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The war Pakistan is fighting today is radically different from the wars we fought in the past. Not just militarily, but also ideologically. In the previous wars, we fought against Hindus, Communists & even Jews in the Middle East. The religious high ground was always with the army.
This is the first war where the enemy is also apparantly Muslim, using the same Islamic narrative, using the same language & religious terms. Secondly, this war is being fought within the cities, masjids, schools, bazaars & in every segment of the society & the state, not on borders.
To fight this war, Pak Army needs not just total support from the entire society but also a strong religious narrative to counter the enemy. In fighting the Kuffar enemies, Pak Army never had the need to build a special religious narrative. It came naturally as enemies were Kafirs.
Militarily, Pak Army as a professional Muslim fighting force had never faced the serious crisis of facing an internal enemy using religion.
I had understood this crisis of the Pak Army way back in 2007 & went public on media to counter & destroy the religious narrative of TTP.
The fact is that Pak Army took a long time under Musharraf & Kayani to understand the religious axis of this 4th Gen War. We suffered a lot. Musharaf tried to counter this religious narrative of the Khawarij through a secular "enlightened moderation" ideology. He failed miserably.
Gen Kayani, never built a narrative and just tried to fight a reactive war through military means only. We took even more casualties..
During Kayani & Mush era, I did face extreme frustration as I built & deployed a strong religious narrative but army did not deploy it.
It is only under Raheel & Rizwan that we are seeing a strong & mature attempt at countering the enemies on both religious & military axis. Khawarij propaganda is reaching out to every segment of the society - students, armed forces, clergy. The counter attack must also be fierce.
This is where every Pak Muslim can join this war & fight back ruthlessly. Destroy the religious narrative of Khawarij & reclaim our faith!! Every Pakistani Muslim should take part in this Jihad against Khawarij.
Dont expect ISPR to do it. We need to defend our army here. Last 7 years of our efforts have comprehensively defeated the Khawarij narrative. Nations & army knows their reality now. Time to Finish them.
The war Pakistan is fighting today is radically different from the wars we fought in the past. Not just militarily, but also ideologically. In the previous wars, we fought against Hindus, Communists & even Jews in the Middle East. The religious high ground was always with the army.
This is the first war where the enemy is also apparantly Muslim, using the same Islamic narrative, using the same language & religious terms. Secondly, this war is being fought within the cities, masjids, schools, bazaars & in every segment of the society & the state, not on borders.
To fight this war, Pak Army needs not just total support from the entire society but also a strong religious narrative to counter the enemy. In fighting the Kuffar enemies, Pak Army never had the need to build a special religious narrative. It came naturally as enemies were Kafirs.
Militarily, Pak Army as a professional Muslim fighting force had never faced the serious crisis of facing an internal enemy using religion.
I had understood this crisis of the Pak Army way back in 2007 & went public on media to counter & destroy the religious narrative of TTP.
The fact is that Pak Army took a long time under Musharraf & Kayani to understand the religious axis of this 4th Gen War. We suffered a lot. Musharaf tried to counter this religious narrative of the Khawarij through a secular "enlightened moderation" ideology. He failed miserably.
Gen Kayani, never built a narrative and just tried to fight a reactive war through military means only. We took even more casualties..
During Kayani & Mush era, I did face extreme frustration as I built & deployed a strong religious narrative but army did not deploy it.
It is only under Raheel & Rizwan that we are seeing a strong & mature attempt at countering the enemies on both religious & military axis. Khawarij propaganda is reaching out to every segment of the society - students, armed forces, clergy. The counter attack must also be fierce.
This is where every Pak Muslim can join this war & fight back ruthlessly. Destroy the religious narrative of Khawarij & reclaim our faith!! Every Pakistani Muslim should take part in this Jihad against Khawarij.
Dont expect ISPR to do it. We need to defend our army here. Last 7 years of our efforts have comprehensively defeated the Khawarij narrative. Nations & army knows their reality now. Time to Finish them.
