Considering there are many muslims in india and in the indian cricket team itself and there are some non muslims in the pakistan team you'd think he'd be more responsible in making comments like that !!!
2007-09-25 00:58:08 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Cricket
He needs an education... there are more muslims in India than there are in Pakistan!!!
2007-09-25 01:07:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
I think the persons who should be most offended would be the muslims of the world who do not hold the same view as Shoaib Malik. They should launch an offensive to get an apology from Pakistan. Muslims all over the world are not supporting Pakistan.
More than Shoaib, this is a political move by Musharraf. This was his pep talk to get muslim world to support him. The Indian muslims must be most offended by this statement that suggests that they are traitors to be supporting India.
2007-09-25 13:14:47 · answer #2 · answered by Himanshu S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shoaib's comment reflects the psyche of the people of Pakistan and also the contradictions of that country. Pakistanis believe that they are the 'chosen people' of Islam because the country was made in the name of Muslims. The nuclear capability reinforced that view and you will often see references to the Islamic Bomb. They expect that all the Muslims of the world should see Pakistan as a bastion for Islam.
That is how limited and narrow their vision of the World is. They do not understand that Nationality and loyalty to your Nation has very little to do with Religion.
Yet, Pakistan itself is quite far from being an Islamic country where the Shariah Laws would apply in totality. Jinnah's vision of a 'secular' Pakistan makes it all the more confusing for them. A Hindu Danish Kaneria in the cricket team or a Hindu Rana Bhagwandas as Justice in the Supreme Court are abberations as far as most Pakistani's are concerned. They would possibly prefer them converting to Islam. The Christian Yousuf Yohanna's conversion into a Muslim Yousuf Mohammad was treated as a victory for Islam.
These attitudes and contradictions, reflected in words such as Shaib Malik used, are best represented by the conflict between Dictator Musharraf's call for Enlightened Moderation (in Islam) and those in opposition not only from what are called "Religious Parties" but also from within his own (ostensibly) support base from the various King's Parties.
The Pakistan that many Pakistanis want to project as being a country of rationality and balance is quite a mirage when compared with the actuality of Pakistan which is a Nation of Hate and Intolerance towards others and with an excessively exaggerated sense of (Islamic) Self-Importance. Shoaib's comment is only one small example of that.
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2007-09-26 05:01:35 · answer #3 · answered by Kshmendra K 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
WRONG, simple as that. But however you must consider the fact that it might be a genuine slip-up. But if he sincerely meant the apology to all muslims then it just goes to show what kind of people pakistani team chooses for its captain. But also i think a lot of pakistanis think that muslims all over the world are 2nd best as they are not from Pakistan.
Did you see Sharuh Khan supprting India?
Obviously Shoaib Malik didnt......
2007-09-25 19:42:25 · answer #4 · answered by ST 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well i don't think he said that intentionally or to offend the non-muslim supporters of pakistani team.... it might be a slip of tongue to put all the muslims instead of the Pakistanis or Pakistan's supporter...even he is aware that they are loads of non-muslim supporters around as well !!Pakistani players when come to talk on the stage, they get confused and i have seen Shoaib Malik getting confused sometimes in TV shows !
It think this is not such a major issue to be highlighted though i know its hurting for the true non-muslim Pakistani supporters !
2007-09-25 08:20:45 · answer #5 · answered by ★Roshni★ 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Lets say an Indian captain was going to apologize for a defeat, and he would choose to say the same thing. What would he say?
1. I would like to apologise to all the Indians around the world ?
2. I would like to apologise to all the Hindus around the world ?
I am sure very few would disagree with me if I say that the Indian would choose #1.
Now that is not because the Indian is making a conscious effort to be politically correct. It is merely natural for an Indian to refer to his own as Indian. Pakistan is majority Muslims and it is also an Islamic nation, which gives every Pakistani and natural right to refer to its own as a Muslim. In other words it is natural for anyone to interchange the reference ‘representation of the majority’ (muslims) with the group that forms it (Pakistan).
Let me attempt to explain this same thing from the Indian context - When the Indians are giving a traditional welcome (Indian) to the Australian team who arrived today, the traditional welcome includes primarily rituals like aartis, garlands and Nadaswaram music (Hindu's), and not any rituals of muslims, or christians, or sikhs, or parsis, or Jains, or Jews, or others. So when reference is made to 'Indian', it essentially refers to the 'majority' in India, and since the majority happens to be 'Hindus', it turns out that the traditional ‘Indian’ welcome is an Hindu welcome. Would it not sound stupid if a non-Hindu were to complain about the fact that the ‘Indian welcome’ was essentially a Hindu one.
Another common example, is that of an Indian refering to a Jeetan Patel as Indian (and not as Hindu), and Hashim Amla as a Muslim. I hope you get the point.
Likewise when Shoaib Mallik (or any Pakistani) would refer to ‘Pakistani’, it is natural for him to interchange it with the ‘majority’ of that nation, which is Muslim.
I think Shoiab Mallik's comments are simple reality and why should one expect him to be all correct and bash him like there is no tomorrow. Shoaib Mallik’s comment is undoubtedly politically incorrect, but then, why are we mixing political-correctness with sport.
2007-09-27 10:28:13 · answer #6 · answered by widiot 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Totally attrocious.
India has more muslim population than pakistan. Most of them support indian team.
There are various other teams with muslim players. what about their support. Is he taking them for granted or garnering their support for Pakistani cricket team.
Giving Shoaib benefit of doubt he might wanted to say something else but put it incorrectly in english. But that reveals his mind set. I hope he clarifies his stand to public.
2007-09-25 13:10:13 · answer #7 · answered by ceaser_ado 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am Indian Muslim and true patriotic indian supporter and citizen. I was very angry to hear Shoaib Malik generalising all Muslims as supporters of Pakistan. Its a crapy speech. He should think twice before talking something like this.
2007-09-25 16:48:40 · answer #8 · answered by Shafi 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It might be his bad English but sounded pathetic. It felt like they were playing against Hindus, Christians or buddhists.
If he say thanks to the Muslims around the world, then he should be thanking Yusuf and Irfan Pathan (Indian heroes)who both took away the cup from Pakistan in the Final ;)
Come on! keep relegion off the public!
Take it easy ....this is just Cricket!!
2007-09-25 14:10:13 · answer #9 · answered by Alexander 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bit racist actually cause alot of other people supported Pakistan. Here in South Africa except for the Indian population everyone else supported Pakistan. No one wanted to support the team that knocked our boys out of the tournament.
2007-09-25 08:20:46 · answer #10 · answered by Rahima Liverpool 4 life 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I dont think i he did it intentionally.
Just read this in the net:
he is not bringing religion in to this. Rather in a pre-match conference, he had promised that because it is the holy month of Ramadan,and Pakistan won the ODI world cup in the same month in 1992. He would like to win the final as a gift to all the Muslims."
I think if instead of muslims if he had just used the sentence i would like to thank all the People, it wouldn't have raised any eyebrow.
2007-09-25 08:43:53 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