Pakistanis and our obsession of shoving religion everywhere, even into sports!
A couple of days back, I read a post saying:
I am supporting Muslim teams in this FIFA WC and pray for them to win!!
Now it may look like a pretty harmless statement but it is way deeper than it sounds. What has religion to do with sports at all?
In the aftermaths of 2021 WC win over India, Sheikh Rasheed tweeted:
Saari ummat e muslima ko hindustan kay khilaf jeet mubarak ho!!
Again, it doesn't seem to be problematic, but iska matlab yay hua kay whenever we lose to India, ummat e muslimah gets defeated by hindus?
Football dekhty hon ya na dekhty hon, Mo Salah kay peechay lag gye kay he deserves Ballon d'Or. Mtlb sab merit, sab justice, sab critical thinking gayi bhaar men bass Mo Salah kay tends chala do q kay wo Muslim hay.
Phir jee Ronaldo nay bismillah parh lee penalty sy pehly toh usko sarr parr charha lia. Bhai how is this a valid criteria to judge someone as a player?
Messi q kay Israel visit kar aya toh usko troll krty rhengy.
Even as decorated a sportsman as Waqar Younas said, Rizwan ko hindus kay darmean namaz parhta dekh kar iman taza hgya!!
This is a a very deep rot in our thinking and critical ability. Idk how to explain it even.