The nice Pakistani cricket bigotry: From Waqar Younis to Imran Khan to Shoaib Akhtar

Cricket is a sport, however for individuals within the subcontinent, and of India specifically, it’s a faith. However, for India’s western neighbour, Pakistan, it assumes higher significance. In a rustic that’s deeply pious, cricket is regarded not only a leisure exercise however as one other device to additional radical Islamism.
Pakistani cricketers, who commanda huge following in a rustic the place cricket is probably essentially the most appreciated sport, have been brazen and unabashed about their allegiance to radical Islamism. There have been a number of events prior to now when Pakistani cricketers have felt no qualms in selling informal bigotry in opposition to non-Muslims, particularly the Indian cricket staff.
Here are a few of the incidents when Pakistani cricketers have voiced their help to radical Islamism and poured scorn on different faiths:-
Waqar Younis’ overtly communal utterances in opposition to Hindus
Recently, Pakistani quick bowler Waqar Younis mentioned it was very particular for him when Mohammad Rizwan recited the Namaz in entrance of Hindus through the India versus Pakistan match on the T20 World Cup.
Speaking on a chat present, Younis mentioned, “The manner in which Babar and Rizwan batted, sensible yet aggressive, the strike-rotation, the look on their faces, it was amazing. The best thing, what Rizwan did, Mashallah, he offered the Namaz on the ground surrounded by Hindus, that was really something very very special for me.”
This remark by Waqar Younis drew sharp response from individuals internationally, together with Indian commentator Harsha Bhogle, who by his personal admission tries “hard to play such things down”. After the backlash, Younis provided an apology, however for an individual who had as soon as mentioned “he always saw the game of cricket with the Indian team as jihad”, the apology appeared quite insincere and provided solely as a lip-service to pacify the critics.
As such, there have been different situations prior to now when Waqar Younis has not shied away from his bigoted rants in opposition to Hindus. Years in the past, Younis had remarked that Indians couldn’t bowl quick as a result of they didn’t eat beef. The snide comment was meant for Hindus who chorus from consuming beef as cow is taken into account as a sacred animal based on Hinduism.
Shoaib Akhtar’s endorsement to the 2 nation principle
Another Pakistani quick bowler Shoaib Akhtar just lately endorsed the 2 nation principle that led to the partition of India. While talking on a cricket present organised by Aaj Tak, Shoaib Akhtar mentioned he believed within the two nation principle.
The two nation principle was first promulgated by Syed Ahmad Khan, the founding father of the Aligarh Muslim University. The principle asserts that Muslims and Hindus type two separate nations who can’t coexist peacefully in a single nation.
Syed Ahmad Khan mentioned in 1876, “I am convinced now that Hindus and Muslims could never become one nation as their religion and way of life was quite distinct from each other.” Seven years later, he voiced comparable sentiments. He mentioned, “Friends, in India, there live two prominent nations which are distinguished by the names of Hindus and Mussalmans…To be a Hindu or a Muslim is a matter of internal faith which has nothing to do with mutual relationships and external conditions…Hence, leave God’s share to God and concern yourself with the share that is yours…India is the home of both of us…By living so long in India, the blood of both have [sic] changed.”
It is price noting that the 2 nation principle grew to become the cornerstone of Muslim League’s demand for a separate nation for Indian Muslims that triggered a violent spate of Hindu-Muslim clashes throughout the nation and finally resulted within the partition of India into two nations—Pakistan and India.
Islamic forces will fulfil Ghazwa-e-Hind prophecy, seize Kashmir and invade India: Shoaib Akhtar
Notably, this was not the primary time that Shoaib Akhtar had lend his help to an extremist ideology. In a information chat present, Shoaib Akhtar had advocated the Islamic supremacist fantasy of ‘Ghazwa-e-Hind’, stating that Islamic forces will seize Kashmir and invade India.
“It is written in our scriptures that Ghazwa e Hind will take place. The river in Attock will be coloured red twice with blood. Forces from Afghanistan will reach till Attock. Then after that forces will rise from Shamal Mashriq, different contingents will arrive from Uzbekistan etc…this refers to Khorasan, a historical region which extended till Lahore. Later those forces will conquer Kashmir, and then, inshallah, they will march onwards (to the rest of India),” Shoaib Akhtar mentioned.
