Lack of logical thinking

When i was a young kid and whenever a flood or earthquake came,i used to hear from my elders and from Islamic scholars on TV that it is a punishment by Allah,enforced upon us due to our sins.I never bothered to think that those losing their lives in these calamities were mostly from the lower class and had led cleaner lives than the elite class.

and if i ever raised this question,i used to hear the tradition of Bani Israel ,that there was an old man in Bani Israel who was very God fearing and pious but since he did'nt call inhabitants of his settlement to the truth and did'nt ask them to stay away from sins,he also became a victim of Allah's azab (torment).

I did'nt bother to think for a long time that this particular tradition and many others like this had one thing common.Allah sent his azab (torment) to such nations when only so less men were left in such cities,that they could be counted on fingers whereas those sticking to disobedience of Allah were in very vast majority.

In such cases did Allah send His punishment.

But illogical scholars exist even today who say that earthquakes,floods and even sucidie bombings are a result of our sins.The question here arises that a quite significant number of people consider Taliban and their ideology wrong.Then how come is it the punishment by Allah?Ignorance of few individuals can tbe declared punishment by Allah.And such kind of thinking is an expression of doubt in Allah as well because corrupt individuals of elite class almost never get struck by any flood ,rather poor ones have to suffer each time.So calling this azab is actually expressing doubt tht why do'nt the corrupt ones get punished?Some schoalrs answer Allah actually is giving them enoguh time by letiing their ropes loose.He'll one day suddenly pull their ropes tight.Again the question arises ,why such privilege to corrupt individuals only ,why not to poor and relatively very innocent ones?.......In short,they keep arguing with disgusting arguments but never admit their mistake.

I read such a piece of new just today morning and i am going to share it with you as a proof that such ignorant scholars exist even today .here it is:

An overview of Iqbal's beliefs

It is a dilemma of our nation that whenever we define some hero,we start trying to prove that he was form our sect and he ahd no concern or soft corner for other sects.

The debate to Prove Quaid e Azam as Ismaili,Athna Ash'ari and Brelvi had beun decades ago.I ahve'nt mentioned deobandi here because deobandi scholars did'nt consider him Muslim at all.AtaUllah Shah Bukhari ,the leader of Majlis e ehrar and deobandi by sect used to declare Quaid e Azam as Kafir e Azam and Pakistan as Paleedistan.Later Justice Munir Commission had givern verdict against him.

The same has happened with Iqbal where different people have tried to prove him shia,wahhabi and Sufi etc.I am not an expert of Iqbal Studies but when i analyzed different poetic expressions of Iqbal,i felt as if Iqbal kept changing his views one after another.

At some stage of his life he was almost sick of Sufi'ism and Khanqahs.At other occasions he is found to be saying poetic verses in the praise of mystics and qalandars etc.At one stage of his life he says that he does'nt care whether Mriza Nasir (khalifa of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiyani) is the awaited leader or not.His concept about Imam Mehdi are also vague.

Yet we find certain poetic verses and poems of his about the sheer respect and love of Household of Prophet Salla'l la ho alayehi waa aalihi wasallam.Shia use those poetic verses of him to prove him a shia.

Sufis say that the idea of a separate homeland had come to him in "Daata Darbar" and that he had done meditation on the shrine of Hazrat Mujaddid Alf Thaani.Therefore he was a sufi.

Whatever the opinion of the people may be,i personally think that it was due to his sheer respect and love for ahl e bayt e Rasul Salla'lla ho alaye hi wa aalihi wasallam that he got so much recognition and particualrly due to this one poetic verse :

"Insan ko baedar toh ho lenay do
Har Qaum pukaray gi,hamaray hain Hussain"

Translation : Let the mankind come into conscious.(If it happened so),each nation will claim that our ideology is that of Hussain alaye hi salam

Since he ahd so much respect for ahl e bayt,each nation is claiming that Iqbal is our hero,our philosopher,our poet.

Ghulam Ahmad Bilour's subtle politics

I have been emphasizing over and over that people can be and have been easily exploited in the name of Islam and Pakistan.This is very shameful for us as well as disgusting.

Just have  a look at the pic below (click to have an enlarged view):

A so huge gathering creates the problems of security as well as sanitation and water supply etc.Moreoever its not an obligatory gathering for Muslims,ratehr it is an endorsement of one typical ideology then why has Pakistan Railways announced to run special trains for this annual congregation?Becasue Ghulam Ahmad Bilour,our Minister for Railways cimes from KPK.and it seems very amazing that although he belongs to a secular party,yet he has made such an announcement to win the sympathies of KPK public,because majority of those gathering in Raiwind is from KPK.

A few months later,Dawat e Islami (green turbans) will also hold their annual congregation at Multan.Will Ghulam Ahmad Bilour run special trains for them as well or does he intend to just endorse Saudi version of Islam?