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| 08 Nov 2010, NewAgeIslam.Com |
My dear Sultan Shahin Sahab,
I must congratulate you and Shri Yogi Sikand for highlighting the thoughts of Syed Ali Shah Geelani. The Kashmir leader could cause a huge crisis for the Muslims of India. I am surprised that Arundhatti Roy has failed to see the consequences if Geelani succeeds in his dream of seperating Kashmir from India, and merging it with Pakistan. Syed Geelani does not beleive in secularism and pluralism. But do the Muslims of India have a choice ? A lot of water has flowed down the Jhelum since Nehru promised plebiscite to the people of Kashmir. Tragically all these 63 years India has failed to win over the hearts and minds of the people of Kashmir. Today a huge military presence is essential for keeping Kashmir within India. Further Kashmir is a major road block in India's emergence as a world power, in particular the acceptance by Muslim countries. -- J.S. Bandukwala
Please see: India has a secular system, which we Kashmiris can under no condition accept: Syed Ali Shah Geelani
| Geelani could cause a huge crisis for the Muslims of India: J.S.Bandukwala | |
On Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:54:50 +0530 Juzar Bandukwala wrote: My dear Sultan Shahin Sahab, I must congratulate you and Shri Yogi Sikand for highlighting the thoughts of Syed Ali Shah Geelani. The Kashmir leader could cause a huge crisis for the Muslims of India. I am surprised that Arundhatti Roy has failed to see the consequences if Geelani succeeds in his dream of seperating Kashmir from India, and merging it with Pakistan. Syed Geelani does not beleive in secularism and pluralism. But do the Muslims of India have a choice ? A lot of water has flowed down the Jhelum since Nehru promised plebiscite to the people of Kashmir. Tragically all these 63 years India has failed to win over the hearts and minds of the people of Kashmir. Today a huge military presence is essential for keeping Kashmir within India. Further Kashmir is a major road block in India's emergence as a world power, in particular the acceptance by Muslim countries. Yet to allow plebiscite , with only an option of India and Pakistan, will lead to a seperation of Kashmir from India. The resultant domestic volcano will be disastrous for Indian Muslims. After all Kashmir is the only Muslim majority state in the Indian Union. Once it goes, the RSS will immediately call for giving up secularism, and declaring India as a Hindu state. The turbulence caused maybe as violent as what happened during partition. Indian Muslims will be doubly orphaned, first by Jinnah and now by Geelani. The correct approach is to lower the military presence in Kashmir. The average Kashmiri should not see rifles pointing at him, at every nook and corner in the state. This has created a deep insecurity and fear, resulting in hatred against India. We must use our economic strength to pull the people of Kashmir towards us. It should be much easier when Pakistan is viewed as a failed state. Right now. Every educational institute, whether medical, engineering or management, must have a seperate quota for Kashmir. The Government must urge private business to employ Kashmiri graduates. Within Kashmir we must speed up rail connectivity , and even encourage greater trade across the LOC. Most important, we must send our best administrators to Kashmir. Inshallah in a generation we will have won over the average Kashmiris . Sincerely Yours, J.S.Bandukwala, Vadodara, Gujarat URL: http://www.newageislam.com/NewAgeIslamLetters_1.aspx?ArticleID=3649 |
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