It is pertinent to notice that the Islamist doctrine endorsed by Shoaib Akhtar is commonly cited by terrorists to justify their assaults in India. The Islamist terror assaults on India happen underneath the banner of Ghazwa-e-Hind. Radicals in Pakistan are skilled and brainwashed with the idea of Ghazwa-e-Hind, to arrange them for suicide missions in India and legitimise their jihad in opposition to India. 
The time period Ghazwa-e-Hind or a holy raid of India has been utilized by the Pakistani terrorists in opposition to India for many years. The idea of Ghazwa-e-hind roots from a number of works of Islamic literature named Hadiths. The doctrine prophesizes a pitched battle between Hindus and Muslims earlier than (qayamat), leading to a decisive victory of Muslims over Hindu India. 
As per the prediction, the battle to the tip will begin in modern-day Syria, with forces marching in the direction of India. Islamic armies carrying black flags will supposedly come from Khorasan and conquer India to show it into an Islamic state.
Saeed Anwar had mentioned all non Muslims will probably be incinerated in hellfire
Former Pakistani batsman Saeed Anwar was one other cricketer who supported Islamic supremacism and handled non-Muslims with contempt. In a gathering, Anwar mentioned all non Muslims have been going to be incinerated in hell hearth and it was the obligation of Muslims to save lots of them by changing them into Islam.
“There are 6 billion non-Muslims. They are all going to burn in hellfire. It’s Muslims’ duty to save them by converting them into Islam,” he mentioned.
Proof 7 #CricketJihad: Saeed Anwar – “All 6 Billion non-Muslims will burn in hell. Let’s save them by converting them to Islam.”@WasimJaffer14 crying for Pakistan cricket gained’t inform u thispic.twitter.com/Fbd10F1d1z— Pakistan Untold (@pakistan_untold) September 21, 2021
‘No non-Muslim can ever enter Jannat but even the worst Muslim criminal can’: Muhammad Yusuf
This view was concurred by Mohammad Yusuf, who renounced Christianity and transformed to Islam after his choice to Pakistan cricket staff. In a speech years after embracing Islam, Yusuf mentioned no non-Muslim can ever enter Jannat however Allah will ship even the worst Muslim legal to Jannat.
Proof 15 #CricketJihad #PakistanCricket: Mohammad Yusuf-” No Non-Muslim can enter Jannat ever. But Allah will ship even a worst legal Muslim to Jannat (all Taliban, ISIS!).”Meanwhile @WasimJaffer14 is indignant with England for betraying Pakistan cricketpic.twitter.com/LnsqyBLDka— Pakistan Untold (@pakistan_untold) September 21, 2021
For former Pakistan captain Imran Khan, cricket match in opposition to India was at all times a ‘jihad’
Former Pakistan cricket captain and present Prime Minister Imran Khan had as soon as mentioned he seen cricketing contest in opposition to India not an earthly match however as a jihad. The revelation was made by former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, G Parthasarathy, who was as soon as instructed by a Pakistani journalist that when he requested Imran Khan how he bowls such hearth in opposition to India, he responded ‘whenever I play against India, I don’t deal with it as a recreation, I consider Kashmir and deal with it as a jihad’.
‘If Muslims show their Muslim-ism, not one human on earth will remain non-Muslim’: Inzamam-ul-Haq
Another Pakistani cricketer Inzamam-ul-Haq, who had captained Pakistani cricket staff and likewise served as chief selector, had additionally spewed venom in opposition to non-Muslims. In a interview, Inzamam-ul-Haq had warned that if Muslims began displaying their Muslimism, not one human on earth will stay non-Muslim.
Proof 6 #CricketJihad: Inzamam ul Haq needs all non-Muslims to transform to Islam. Shares tips on how to Islamise entire world.@WasimJaffer14 crying for Pakistan cricket gained’t inform u thispic.twitter.com/2I1iNnSxAr— Pakistan Untold (@pakistan_untold) September 21, 2021
Sharing particulars about how Pakistani dressing room was a breeding floor for disseminating Islam, Inzamam-ul-Haq had as soon as mentioned that Indian Muslim cricketers have been invited to listen to mullah in Pakistani dressing room, including that Harbhajan Singh had nearly transformed to Islam.
