As for my Pakistani Muslim friends who accuse me of betraying my heritage and being blindly obsequious to Western imperialism, I say only this: Islam is an Arab religion. Consider that you are a person of South Asian heritage who: • follows an Arab religion; • reads and reveres an Arabic holy book; • prays in Arabic; • greets others in Arabic; • reveres and emulates an Arab prophet; and • bows in the direction of Arabia five times a day in prayer.
