How desperate we are to find a grand narrative. How desperate we are to find some kind of meaning and reason for the turmoil that afflicts us. Let it be because someone tossed pages of the Quran into the sea, not because as Pakistanis we acquiesce to those who are more corrupt than those waters from which the pages were pulled. We respect those who do nothing but steal, and when we condemn, we condemn not from the indignation of the oppressed, but the indignation of those who covet. And so, we sit back and try to find a grand narrative to explain our shortcomings, rather than saying yes, it is I who is to blame.
By the way, it is acceptable to discard pages of the Quran in flowing water. Check with any respectable Faqih. Emphasis on respectable.
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