Pakistan is secular. It was created as a secular state, Jinnah was a secular politician and not religious, it has secular government and does not have Shariah law (except in the NWFP where they gave in to the Taliban), Non-Muslims have freedom under the law and so on.
I don't think that partition should have happened but it has and there is no changing that. But the difference between Pakistan and Israel is Pakistan is not still in control of the people it displaced, Pakistan does not treat them like second class citizens, kill them, and commit atrocities against them.
1) Pakistan is secular-
Even apart from the blasphemy laws which Zaephon has pointed out, Pakistan required 4 male witnesses for rape from 1976 to 2006-as per Shariah, last I heard, Jews in Israel don't get raped women married off to their rapists or stone adulteresses as per OT Commands, & never had any laws remotely resembling those.
2) Jinnah was a secular politician:
So was Golda Meir, Theodore Hertzl & the majority of Israel's founders.
3) Israel still controls people it displaced.
Not true, Israel doesn't control say the people settled in Jordan, Israel was carved out of a Brit colony & Jordan was also part of that. Jordan recognizes Israel's right to exist, just like India recognizes Pakistan's right to exist. Had the rest of those displaced recognized Israel's right to exist, things would be very different.
As for controlling Gazans are concerned, it would be the heights of foolishness if it gave up controlling people who's official policy is wiping it off the map.
Pakistan doesn't face a neighbour wanting to wipe it off the map. As for Kashmiri non Muslims, you can check this out:
www.kashmiri-pandit.org/sundry/genocide.htmlI have neighbours near my maternal grandparents house, who've fled Kashmir.
Are the people displaced from Pakistan(or Bangladesh) regularly entering Bangladesh, planting bombs there, ambushing them or blowing themselves out there?
Are those attacks then treated as sacred explosions, with the martyr's family thrilled & the friends & family of the attacker thrilled that he's enjoying his 72 virgins in Paradise?
Most of the people displaced from either Israel or Pakistan are no longer alive, the descendants of those displaced from Pak & Bangladesh are getting on with their lives, while the descendants of those displaced from Israel are still filling up the heads of their kids' with hatred for Jews- castigating them as apes & pigs & teaching them to blow Jews up in Israel & get the lands back.
As Golda Meir said, "There will be peace when the Arabs love their children more than they hate us."
The descendants of those who fled Pak are busy making their lives better, while those who were forced to flee Israel are still holding a grudge & their Muslim co religionists are continually stirring up hatred against Jews.
Had France voted for a Government which wanted to wipe it off the map, or Canada voted for a Government wanting to wipe U.S.A. off the map, & the other countries had the military might to protest-they'd undoubtedly take the same steps Israelis do.
Pakistan is secular.
You must be joking. Can you please explain why Pakistan has blasphemy laws, then?
A secular nation that specifically granted the rights for a
certain part of it to be controlled by Shariah Law?
Blasphemy laws, like the laws requiring 4 male witnesses for rape(repealed a couple of years back) apply to
all Pakistan.
As for Southern Thailand & Southern Phillipines, they might be different lands, but the philosophy remains the same, they're not pursuing secular Marxist struggles, or even ethnic nationalist struggles, their motto is very Islamic, they call themselves mujahideen.
Islam divides the world into Dar ul Islam-the House of Islam & Dar ul Harb or the House of War-the latter designation indicates how they hope their disputes with other would be solved.
Thus, its perfectly allright to demand lands in Thailand, India or Philippines or anywhere else, & deprive others in the process-but its a grevious outrage should they lose even an inch of land-then that has to be retrieved at all costs.
I don't see Israel at any wars with either Jordan or Egypt, both of whom recognize Israel's right to exist, did the Hamas even once recognize Israel's right to exist? Did Iran?
If a rapist or murderer roams about loose with the statement that their aim
is a rape or murder in the future as soon as it becomes a feasible option, & promises a temporary reconciliation only as it lacks strength, then of course, any sensible person who's threatened with the rape or murder is going to take measures to protect themselves. Only once the rapist or murderer abandones all aims of commiting the crime, will the other person consider a reconciliation.
Topic: The other side of Pakistan