Proof 12 #CricketJihad: Inzamam- “Pak staff would invite Indian Muslim gamers @IrfanPathan @MohammadKaif @ImZaheer to take heed to Pak Mullah @TariqJamilOFCL‘s speeches in Pak dressing room. @harbhajan_singh nearly transformed listening to Islamic speeches.pic.twitter.com/TlpEnd6iHN— Pakistan Untold (@pakistan_untold) September 21, 2021
In the identical video, Inzamam later asserts that their goal is to transform complete world into Islam.
Saqlain Mushtaq says conversion to Islam would double the batting common of batsmen
In an try to attract non-Muslim cricketers underneath the fold of Islam, former Pakistani bowler Saqlain Mushtaq had as soon as contended that conversion to Islam doubles the batting common of a batsman.
“If a cricketer converts to Islam, his batting average doubles”– Saqlain Mushtaq, Pak’s best spinner“Don’t burst crackers on Diwali, it causes pollution”– Virat KohliWho will win the match?pic.twitter.com/LM31mJRKmn— Pakistan Untold (@pakistan_untold) January 10, 2021
Mushtaq cited Mohammad Yusuf’s batting common after changing to Islam to again his declare that batting common doubles after batsmen embrace Islam. He mentioned Yusuf was averaging at 40 when he was a Christian however after changing into a Muslim, his common touched 70-80 mark.
The scourge of radical Islamism that continues to afflict the Pakistani society
Rampant Islamism is a trademark of Pakistani society since its inception. From 1947, when Pakistan was carved out of then united India, militant model of Islam took the centre stage, deeply influencing the psyche of most people in Pakistan. 
Be it the politicians, celebrities, sportspersons or the widespread of us, the bigotry accompanying Islamic supremacism has permeated deep throughout the Pakistani society. It is that this fixation with radical Islamism that Pakistanis have come to harbour deep hatred for different faiths, notably Hinduism due to their disdain for idol worshipping and the acrimonious previous it shares with the Hindu-majority India. 
In essence, it’s the similar ideology—a conviction of Islam’s hegemony and a non secular obligation to unfold Islam amongst non-believers—that drove quite a few Islamic marauders to the shores of India prior to now. And Pakistanis, for that matter, usually are not actually ashamed of the Muslim conquests in India that have been accompanied by widespread violence, rapes, plundering and slaughter in opposition to those that indulged in idol worshipping and refused to embrace Islam. 
Instead, most Pakistanis are pleased with the bloodshed and depredations inflicted by Muslim rulers on their non-Muslim topics. They even enthusiastically regard themselves as descendants of Arab rulers and troopers whom they declare have been on a non secular obligation to beat India and switch it right into a Muslim nation.
It is that this adherence to medieval model of Islam that the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, gave a brief shrift to the sanctity of human life and as an alternative caterwauled about Islam being at risk after the brutal homicide of French trainer Samuel Paty triggered a nationwide debate over creeping Islamism in France. 
It is that this perverse obsession to the ideology that Pakistan’s inside minister Sheikh Rashid hails Pakistan’s win in opposition to India within the T20 world cup because the “victory of Islam”. It is identical radical perception that made Pakistan commentator to declare “Kufr toot hi gaya” whereas chatting with Babar Azam within the put up match presentation.
This feeling pervades a lot of Pakistan. Across the nation, there’s a robust perception of superiority of Islam over different religions. This is why non-Muslims in Pakistan are handled as second-class residents, with many particular person rights and privileges which might be loved by Muslims not prolonged to the minorities. They stay underneath a relentless concern of persecution and thought to be fair-game by the Muslim majority.
The hatred in opposition to non-Muslims is just compounded by the unapologetic remarks of Islamic supremacism ​made by notable personalities, together with Pakistani cricketers. Across the nation, cricket is essentially the most liked sport and cricketers are seen as icons by a lot of the Pakistani cricket followers. If famend Pakistani cricketers discover no qualms in voicing their bigoted views and expressing their overt help to radical Islamism, it solely goes to point out the extent and prevalence of extremism amongst widespread Pakistanis who idolise these cricketers.