Mr. Chaudry,
It took you a long time to accept the truth, but in a candid way: You finally said that...."I am fully aware of what has transpired over the last fourteen centuries. I would prefer to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem".....
By saying what you said, you have acknowledged that there are many "issues" with the religion, but it is better to find a solution than to keep the rant "on" that there are "issues". If that is the case, then we are all sailing in the same boat, and share each other's aspirations. We are all very keen to find a solution to this "screwup" and develop a correct perspective and attitude, which integrates humanity, rather than differentiates.
Your perspective, however, differs from ours. You, getting inundated with too many facts, actually had nothing more to say and got irritated. You are not willing to peep deep into the "mindset" of the advocates of theology and ended your sentence in a fiasco, by implying that....."I know it all....don't tell me all these stories!!!....the house is on fire....find a solution as this is not the time to discuss what caused the fire".....
Having said that, all I wish to say further is that our situation is of our own making....."is ghar ko aag lag gayee ghar ke chiraagh se". Our text, like all other "holy" texts have multiple embedded and implied meanings, as an example, the meanings portrayed by Akhtar Shirazi are not the same as Feroz Karmally, rather they are diametrically apart, however, each of these guys claim that they have invested thier life understanding the meaning of these words............"WHO OF THESE TWO PORTRAY THE TRUTH?" ...Akhtar or Feroze or none of them. surely, both cannot be right. Similarly, if you talk to different "men in the street"in different locations, you will be amazed at the polarity that exists at the level of thought and solution......and I am not talking about the so called ...."aalim-e-deens", who are much much more vehement about their own opinions.
In the opinion of the wise, the only solution is not to make a cocktail of religion and state, as it was a disaster, is a disaster and will always end in a disaster. Theological problems can never be solved, social problem can. So when we do ramification of our issues in our real world, the best choice is to delink masjid and statehood, as both these have no business with each other.
Everone will understand this.........sooner than later.

Najeeb Kazmi
March 29, 2006