While Americans honored Memorial Day across the country, a very different kind of event took place in the heart of Texas. In Dallas, a large gathering of Pakistani Muslims, joined by the Consul General of Pakistan in Houston, openly celebrated Yum-e-Takbeer and Yum-e-Tushakur — commemorative events rooted not in faith or peace but in nuclear supremacy and Islamic ideological triumph.
Organized by the Pakistan Society of North Texas, the event drew a crowd of Pakistani-American citizens who came to celebrate what they described as a moment of national and religious pride. But this was no harmless cultural gathering. At the center of the celebration were two controversial milestones:
What Are They Celebrating?
Yum-e-Takbeer
Observed every year on May 28, Yum-e-Takbeer marks the day in 1998 when Pakistan became the first and only declared Muslim nuclear power by conducting a series of nuclear tests in the Balochistan desert. Far from being a somber occasion, the holiday is hailed in Pakistan as a day of Islamic strength, national defense, and victory over non-Muslim enemies—most notably India.
Pakistani politicians and media routinely refer to these weapons as the “Islamic Bomb” and claim the tests were not just a national achievement but a gift to the entire Muslim Ummah. Religious rhetoric is infused into every aspect of the celebration, with cries of “Allahu Akbar” and boasts of military might echoing in nationalist speeches.
In fact, the man known as the father of Pakistan’s nuclear program, Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, was honored in many militant Islamic circles as a hero of the faith, despite later being accused of selling nuclear secrets to North Korea, Iran, and Libya.
Yum-e-Tushakur
Often proclaimed alongside Yum-e-Takbeer, Yum-e-Tushakur (the “Day of Gratitude”) is less formal, but carries deeply religious overtones. It is a day to thank Allah for the perceived “victory” — not just military or political, but ideological. In the context of 1998, it meant celebrating the emergence of Pakistan as a Muslim nuclear power capable of standing toe-to-toe with non-Muslim nations.
In recent years, Islamic supremacists have used Yum-e-Tushakur to declare gratitude to Allah for events such as:
- Islamic victories in Pakistan’s courts or legislature
- Surviving foreign pressure on their nuclear program
- Symbolic wins over the West, India, Israel, or other “infidel” nations
This year in Dallas, the same formula was followed: Islamic prayers, expressions of victory, and declarations of pride in a nuclear arsenal built to defend Islam.
But it didn’t stop there.
The controversial Consul General of Pakistan in Houston, Muhammad Aftab Chaudhry, praised Pakistan’s recent military retaliation against India — framing it as a national triumph and portraying Pakistan as the aggrieved party.
“Pakistan is fully capable of defending itself. Pakistan will give a full response to any attack on its territory.”
That’s not just rhetoric; that’s a foreign state actor, representing a nuclear-armed Islamic republic, using American soil to justify a military response triggered by a terrorist massacre. The fact that a Pakistani diplomat delivered these remarks publicly in Texas, without consequence, should shock every American.
India had just launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, 2025, in direct response to the Pahalgam massacre, where 27 Hindu tourists, including children, newlyweds, and entire families, were stripped, forced to recite Islamic prayers, and executed for refusing to convert. It was one of the worst religiously motivated mass killings in recent memory.
India’s retaliatory strikes were anything but random. They targeted hardened jihadist camps operated by Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Hizbul Mujahideen, all groups openly backed by Pakistan’s ISI. A nation genuinely committed to peace would have welcomed the dismantling of these terrorist factories. Instead, Pakistan responded with outrage, because these groups aren’t outliers. They are strategic assets in Pakistan’s long-running proxy war.
Yet in Dallas, at the Yum-e-Takbeer and Yum-e-Tushakur event, held just weeks after the massacre, the Pakistani-American speakers flipped the narrative entirely. Not a word was spoken about the Hindu victims in Pahalgam. Instead, one speaker claimed India had attacked “mosques, women, and children.”
It wasn’t just misleading, it was calculated disinformation. A propaganda campaign designed to whitewash jihadist butchery and portray the perpetrators as martyrs.
Why It’s a Problem — Especially in America
The Dallas celebration was not an event marking cultural heritage or peaceful coexistence. It was an ideological demonstration — a celebration of foreign militarism, nuclear intimidation, and Islamic triumphalism. And it happened on American soil, in a patriotic, conservative state where many residents serve in the military and hold deeply held views about national loyalty.
This is not an isolated incident. Across the U.S., diaspora communities from countries like Pakistan are increasingly celebrating foreign nationalist milestones — often wrapped in Islamic symbolism and anti-Western undertones. In this case, participants weren’t just honoring their roots. They were glorifying the day their country achieved nuclear capability — with clear religious messaging that paints that arsenal as a weapon in defense of Islam.
One Pakistani official at the event stated:
“Wherever you are — in Dallas, in any area of America… we will strengthen [Pakistan].”
Or as one speaker put it even more bluntly: “Even 200 years from now, your children will still be called the Pakistani region.”
This isn’t cultural pride, it’s a declaration of permanent foreign allegiance, embedded across generations.
The Double Standard
Imagine if Russian-Americans in Texas publicly celebrated the day Putin’s regime invaded Crimea — or if Chinese nationals thanked the CCP for building hypersonic missiles aimed at American aircraft carriers. The outcry would be deafening.
But when Pakistani Muslims gather to celebrate what is openly referred to as “the Islamic Bomb”, we’re told it’s a harmless cultural expression.
It’s not.
It’s a dangerous ideological message: We’re here, we’re strong, and we bring our victories with us.
Who Is Behind It?
The Pakistan Society of North Texas (PSNT) presents itself as a cultural and civic nonprofit, but its events often mirror official Pakistani state narratives. During this gathering, community leaders and a Pakistani government diplomat praised Pakistan’s military, invoked nationalistic themes, and glorified the nation’s ability to “defend itself”—a veiled reference to its nuclear arsenal.
One speaker framed the recent standoff with India as a moment of gratitude — thanking President Trump for intervening diplomatically to stop India’s counterattack — a move that played directly into Pakistan’s victimhood narrative. He claimed Indian missiles struck “mosques, women, and children,” while praising Pakistan’s retaliation as righteous and heroic.
This rhetoric closely tracks with Pakistan’s long-standing policy of using nuclear weapons as both a deterrent and a symbol of Islamic unity and resistance against perceived enemies, including India, the West, and Israel.
The Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in Houston added:
“Even after 200 years, your children will be called the Pakistani region… We are all Pakistanis.”
This wasn’t an expression of diaspora pride; that’s a blueprint for colonizing identity on American soil.
In past years, Pakistani government representatives and Islamic-leaning clerics have attended such events in the U.S. under the banner of “community cohesion,” while spreading radical nationalist and religious propaganda.
Islamic Bomb, Western Silence
Pakistan’s nuclear program was developed not only as a deterrent against India, but as a symbol of Islamic power. It was branded by leaders in both the military and religious establishment as a unifying weapon for the Muslim world. Today, it remains a point of pride for many Pakistanis, even those who now live in the West.
For persecuted minorities from Pakistan, Hindus, Christians, Ahmadis, and secularists, the Dallas celebration is a chilling reminder of what they fled:
A country where nukes are holy, blasphemy is punishable by death, and dissent is met with mobs.
The Bottom Line
This isn’t just about Dallas. It’s about what we allow to take root in our communities under the guise of “diversity.” Celebrating the Islamic Bomb and thanking Allah for ideological victories over the West, while living under the protection of the U.S. Constitution, is not harmless.
It’s a warning. One we’d better start taking seriously.
