Pakistan is enduring an extremely difficult period in terms of politics, society, and the economy. The country is bearing the burden of a string of terrible news stories. The most recent incidence included a woman being hounded by extremists for wearing a shirt with Arabic calligraphy in Lahore’s Icchra market. The extremists were attempting to lynch the woman and called it blasphemy. After the police arrived and took her into custody, the woman was forced to sit between the zealots and offer an apology for wearing a kurta.
Not only are people afraid of this incident because of how it happened, but also because of the way the police handled it and forced the innocent party to apologize to the offenders. In this case, Ali Gul Pir has provided a message of common sense. He attempted to educate people by making fun of the circumstances and pointing them that not everything written in Arabic is sacred text.
