{"id":3820,"date":"2011-08-13T06:35:01","date_gmt":"2011-08-13T01:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3787"},"modified":"2011-08-13T06:35:01","modified_gmt":"2011-08-13T01:05:01","slug":"old-mullahs-new-mullahs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/old-mullahs-new-mullahs\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Mullahs, New Mullahs"},"content":{"rendered":"
In a poignant piece<\/a> in the Guardian<\/i>, Moni Mohsin writes:<\/p>\n This is not the Pakistan I grew up in. When I was a child, mullahs were figures of fun. Notorious for their greed, they were the butt of jokes. Now they are powerful figures running vast madrasas that churn out hate-filled, brainwashed terrorists. Backed by the army, and with massive street power, these new mullahs hold the government to ransom.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Quite honestly all religious figures, regardless of the religion they claim to represent, should<\/i> be “figures of fun”. They are at best self-delusional clowns; at worst, charlatans. There are no exceptions to this, because of the nature of religion itself. <\/p>\n That said, some of Pakistan’s mullahs are clearly more vile than the saffron-clad jokers and fasting yogis who make the news here. You gotta feel sorry for Moni Mohsin: her home has become a land where “Kalashnikovs are as ubiquitous as fridges.” We are so much better off.<\/p>\n (Link via Nila<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n