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Originally Posted by IbnMardhiyah
Pakistan and Turkey have a very very tight history bro.
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I understand that, bro. I think it's admirable that educated Turks are coming to Pakistan to help educate their fellow Muslim brothers and sisters. I'm just wondering if these schools have taken into account there is quite a different culture in the two countries, and whether they've applied this in the way they approach their curriculum.
Some similarities between the two is that both are:
*Muslim countries
*Some similarities between language
*Nationalistic populations
*strong Ottoman influence in the Indian subcontinent
Some differences are that:
*Turkey is very secular, Pakistan is not
*Turkey is more Europe looking, Pakistan is firmly an Eastern country (whether that be Asia-Pacific, the Indian subcontinent, or the Middle East)
*From my cursory view, Pakistan is a much more conservative society than Turkey, and this is reflected in the way they practice their Islam, as well as the effects on wider society and culture as a whole.
I think there needs to be an appreciation of these differences and similarities, and an appropriate application of schools in light of these, rather than just importing Turkish ideas, that work in a Turkish context straight into Pakistan.