Abstract
The narrative is that a child was born on 14th August 1947 by the name of Pakistan. The little one was Muslim by birth and the rite of saying azan in the ears of the newborn is an Islamic ritual. However, this child went through the ritual of not one, but two ‘political’ azans. The First Azan was that of a nation-state with well-defined frontiers where people have commonality of interest, having national anthem and a flag, aspirations for the future and a rational national interest to pursue within the framework of High and Low politics. The Second Azan dictated that Pakistan’s center of gravity is non-geographic, its focus and essence is not confined to geography or space and that it will have to answer to the call wherever it may occur or come from. The Second Azan stood for pan-Islamism and pan-Islamic aspirations. The two are totally contradictory. Pakistani perception mixes one with the other, takes one for the other. The First Azan is driven by the geography; the Second Azan is oblivious to it and belongs to the space of MIND
Khalil-ur-Rehman, . (2016) The Third Azan , The Dialogue, Volume 11, Issue 1.
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