Shit Pakistani Atheists say

Why did the Afghan not protest more about the killings of 16 members of the same family compared to burning of the Quran?

Why did the Afghan protest about burning the Quran by Americans?

Why are moderate Muslims protesting about the Taliban?

Why do Muslims have music in their ‘naat’ when music is haram?

Muslims should talk more about sex. 

More Muslim women should work in porn as a protest.

How can this woman talk about sex being a Muslim?

Why is she not wearing a hijab?

Did you see how fitted that hijabi girl's dress was?

Why Muslims wear Western clothes?

Why don't Muslims integrate?

I hate desi wannabe goras.

How can a true Muslim man let his wife work?

Why do Muslims immigrate to Western countries?

Why do Muslims eat Halal food?

Oh did you check that new Indian restaurant in LA?

Why Muslims don't eat pork? Oh I am cooking vegetarian today for my Hindu friend.

I am an ex-Muslim and I always wonder, will Muslims ever see reason?

OMG s/he said Mashallah/Inshallah, must be a closet Muslim.

And last but not the least, I must be a Muslim apologist. ;)

Why I think RAW wins against ISI?

I grew up listening to praise for the armed forces of Pakistan and the idea that we have one of the best intelligence agencies, namely Inter-services Intelligence (ISI). However, since the May 1, 2011 incident I have been thinking if the ISI is really the best, or we are supposed to think it is the best. We all know how easy it is to get away with security checks in Pakistan because at one point everyone has done this.

Here’s a personal anecdote. In 2009, I visited Islamabad with some friends and we were going to Trail 5 for which we had to cross the red-zone, the high security area. Two of us did not have the ID cards, so the Rangers sent us back. However, our taxi driver told us not to worry, and he drove around all the check points and dropped us in the lane from where we were hardly on a 5 minute walking distance from ‘Trail 5’ entrance. Nobody checked our ID cards since we were pedestrians. The privilege seemed to be reserved only for the people in vehicles.

Anyway, moving ahead before I digress too much. The ISI has a notorious reputation. How much of that is actually true, we might never find out, but with that reputation around, it is very understandable for us to doubt whether Osama’s presence was with the ISI’s consent and protection, or not.


This brings me to why I think that the Indian Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) has won against the Pakistani ISI. It's pretty simple. When Indians say that the ISI was involved in a terrorist attack on their land, their public believes them, but when Pakistan says RAW was involved, we think it's not possible. It is because the Pakistani establishment brainwashed us with a lot of lying. It made us think Pakistan won the wars against the evil, good-for-nothing ‘banyas’. That rhetoric ultimately played in the hands of the Indians, and why should it not?

A good spy agency would stay low key to avoid discovery as well as direct involvement, which cannot be said of the ISI. Having formed an alliance with the CIA, which looking at the CIA’s track record is not a big deal (one only needs to bait them with some anti-communist bullshit), the card ISI played with its own public, was played by the world - The best secret service agency. The ISI lived with this rhetoric for so long, that people directly involved actually started believing this idea too. Now whether the ISI is the best intelligence agency, capable of many tricks is true or not, it still gets accused of a lot of shit happening around the world, including its own territory. In that, the RAW wins and have bested the ISI. Be it in Baluchistan, Afghanistan or China, the blame will stay with ISI.

Warrior women!

Two of my most favorite characters. Xena and Zoe. :P

I've watched Firefly and Serenity at least seven times, if not more. One of the most interesting series I ever watched. And now I am watching Xena: Warrior Princess. It's been around a while, but I never had a chance to watch. Thanks to Netflix, now I can watch it all in a go. Just had to write it. Took me a while to find images that somewhat have similar expressions. :)

WTH Google?

A friend just pointed something out about Google Translate. I was skeptical so I had to run the experiment. He said, “Go to http://translate.google.com/ and write in the left textbox ‘Men are men and men should clean the house,’  and then Google will suggest, ‘Did you mean: Men are men and women should clean the house?"...

Here are the snapshots.

English to Urdu

Translated from English to Persian

I have already mentioned earlier that auto correct on Chrome, Microsoft Word and even Blogger spellcheck do not even recognize the word misandry. To hell with all these corporate claims like equal opportunity and no discrimination policies.

Updating the post, since I found two more examples.

Oh well, at least when I type, 'Men are men and men should marry men,' Google does not prompt they 'should marry women', that's something.

