An Indication of Our Moral Downfall

It is not the first thing of this nature happening in our society. There are many around us out alluring the girls to wheedle out their chastity to these dissolute and lascivious men. The special thing in this case is that the rakish is a cricketer and his ‘darling’ is the world fame Indian tennis star. A rival arose from the very city of India claiming to be the previous (and not the first) hunt for the lechery of the same guy. It created a controversy and the media, expert of making a mountain out of a molehill, took it to sensationalize the matter.

The girl claimed to be already married with the cricketer. Her family stressed to divorce her first and then go ahead to marry the tennis star. But the man belied her claims without any penitence. He himself lied and lied and after a great falsification and feeling himself in troubled waters he not only admitted the fact but also had to divorce her. And it is said to be a big deal worth millions. Previous fancy girl benefited from the scandal. If there was no marital bond what this divorce meant and why huge amount is reported have been paid to her?

Still, here, in Pakistan, most of the people have only one aspect to look into the issue and that is the villainous nature of the Indian media every day stirring a new trouble with their mischievous news. In stead we look our house in order or not we criticize the Indian media, which are doing nothing but only that is expected from them. Just choosing a celebrity, from Hyderabad, an Indian city, as the life partner would have been in no way wrong for the cricketer. Will and agreement of the couple is one of the basic conditions of the marriage according to the Islamic teachings. Marriage is the Sunnah of the Prophets and need of almost every young man and woman. It is not a game but a sacred bond with tremendous social and moral responsibilities.

Lustfully taking the paramour, keeping fallen in the shame for a long time and having unlawful affairs with a woman, is not a noble and honourable way, both socially and morally. And then deserting the first and inclining to the other fancy for her riches or fame is manifest of meanness and vulgarity. Our cricketer did all this. For so-called ‘moderate and enlightened’ elements there might have been nothing wrong but for a society having a deep respect for moral values must not have digested it so easily.

Indian media’s hue and cry over the matter is not because of extra marital relations between the cricketer and his previous or new choice of the girls. Their supreme court has very recently given its verdict about the pre-marital sexual relation as not be objectionable. Actually Sania Mirza is the pride of India as the world fame tennis star. Psychologically they are under impression that her marriage with Shoaib Malik is a Pakistani victory over India. Shoaib’s scandalous behaviour of keeping secret and according to her claims having wedlock with another Indian woman is also a matter of different perspective for the Indians.

But here in our country, illicit practice of having sexual relations with the women, may they be the Indians or of any other nationality must have been publicly reproached. Beating the drums with pleasure on the matter has indicated some very important dimensions. It has made our moral hollowness clear and given an indication that our society has lost its sensitivity about its lofty moral values of modesty and sense of honour. It is now evident that we are completely under sway of the ‘global culture.’ The powers holding the political and economic reins of the most of the world countries, having militarily upper hand over the entire world are now culturally predominant and we are almost after them to follow their cultural traits.

Very interestingly, the media have removed the cover of the gutter and the moral filth is spreading all around us but our religious parties immensely sunk in the politics and our religious scholars running big religious seminaries are tight lipped on the matter. No voice of disapproval has been raised so far and none of our leaders has shown any concern on to what extent morally we have lowered ourselves. Is the cricketer a hero of too high level to be condemned for his immoral activities?

Our foreign minister, when asked about his flirty poses of joining head with the American secretary of the state, Hillary Clinton in his recent visit to America, said: “ For the national interests the heads have to be joined.” Will we count all the vulgar activities of our players, showbiz persons, media men and politicians our national interest? Are we morally taking last breath now and our sensibility is meeting its death? The nations first go at the cultural and moral loss and then lose their identity. Are we not suffering this loss now and will it not end on our identity as a nation?