Bret Hawk,
was pleasure to read your post!. few things:
a) Quran is main "source" of inspiration, people normally quote it. Of course there is no mention of
"recently" happened incidents in Asian Regions, but general principle applies, such as:
""Have they not travelled in the land, and seen what was the consequence of those people who
were before them....." So this "principle" applies to everywhere and in every time.
b) Dr, Shahid could have stated, the fate of Ayub, Yahya, Bhutto, BB, of Moughal Empires etc. Time changes
but the inherent qualities of human being never change. They were/are and are going to be the same from
the time of like Pharon till todate.
c) I am of the view, that Allah(SWT) does not like "hypocrisy", if a society declares openly its position
and spends her time according to that "position", Allah(SWT) till an appointed time reprieves it. Afterwards,
how He will dealt with them, that is another subject. But a society which lives and nourishes on
"Hypocrisy" which is the case with us, that is given the punishment here and also in the Hereafter. The
day Muslims will start realizing that doctrine of "Masjid" and "Discotheque" does not go along, perhaps
then their state of affairs may improve. Otherwise they should wait and see the earth jolting.