Not possible for a Muslim to look beyond Islam, just by suggesting this to a Muslim exposes your ignorance.
So what if Pak people are influenced by other cultures? Islam is according to the Qur'an and Hadith according to most believers not any culture. What you on about here? I am saying that most people especially the west calls America the good guys, did I accuse you off that? Pot calling kettle black here where you tell me how wonderful human right are today compared to centuries back as if you were living 500 years back! You fail to understand that warfare has changed now where armies kill millions with a few weapons compared to then when people were on horseback taking much longer to take the same number of lives. You get me? I don't think so!
Yes, Islam is by Quran and Hadith/Ahlulbayt (whichever one you believe), but we're not talking about Islam, we're talking about Pakistanis. You said that Indian and Pakistani Muslims are different because of Islam, which makes absolutely no sense. The reality, once again, is the cultural influence. Second of all, no, most people do not call America the good guys, at least not where I live.
And yes, human rights right now are far better than they were 500, or even 100 years ago, there is absolutely no denying that. We right now are living in an era of unparalleled peace, despite the conflicts that we see happening in the Middle East and some other parts of the world. In the past, the world lived in a state of perpetual warfare because war was the way you enriched your nation in terms of both finance and prestige. Nowadays, you can count the number of major conflicts on your fingers, there are hardly any wars to speak of relative to the past.
Sure, you have a point that a few weapons can annihilate vast amounts of people now. But again, these weapons either only exist as deterrents, are only used sparingly, and are generally only used to target the opposing army. Above all, there are far fewer conflict areas than there were in the past, and there are now international laws around how wars should be conducted, with protections for civilians and bans on certain types of weapons. Hence peace largely prevails around the world.
So Akbar and his cronies often married to non Muslims were great Muslims according to your weird theory?? Yeah they also killed many non Muslims as well for the sake of their empire just like all empires did to strengthen their hold on everything. Simple point I am making once again that be it the Akbar's empire or today's America might has always ruled by force over weaker people. Khilfat-e-Rashida period during the time of the Prophet(saw) was the only really Islamic period where Muslim's excelled as Hassan Nisar has often argued.
If you're talking about spiritual or religious greatness, then sure, no parallel exists to the rule of Prophet Mohammad. However, we are not talking about spiritual greatness because it is a totally subjective type of greatness that only you, I, and other Muslims even find great. The fact is that plenty of other rulers and empires have achieved great things over the course of history that have contributed significantly to the advancement of human civilization, and hence, deserve to be recognized as great.
Cyrus, in his conquests, may have killed a vast number of people, however, he liberated swathes of people, introduced the concept of human rights, and created a legacy that lasts to this day, with him acting as an inspiration for all leaders. Caesar may have been a womanizer, and arguably quite autocratic, but he also brought about changes to the Republic that created greater equality between Romans and non-Romans, he reformed the Republic to make it work better for the people, and he showed mercy to his enemies, Caesar's actions led to the collapse of the Republic and beginning of the Empire, ushering in an era of great prosperity that shaped the Mediterranean and the whole World quite significantly, the effects of which we still feel today. The Abbasid Caliphate may not have been a shining beacon of true Islamic virtue, but it simply can't be denied that the Caliphate reached greatness due to the huge scientific contributions it made in the advancement of human civilization.
Now understand this ace that even the Gupta empire you are obsessed with killed many innocent people not coz of religion but what power does to people.
Maybe many people were killed by the Guptas, but under this empire tat existed during the Indian golden age, huge advancements were made in the fields of mathematics and astronomy. The very concept of 0, and that the Earth moves around the sun, were developed under this Empire.
The west today is a much better place to live then anywhere else, I am not holding white people responsible for the sins of their forefathers. What?? There are so many writers in the west who have attacked the Prophet of Islam(SAW) in their blasphemous books, they are not white supremacists but humanists of Christian evangelists why ignoring their own atrocities.
And there are so many Western writers who have praised our Prophet too, so what is your point? There are also many writers in our parts of the world who openly criticize other cultures and religions too. They don't hold the same regard for The Prophet as we do, they are allowed to critique him if they want to. Yes, there is a certain line that shouldn't be cross that has been crossed in recent times, but critiquing another religion and their religious figures is totally acceptable.
Now you are even changing names of Muslim sounding cities.
