The Migration from Khoda to Allah has been Catastrophic (The trauma of Kashmiri Society): Lalit K Kaul
The Migration from Khoda to Allah has been Catastrophic
(The trauma of Kashmiri Society)
Lalit K Kaul
Sri Nazm Sethi, highly respected and
well known political commentator in Pakistan, whom the author follows near religiously,
was recently asked: What is Pakistaniat? His reply betrayed pain and anguish
within him for what Pakistan as a Nation has come to be. He said,” Pakistaniat
that he grew up with is conspicuous by its absence and the extant one did not
augur well for Pakistan” If the author was to be asked about Kashmiriat the
reply wouldn’t be much different.
Negation of Roots:
Pakistan went through a transition
since the then President Zia Ul Haq declared her to be an Islamic State in that
it zealously started negating its thousands of years of cultural, historical
and civilizational connect with the Indian Sub Continent and instead started
locating its roots in the land of Mecca and Medina very assiduously. So, if Sri
Nazm Sethi during his scholarship never witnessed any conflict between
different sects of Islam, he was to have this traumatic experience of inter
sect violence stimulated by Wahabi ideology (Sunni sect) as followed in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. While Mohammed Ali Jinnah had sowed the seeds of
poison between Hindus and Muslims, Zia Ul Haq sowed it within the sects of
Islam, while making that place that much more unsafe for non Muslim minorities;
no wonder forcible conversions post abduction and rape of non Muslim girls
continue unabated till date. What positives did the Pakistan as a Nation
achieve may be a matter of debate, but that the society is devastated is beyond
debate.
The situation within Kashmiri
society is not much different from that in Pak society; is a statement that may
be much to the dislike of the apologists of Kashmiriat, but the reality/truth
of the situation need to be faced squarely. The abduction of Sikh girls their
forced conversion and then Nikah is a script from Pak that was unimaginable/
inconceivable before Kashmir was sought to be converted into an Islamic State
with near 100% Muslim population; post event response of the girls too was similar to their unfortunate counterparts in
Pakistan. The director of the show from across the border scripted a nice
inhuman drama, but then sick minds can’t do better.
In appreciable numbers the Muslims
in Kashmir have been indoctrinated to be intolerant to everyone except Sunnis
and this is no accidental development but instigated and well executed by the
philosophy that for every Momeen, the roots are in the Land of Mecca and
Medina. So, how could they be a part of that Kafir Land “India”? As far back as
1920/22 the first Education Minister of India, Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, had
publicly stated that India is not a pious place for Muslims and hence they must
perform “Hizr” to Afghanistan! He was the ideologue and is known to have
written a book on it. His name suggests that he was madrasa educated and
influenced by it. For historical reasons, the Kashmiri Muslims had remained
free from this poison, but the Devil took command in due time.
So, the first targets were to be the
Pandits as they were the biggest minority in Kashmir. What the “Hum Kya Chahtae
Azadi” leaders accomplished was a one huge step (leap) towards realization of Islamic
Kashmir and that was de facto Azadi. As their luck would have it the Home Minister
of India was a well known poison spewing communal being- Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
and who played a very subversive role in the political dynamics of Kashmir.
Having accomplished 95 % forced exodus of Pandits, over the years the Momeens
slaughtered many of those families who had been spared in 1990. The brilliant posture
of the Kashmiri Muslims, post act of genocide and mayhem, was to be in the
denial mode and lay the blame for the exodus at the feet of the Pandits and all
the more brilliantly transferred this blame onto their generations next!! That
religious fanaticism blinds reason, was proved beyond a pale of doubt, as the
Momeens forgot a basic truth of human life: evolution upwards and that nobody would
give up his/her comforts to voluntary opt for a Slum dwellers life sustained by
the doles from the government. By Momeens I mean those who planned this onslaught
under ‘Operation Topac’ and executed it to the perfection and their followers because
they remain convinced that on the Day of Judgement 72 Hoors stand booked for
them in the Jannat and that they would be received by Rasool!!
Sikhs too became target in some
places and the other sects within Islam are not sure of their next
morning/evening insofar as the author’s information goes; the denials
notwithstanding.
The situation is that the Pandits
are on the verge of being extinct species insofar as Kashmir is concerned and
the miniscule numbers staying in the Valley are not sure when and how they
would be sent packing from Kashmir. The noises made about Kashmiriat,
notwithstanding.
From Khoda to Allah is to be from India
to Mecca and therefore Rootless:
“Ha Khodaayo Rahem” & “Pushrao
soroiy Khodayes” when translated in to English mean: O God have mercy &
Leave all to God. In Kashmiri language Khoda means God. For Parsis it is Khuda
and for Arabs it is Allah. How many Momeens know how the word Allah evolved, should
be an interesting exercise to do. How to refer to the Almighty is an integral
part of a society’s culture and civilization. Language defines a culture and
also civilizational aspects of a Race and therefore ethnicity. Religion does
not define all this. For example, in Kashmir we have had predominantly Hinduism,
Buddhism and Islam over the centuries of evolution of Kashmiri society. Between
a Kashmiri Muslim and a Pandit the only differentiating factor is their ways of
worshiping the Creator; their culture is same; they belong to same civilization
and they belong to same Race. What differentiate Kashmiris from other
communities are not their religion, but language and culture and therefore to
define a Race, a culture and a civilization solely based on religion is an
irrational act of astronomical order. While religious affiliations can be
transitory the cultural and linguistic identities remain immutable.
Like Afghans, the transition from being
100% Hindu to predominantly Buddhist to 100% Muslim does not change their race,
ethnicity, language and genes. That the Afghans were never subjugated has
nothing to do with a religion it is in their genes that define their Race. As
Buddhists they fought Islamic incursions and attacks for nearly 200 years, as I
read it.
From Khoda Hafiz to Allah Hafiz does
not make Kashmiri Muslim an Arab; but only traumatizes the society.
While every individual/community/Race
may have this right to a specific political affiliation that may be anti the
country of their birth and domicile, yet the roots cannot be disowned. Kashmiri
Muslim can’t be a Pashtun or a Punjabi Muslim a Jat or a Sindhi; he remains a Kashmiri.
The Arabs call Muslims of Indian Sub Continent as Hindi Musalmaans thereby
emphasizing on the roots. It is amazing that some Kashmiri names have come to
have Arab descent!
Lessons to learn:
All should fight their own battles
and not as planned, programmed and executed by others because by fighting
others’ battles, the fighters remain only pawns forever. The Momeens fought the
war for Pakistan (Pak – Sathan: Pious Place!!) against the Kafirs land and
traumatized their own society.
Always be proud of Roots because
that accords not only respectability but also an immutable, non erasable
identity in the world of humans.
Humans are not one dimensional being
and therefore religion is only one of the many dimensions of human life and may
be transitory.
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