It must be an irony of sorts that the two nation theory (TNT) which managed to strengthen the barrier between Hindus and Muslims (leading to disasters for both sides) has created that strange beast: a muslim who is considered as an outsider in both India/Pak. This can be a person from a liberal muslim family which chose to stay back in India. This can also be a Shia/Ahmadi in Pakistan who can still recall with pride the contributions of their families towards the Pakistan movement (and in support of TNT). These days such individuals/communities are branded as ISI agents in India and RAW agents in Pakistan.

As the latest outburst from Shaan shows, even an A-star hero like Ali Zafar will be accused of being a traitor because he works in Bollywood. How about the Pakistani authors (Mohsin Hamid, Fatima Bhutto) whose publishers are in India (and who have significant sales in India)? Fatima of course looks gorgeous in a (un-islamic) saree while managing to drive Paknationalists crazy. Tasleema Nasreen is an extreme example where liberal Hindus kept mum when muslim thugs in Kolkata and Hyderabad were violently assaulting her and rioting in the streets (the lib-Hs atoned by shedding crocodile tears when Hindutva forces launched a non-violent assault on Wendy Doniger’s book). The vote-bank (women) politicians (Mamata in Kolkata and Sonia in Delhi) ensured that a renowned woman of arts became an outlaw in her adopted country.  

Which brings us to Kashmir. To the best of our knowledge there are no muslim organizations in India dedicated to the Kashmiri cause, also no prominent muslim voice who stands up for the rights of Kashmiris (muslims). They have the formidable backing of the upper-caste duo of Arundhati Roy and Pankaj Mishra….and that’s it.  

But what about the maulanas who should have no fear of earthly agencies? Surely they can raise their voice against injustice of fellow muslims who are clamoring for Sharia rule? No such luck. Instead we have a war of words launched by the Dewan of Ajmer (dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti) against Pak Army chief Raheel Sharif (see below). This is not an isolated outburst. The Dewan had also proposed a boycott of Pakistan PM (Raja Parvez Ashraf) when he visited the dargah in March 2013, when the beheading of Indian soldiers (in Kashmir) was dominating the headlines. 
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The
dewan of Ajmer dargah on Monday asked the Union government to snap ties
with Pakistan over its army chief Raheel Sharif’s statement describing
Kashmir as ‘jugular vein’ of his country. Syed Zainul Abedin
Ali Khan while addressing heads of various shrines in Mehfil Khana
expressed disappointment at Indian government’s poor response to the
remark.

“Such nonsense statements issued on a routine by
Pakistan’s politicians, diplomats and sometimes by their non-state
actors should be reciprocated in similar manner. Kashmir is an integral
part of India. It is highly uncalled for them to peek into our internal
affairs at a time when they are struggling to control sectarian violence
in their own land,” Khan said. He demands a paradigm shift in Indian
foreign policy especially towards Pakistan.

He also urged
Muslims to rally behind the new government at the centre and participate
in every nation-building activity. “Community is lagging behind in all
social and economical parameters. Time has come that we should set short
term goals including focus on educating our new generation,” Khan said.
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Link (1): http://snapjudge.blogspot.in/2013/03/bjp-hails-ajmer-dargah-heads-boycott-of.html
Link (2):  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Sever-Pak-ties-Ajmer-shrine-head/articleshow/34700144.cms
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Ali Zafar is a traitor (so says Shaan) because he works in India/Bollywood. Indeed from the comments it appears that many Indians do not have a clue that Ali Zafar is actually from Pakistan. But that seems to be precisely the problem with other patriotic Pakistanis, the fear is that Ali himself will forget the proud ways of Pakistan-yat and get lost in a sea of Indian-ness. 

Who knows, perhaps one day Ali will even stoop so low as to marry a Hindu girl (like Sharukh Khan, Amir Khan, Saif Ali Khan) and/or celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi in his house (like Salman Khan). But not to worry, we just saw first-hand the formula for redemption as road-tested by Veena Malik. A few kicks to the groin when departing India (for good) and a visible conversion to a sterner version of Islam will help get out the red carpet regardless of past sins.

Shaan is a patriot (so says Shaan), as he is directing a sequel of Mahesh Bhatt’s Arth in Pakistan.
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Sunday’s ARY Film Awards will go down in history – not as a milestone
where the industry’s major players turned out in their finest for a
night dedicated solely to celebrating the best of Pakistani cinema, but
as the night when two A-listers host, Shaan and AFA honoree, Ali Zafar
had, for lack of (wanting to use) a less sensational term, a ‘catfight’
on stage.

For those that weren’t in attendance at
the ceremony, and were spared melting in the sweltering heat of the
outdoor event, Shaan used his opening monologue to address patriotism,
and the lack thereof, in the Pakistani industry. Specifically calling
out artists who accept work from across the Indian border, he labeled
all those who choose to work outside Pakistan as unpatriotic
‘sell-outs.’

Shaan’s comment was seen as a thinly veiled dig at
Ali Zafar, who was set to receive the International Icon Award of
Pakistan later that night. Undoubtedly, our biggest export, as far as
the entertainment industry in concerned, Ali chose to address the
statement in his acceptance speech.

Calling it a disrespectful
comment to make, he pointed out that artists the likes of Ghulam Ali,
Zeba Bakhtiar, Nusrat and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Atif Aslam are a few
of the illustrious names that have worked in the Indian industry.

Patriotism is indeed encouraging an ‘emotional
transaction’ between the Pakistani and Indian film industries, like
Shaan did when he bought the rights from Mahesh Bhatt to remake Arth in Pakistan. 
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Link: http://www.dawn.com/news/1103701/ali-zafar-vs-shaan-what-defines-patriotism
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