Pakistan,hopefully(coz here has been plenty of debate whether Quaid e Azam wanted it to be a theocratic state or a secular one) was taken in the name of Islam.I have absolutely no problems with its laws being Islamic,and the constitution promoting Islam as the religion of the state.After all,being a muslim I do believe that there are no better laws than those given in Quran and Hadith.
The problem I have is with the interference of religion in Administration.The merger of religion and politics,we can tentatively say,is workable(although in Pakistan the experiment hasn't worked).But religion should never be merged with administration,and it should never never influence our judgments about the minorities and other nations.The laws shouldn't be misused in the name of religion.For example we have always been told that the 'Blasphemy law' is Islamic.We should know that although it seems Islamic,it hasn't been mentioned or derived from the Primary sources of Islamic law,and thus if it is debated in the parliament or by a governor of a punjab,he shouldn't be killed.And some of the negative impacts that 'overuse' of religious rhetoric has brought about is the killin of Gov Salman Taseer and the fact that people are celebrating a murderer.Religion,in Pakistan,has been used,rather abused by rulers,clergy and the people alike.If you have a grudge with someone,just convict him of blasphemy,and his life would be destroyed even if blasphemy isn't even proved.If an army general wants to hold the nation hostage and confiscate its liberties for a decade,he uses the name of ISLAM.We use our own interpretation of Islam to tag others non-muslims and unbelievers etc.Come on,nobody has given us a right to tag the other person so,and even if someone [I]is[I]a non muslim,it shouldn't be considered a gali!Religion,no doubt,is necessary for a varied country like Pakistan and should have a controlled role in its politics,but it shouldn't clod our better judgment about diversity,shouldn't influence administration,and most importantly,shouldn't be used to justify misdoings.Alas in Pakistan,everyone has used,rather misused it to attain vested interests.The need of the our is to revisit Islam,study it objectively and spread it objectively throughout the masses.We need Islam the Muhammad(SAW) version,NOT the Zia ul Haq or Mumtaz Quadri version