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| Making sense of the Kashmir Conflict |
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| asalkuur |
| 06/28/03 at 00:51:08 |
| Salaams http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/south_asia/03/kashmir_future/html/default.stm This was a decent analysis of the Kashmir issue and the possible options out there. Good read for those of us who don't really understand the Kashmir conflict all too well. All these technical details are good for understanding the politics, but I wish someone could make non-Kashmiris understand the situation as being more than really just a cat fight between India and Pakistan. I wish they could forget all the politics and present the more human picture to describe what Kashmiris are going thru. Kashmir has been thrown into the dark ages because of the unrest since 1989. There is really nothing left there for any human being to live for. It is sad to see so many of my young cousins and other students have been driven to let their minds and souls atrophy with time. Kashmiris have had their patience tested way too far. They have become immune to the violence and have become used to the emptiness that fills their lives. I get so frightened and disheartened to see so much potential go to waste. I pray that a Allah gives the people in those high offices some sense and feeling of humanity to help end this vicious cycle of violence soon and give Kashmiris a break for a change. I hope all of you pray the same. JazakaAllah asalkuur |
| Re: Making sense of the Kashmir Conflict |
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| Nomi |
| 06/28/03 at 17:36:49 |
| [slm]8br> Ameen to your prayers, i would like to add a comment that a couple of gr8 scholars around me passed. Pakistan and India should find a peaceful solution to this problem, its basis should be give and take. There is a dire need for both countries to befriend with each other, at the moment Hindus see a Muslim country as their biggest enemy which is quite an anit-dawah. If many hindus can turn communists (wrong way of life) after being impressed by USSR then why wont they be attracted towards islaam for its the only true religion and a way of life. Only barrier is that they see us as enemies!! |
| 06/28/03 at 17:40:29 |
| Nomi |
| Re: Making sense of the Kashmir Conflict |
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| lucid9 |
| 06/29/03 at 09:22:26 |
| [slm] Brother Asim: That is quite an impressive statement. In my experience, most of the people who actually live in Pakistan have a very egotistical and adversarial attitude toward India like -- "Pakistan will give India a kick in her teeth," or "We Pakistanis will teach those kuffar a lesson." Such statements are pure nationalism shrouded in the robes of religion. When muslims reacall that the duty of muslims is to proclaim the message, and not necessarily to rule the world, then southeast Asian muslims may finally be successful. Why do I say the they have been a failure? Because, they have been oblivious to duty to perform dawah, and have fragmented the muslim peoples there. There are 300 million Dalits in India. But muslim scholars and leaders have either been too disorganized or too lazy to preach to these Dalits. Had they done so millions of Dalits would likely have become muslim, and we would not have this incredibly building threat of Hindutva against Muslims in Asia. And the prototype case for dividing the muslims is the East-West Pakistan split, and the subsequent massacre/rape of hundreds of thousands of muslims in EastPakistan. How sad, how depressing. :( |
| Re: Making sense of the Kashmir Conflict |
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| muahmed |
| 06/29/03 at 15:13:15 |
| [slm] ;-) I was reading bbc and this news is not that old. Some Indian states banned religious conversions because a lot of dalits were converting to Christianity, Islam and Buddhism (because these religions don't have a caste system). When the governent is so against other religions, it makes the job so much harder! I believe the Kashmir issue can only be solved if the Indian goverment is very secular and non-religious. The current government seems to be right-wing Hindu type and sees Islam and Muslims as a threat. |
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