Let's end on a comparative note. And I'm glad I had not reached the stage where I said, "La Ilaha il-a-Google."

Media encouraging vigilantes

It seems Samaa TV takes the cake for being the most ridiculous and sick channel, even worse than GEO when it comes to monopolizing public sentiments about any controversial issues. The Pakistani electronic media often indulges in different tactics to have higher TRPs, for which it keeps stooping lower and lower.

The following is a clip from Maya Khan’s program on Samaa TV, Subha Sawerey, where a bunch of women from different walks of life visit public parks and chase 'dating' couples. They use their own personal moral sticks to measure the rightness and wrongness of such dating and harass dating couples. This attitude was wrong and presumptuous on so many levels, that one cannot even fully comprehend it. Foremost being the idea, that any man or woman hanging out together, early in the morning have to be on a date. They could not be friends hanging out together, they could not be sitting their for a discussion or to just enjoy the fresh air, they have to be 'dating'.

The clip starts with dehumanizing sentences like, “Kuch nazar aaya, koye nazar aaya?” (Did you see something or someone?) And some guy saying, “In jagaon par bohat kuch hai,” (There is a lot in these places) as if they are not talking about dating couples, rather objects who are not flesh and blood. As if that was not insulting enough, the women run in different directions saying, “Wo dekho, wahan aik hai,” (Look there’s one [couple]) It is not only disappointing but worrisome to see these women chasing young men and women who are already so oppressed in the society. Another worrisome aspect is the way they blame mostly the women for their behavior. Their comments and words reek of misogyny and hatred for women. It is one of the most perfect examples showcasing the generation whose minds were mutilated by the Zia regime.

One can be a liar, cheater, ‘rishwatkhor’, but as long as one wears a burka and keeps their pants above the ankles or at least condemns the liberals, they can wear the label of being the pious. Interestingly, the double standards of this moral brigade become very much apparent, when Maya Khan lies about the mic and camera being turned off while talking to one of the couples. It shows the double standards we have as a society. It was disgusting to watch her lie so blatantly; however, most people of the ‘ghairat’ brigade will not even notice that. They would only praise this stupid moral brigade.

This sort of behavior might end up prompting people to start taking matters in their own hands. Let’s not forget the incident of the Sialkot brothers, Salman Taseer, countless mob lynching incidents of Ahmedis and Shias all over Pakistan. Public vigilantes in Pakistan are becoming more and more of a problem. The Pakistani legislation is not as much to blame as the people themselves who resort to such moral policing and that too in public areas. Programs further encouraging the already prevalent riot mind set in the Pakistani society are dangerous and should be held responsible. Let us not forget that it was also Samaa TV’s Meher Bukhari who instigated hate against Governor Salman Taseer, resulting in his death at the hands of a fanatic Muslim.

For complaints against Sama TV follow the link: http://www.pemra.gov.pk/feedback/

Blasphemy their's and ours

Today's news highlight is the five year sentence awarded to an Atheist in Indonesia, who committed blasphemy just by stating god does not exist. Indonesia is currently facing rising extremism in religious sentiments and therefore perhaps moving towards what Pakistan already is. A hot bed for the parasite called extremism. If saying god does not exist equates blasphemy, does saying only Jesus can be the savior be blasphemy as well? After all Muslims do not consider Jesus to be the savior, neither do the Jews, buddhists, Hindus, or for that matter any of the non-Christians believe that. So how can it become blasphemy if an atheist denies god's existence? All religions consider their sceipture and doctrine to be divine; their prophet, messiah to be the true one; their god or gods the true ones. In that all religions are blasphemous towards each other. Therefore, if there are rules against blasphemy they should also be used against all religious people in a non-descriminatory manner. Muslims should not be allowed to praise Allah as their true god on Facebook, since it is blasphemos to non-Muslims. Christians should not be allowed to post.....

An extract from the article published on e-paa.org: https://e-paa.org/articles/blasphemy-theirs-and-ours

Life of a cyborg

I laugh at my pathetic creepy life

Laptop in front, ipad on the side

Phone on round table
Skype on all night
Waiting for a call, or someone to tell all's right

Does this sound insane?

It isn't, it's all right,
This is how it is,

When one is alone, depressed and contrite

Laugh out loud at that, or send me an invite

To join the dance of celebration,
And end this pathetic creepy life.