Greed and desire: The new face of Ramazan?

[Ali.Pakistani]

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Remember everything your parents, grandparents, maulvi sahab and Islamiyat teacher taught you about Ramazan? Now try and forget it please because there seems to be no room for those teachings anymore in this country.

Tune in to one of our many local Ramazan transmissions on television and learn everything you need to know about the new face of the holy month.

We fast from sunrise to sunset, making sure our greed and desire to want stays under control, only to unleash it with a vengeance on one of Amir Liaquat or Fahad Mustafa’s Ramazan special shows, to name but two of the prominent ones.

On these shows, you are taught that nothing matters more than winning a Junaid Jamshed suit, a pair of Servis shoes and perhaps a ‘Voice ki gari’. Forget teachings of charity and brotherhood – it’s time for you to compete with the person next to you, even if you have to make a complete fool of yourself on national television to defeat him or her. Only recently, on ARY Digital’s Ramazan show ‘Jeeto Pakistan’, the host Fahad Mustafa had lined up a bunch of ladies to compete for a motorbike for their household. In order to win, they had to cluck like a chicken.

The essence of simplicity and modesty we are taught to adopt is easily forgotten when religion starts being used a marketing tool. It is thus nave to expect television channels to hold back from exploiting the religious sentiments of their audience.

Suddenly, popular actors from our drama industry who double as morning show hosts can now be seen adopting a new persona for their Ramazan transmission. Forget about learned fresh faces, our drama heroes are enough to keep the show going in their stylish sherwanis and shiny kameezes. Criticizing their wardrobe – a bit too much? But then again, they are the face of Ramazan for their respective channels; their grandiosity along with their extravagant sets, contradict the very spirit of what they seem to celebrating.

But where so much hypocrisy plagues our nation, a little more won’t hurt. Especially not when it seems to excite so many around us.

“People love me,” says Amir Liaquat Hussain​

Producers of such shows know exactly what to play at.

-->14 days later: Entertainment stories dominate Ramazan

These programs do not reflect our religious spirit or modesty or culture in any way. They instead display our lack of dignity and self-respect. They allow mere television hosts to humiliate a nave audience hungry for goodies. They allow television producers to twist and manipulate religious sentiments and they allow corporations to use us, yet again, to make profit. But they are not the only culprits. Until and unless the audience doesn’t protest, the show will go on.

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[sarbakaf]

sorry to know that JJ has been included in the list of these deenfaroosh thugs

hope JJ will restrain from idiotic acts of defaming religion and religious acts

 

[jagga9]

So what has JJ done wrong?????

 

[Pak1stani]

Junaid Jamshed was more famous and popular and was earning much more when he was like this.

 

[expat_loyal]

sorry to know that JJ has been included in the list of these deenfaroosh thugs

hope JJ will restrain from idiotic acts of defaming religion and religious acts

array bhai paisa milta ho to JJ keyon pechary rahey........

 

[expat_loyal]

Junaid Jamshed was more famous and popular and was earning much more when he was like this.

I think whatever he is getting now because of that era...... Imagine Mr. XYZ opening botique or meat shop and make it famous overnight.

 

[Ali.Pakistani]

sorry to know that JJ has been included in the list of these deenfaroosh thugs

hope JJ will restrain from idiotic acts of defaming religion and religious acts

So what has JJ done wrong?????

I have just shared the blog write-up along with the source because I found the script well written and based on logical grounds. My viewpoint on JJ is same as yours'. :)

 

[ali-raj]

sorry to know that JJ has been included in the list of these deenfaroosh thugs

hope JJ will restrain from idiotic acts of defaming religion and religious acts

Have you heard the phrase

"Chor chori sey jaye, hera pheri sey nahin"


Jis ko chaska lag jaye lime light ka, woh buhat mushkil sey pechay hata hay.

 

[farooqak]

Why is Junaid Jamshed pic here?
Did he fall to the level of Amir Liaquat as well? If not, very unfair to malign him name as well

 

[Fatema]

I find junaid Jamshed program very knowledgeable and intresting. His program has all the segments from under previlaged, question answers, roza kushai for kids and dua and azaan. Also if you see Ramadan in other middle eastern n north African countries. . where after taraweeh they have festivals even dance and music.. . we have these programs which are kind of family fun and they are great.

 

[immy652]

http://junaidjamshed.com/Products/Category.aspx?CatId=4&lp=prod&fil=0

 

[jangjoo786]

Putting Junaid jamshed with these idiots is injustice.
JJ was a heart throb then ,
and is now a great DAAEE of Islam around the globe.

 

[pkpatriot]

Its all about the Limits that you have defined in yourself....

For some ... Coming on TV is SIN..

For some ... Coming on TV and doing show in gathering of Women is SIN...
They say what is the purpose of make gathering of women in such transmission..


For some its ok if Mr. Fahad is trying to play strange sort of games with families

For some its ok... if MEERA is doing a religious show..

So its you personal Limit and personal Liking and Disliking about JJ or anybody else

sorry to know that JJ has been included in the list of these deenfaroosh thugs

hope JJ will restrain from idiotic acts of defaming religion and religious acts

 

[nauman]

JJ has nothing done wrong and i always found him very decent. JJ Inclusion show that news maker is an idiot.

 

[Happyheart]

This is an article published in DAWN NEWS
so thats says a lot.
They never shy away from defaming the religion.