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Visit new KASHMIR web site: Islamic Terrorism in Paradise!
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Visit our new Websites on Kashmir:
http://webusers.anet-dfw.com/~kashyap/Kashmir.html
http://webusers.anet-dfw.com/~koausa/koa.html
No private e-mail please!
Kashyap Pandit
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Cradled in the lap of majestic mountains of the Himalayas, Kashmir is
the most beautiful place on earth. On visiting the Valley of Kashmir,
Jehangir, the great Indian Mughal emperor, is said to have exclaimed:
"If there is paradise anywhere on earth, it is here, it is here, it is
here."
And, till very, very recent times it was Paradise on Earth, but now the
paradise has been turned into hell.
Kashmir has distinct myth and history, language and literature, art and
architecture, culture and tradition, religion and ritual, although the
blue-print of its history and civilization remains same as that of the
Indian sub-continent. In this once happy and peaceful valley and with
the peace-loving, crime-free people of this paradise on earth, Buddhism
reached the zenith of its glory, Hinduism extended its philosophical
frontiers into Shaivism and Shakth, and Islam achieved a new meaning and
practice in Sufism and Rishi cult.
But with the rise of Islamic fundamentalism all over the world, a new
breed of theo-fascist political philosophy accompanied by terrorism,
violence, hatred, and intolerance was pushed into and peddled in the
valley by Pakistan, turning the paradise of yesteryears into the hell
that it is now.
This web site aims at putting up the story of Kashmir that it was and
the one that it has become now. Contrary to what is reported, India did
not annex Kashmir. At the time of independence in 1947 and the
subsequent partition of the country into theocratic Pakistan and secular
India, the Hindu Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir had the option to join,
India, Pakistan, or remain independent. He contemplated the latter
option, but after Pakistan invaded Kashmir hoping to preempt such a
decision, he decided to accede to India. This accession was ratified by
Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah, head of the biggest political party (the
National Conference) representing the Muslim majority of the state. The
Sheikh did so because he felt that the interests of Kashmiri Muslims,
who practice the secular Sufi-Islamic way of life, would be best served
under the protection of the Indian constitution.
The present secessionist drive in Kashmir has its antecedents in the
dissatisfaction of a small and insignificant section of Kashmiris
(mostly political opponents of the Sheikh). However, since about 1985,
this drive has been hijacked by Islamic fundamentalists who have
resorted to terrorist tactics, targeting Hindus and secular Muslims. At
present, they are engaged in a low- intensity war against India for
establishment of a theocratic nation in Jammu and Kashmir.
These terrorists have completed a program of ethnic cleansing, expelling
about 350,000 Kashmiri (Pandits) Hindus - something that has
unfortunately gone largely unreported in the Western press. These
Pandits are at present living as refugees in their own country.
The pages on this site will show you a glimpse of the history, culture,
and the current plight of Kashmiri Pandits. You will understand the
goals of the bigoted religious terrorists in Kashmir whose vision of
Azadi (independence) is to use religious dogma to exclude women,
religious minorities, and secular-minded people from every kind of
freedom in social and political life.
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