You might have the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was a true Islamic state already, but there is always more fanaticism that can be embraced. And that will mean more Sharia enforcement and more jihad.
“Govt actively working to make Pakistan true Islamic, welfare state: Fazl,” Radio Pakistan, January 15, 2023:
Chairman Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Maulana Fazlur Rehman says the coalition government is actively working to make the country a true Islamic and welfare state.
Addressing the Workers Convention in Peshawar on Sunday, he stressed the need unity to foil the nefarious designs of foreign elements who want to destabilize Pakistan.
Chairman JUI (F) stressed the need for supremacy of Islamic values in the country.
He hoped that the current government would soon steer the country out of the crises….
tim gallagher says
Pakistan does, indeed, already seem to be a primitive, barbaric enough islamic type of country. But no, as Robert Spencer says, there is always room for more fanaticism. There is always even more primitive and barabric ways that people can be forced to live. The Pakistanis are probably trying to outdo the Taliban when it comes to dragging things back to that islamic ideal of living life exactly as the knuckle draggers used to live life in 7th century Arabia. That is what islam is all about.
Deodata says
I would love to know what a welfare country actually means in Pakistan.