom are Muslim, has become a laboratory for the ideological distortion of Islam and the misguidance of Muslims in the service of non-Muslim powers.
From its inception, Pakistan was largely used by the adversaries of Islam as a platform for intellectual and ideological warfare against Islam and its followers. However, it has since evolved, and today it is not only engaged at the ideological level but is also being utilized in the military sphere.
Pakistan became the first Islamic country through which disbelievers introduced a new sect, known as the Qadianis. The disbelievers sought to spread the notion through Muslims that the chain of Prophethood had not ended.
All Muslims around the world, whether Sunni or Shia, agree that no new prophet will come after the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Yet through Pakistan, this distortion was initiated, presenting not only a new sect but also implying that a new prophet could appear in the world. It was Pakistan that attempted to mislead the Muslim Ummah.
Similarly, all Muslims around the world have always respected the Hadith and treated it with great care. However, in Pakistan, a man named Ghulam Ahmed Perwez emerged who challenged the Hadith, showed disrespect toward it, attempted to nullify it, and, Nauzu billah, considered it in conflict with Islam. This was also an intellectual scheme by the disbelievers to make Muslims disregard the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
In addition, another major enemy and deviant of Islamic thought, Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, also emerged in Pakistan, casting doubts on the beliefs of Muslims regarding the Hadith. A careful examination shows that disbelievers themselves have rarely attempted such direct destruction or undermining of the Hadith to the extent that Pakistan has. Remarkably, the Pakistani military provides protection and security to all these deviant and misguided groups, supports the promotion of their ideas, and facilitates the spread of their misleading thoughts.
If we consider another group, the Aga Khans, Pakistan remains their major center even today. For the disbelievers, Pakistan has created hundreds of new ideological movements aimed at dividing Muslims, and a brief mention includes: Qadianis, Aga Khanis, Ghamidiyans, Parvezis, Brelavis, Saifis, Wahhabis, and others.
In addition, Pakistan has sought to place these groups in strong opposition to one another, allowing their influence to spread throughout the Islamic world. In matters of religion, any new destructive idea generated by the disbelievers finds its ground of application in Pakistan.
Furthermore, in order to show Muslims that pure English law could be applied in Islamic countries, Pakistan was presented for this purpose. It secularized all its laws and named the country the “Islamic Republic of Pakistan.” Pakistan became the first Islamic country where a man could marry another man, and a woman could marry another woman.
It is true that un-Islamic practices occur in other Muslim countries as well, but Pakistan’s actions are particularly dangerous because they cloak these un-Islamic deeds in the guise of Islam and declare impermissible acts as permissible. This is one of the most dangerous phenomena created by the disbelievers. This is why, apart from India, no disbelieving country has a problem with Pakistan; on the contrary, they protect it and provide financial support for its survival. It is not surprising that the disbelievers do not allow Iran to develop missiles, yet they safeguard Pakistan’s nuclear weapons and, to this day, have not lodged any complaints regarding Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal.
Another point to consider is that, historically, Pakistan became the first Islamic country to officially legalize prostitution and levy taxes on it, a practice that later spread to other Muslim countries. In summary, Pakistan has served as a laboratory for the disbelievers to experiment with new ideas and anti-Islamic practices. Any act against Islam that the disbelievers wish Muslims to accept is first implemented in Pakistan. Looking at history, no other country has generated as many misleading ideas and destructive acts against Islam as Pakistan has, yet it remains the country that makes the greatest claims of upholding Islam and Muslim identity.
Now that Pakistan has become a tested and successful instrument for the disbelievers against Islam, it was this very country that, for the first time, issued a fatwa of war against Afghanistan’s purely Islamic system and effectively initiated hostilities. This is also a historical fact: Pakistan, in the name of an Islamic country, issued a war decree against an Islamic system unlike any other since the era of the Salaf, and actively began a military campaign.
