Sunday, August 23, 2009

Produce Babies and Conquer the World!!!

I came across a presentation “Muslim Demographics” on YouTube. As per the statistics quoted in the presentation, in order for a culture to maintain itself for more than 25 years, the required fertility rate is 2.11 children per family. It is impossible to reverse the culture if the fertility rate is 1.3. European Union consisting of 31 countries has a fertility rate of 1.38 therefore it can be deduced that it is impossible for them to preserve their culture.

50% of all newborns are Muslims and in 15 years half the population will be Muslim. Moral of the story, produce babies and conquer the world. We in Pakistan should be jumping with joy as the fertility rate of our country as recorded in 2008 is 3.73 (CIA world facts book). If not the world, we can surely have much influence in South Asia; though I can’t be very sure if it will be positive influence.


Muslims are currently not very popular in most parts of the world and I don’t think the world will be too happy with these statistics. Either we can just sit back and complain about the world being bias against us, or really try and understand where we went wrong. We should rather reflect on our own deeds and direct our efforts in uplifting the image of this beautiful religion instead of strategizing to produce babies in abundance and ruling the world.

Most of us Muslims are not Muslims by choice, but the fact that the title passed on to us just as it did to our forefathers along with the rituals that follow. Most of us have not read our book of guidance “Quran” and don’t follow the basic pillars of Islam. Everything our religion teaches us about tolerance, honest dealing, and regard for others e.t.c. is all being practiced by people belonging to other religions in most developed countries.

If I only take into consideration The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, we are a sad nation with no hope. Corruption is at its peak and rising poverty level is widening the gap between the rich and poor resulting in a frustrated society. So what, if a majority of the population is Muslims? Do we want to see more of such people dominating the world?



Muslim Demographics on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63X5hIFXYU&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Efacebook%2Ecom%2Fhome%2Ephp%3F&feature=player_embedded#t=206

6 comments:

  1. Very interesting topic,atleast you are making people to think....

    Present day muslims, UGH.. we dont innovate, no contribution to global idea generation, consumes resources and produce babeis....

    If thinking nations/people are out numbered, what would world look like....

    I fear....

    I remember the horrific era when muslims used to rule the world.... Read the historical facts, you will get disappointed.

    Atleast i am not contributing in the increase of Muslim population :P

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  2. Shaf!!
    I disagree with "produce more babies to rule the world" notion"..example
    Why the hell are Jews dominating the whole worlds policies when they are not even 3% of total global population!!
    Its all about having greater number of positive, proactive and innovative minds... than having a lot of pappu, billu, kuttu etc etc..

    some centuries ago, the top mathematicians, physicians, and all other ** cians were muslims... remember pathagouras theorem... made by muslim... if u take out these muslims scientist away from world, then this world would not have so scientifically advance.....

    but we lost that knock somewhere in our mughal era or maybe before that...

    But dont worry , at least the muslim world have me... ill get its lost crown back ;)

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  3. thanks for your comments Faisal Bhai! im glad you think the same. Also rightly pointed out by my friend Imran above that we are simply consuming resources without having made a single contribution in the past decades!

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  4. I just read your blog Shafaq... an interesting choice of topic and a very well-written blog.

    Speaking about the Muslims of Pakistan, I believe that our basic problem is rooted with our partition. The ideology of Pakistan's partition (as taught in the history books) was a religious one. Although, contrary to this ideology is the fact that our Freedom Movement was not led by a religious leader, but by modern personalities like Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Allama Iqbal.
    Having said this, in this era of post-partition, Pakistan has produced a variety of Muslims ranging from one end of the spectrum to another, everyone interpreting religion based on their knowledge, understanding or misunderstanding blended with culture and ignorance.
    Taking a look at history, one of the main reasons for the success of Iran's religious movement was the fact that it was led by a religious leader. So the followers knew who to follow, what to follow. Whereas in our case, we are still lost in an identity crisis; a debate of whether we are a modern Pakistan or the Islamic Republic of Pakistan? This is why some people would produce more babies while others would not, both taking support of religion.
    Additionally, the poverty and illiteracy in our country are main contributors to the increase in population too.
    Signing off with the hope that we would educate ourselves out of our self-created ignorance!

    Thought-provokingly,
    Fatma

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  5. Wow its really lovely
    wish you good luck
    in future also

    http://www.consumerspk.com/coca-cola-beverages-pakistan-ltd-fined-rs-100000-on-substandard-bottle/

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