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> From: Asad Iqbal <ac46+@andrew.cmu.edu>
> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1992 20:38:13 GMT
> Subject: MY IDEAS
> Message-ID: <MeuY3Ja00iV1E5i5x=@andrew.cmu.edu>
> Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan

> Hi people

Walaikum HI

> I have been getting a lot of flak from people who don't appreciate my ideas

What are your Ideas anyway?

> but lets see
> If we get our facts straight maybe you'll see things in a better perspective

> Firstly, there are a lot more muslims in India than in our dear old
> Pakistan and they are living as muslims so what does it mean when its
> said that Pakistan was created as a seperate homeland for muslims of the
> subcontinent where they could practice their religon without
> restrictions.

> Secondly, all the money India and Pakistan have spent on defence could
> have been used to fed the millions that sleep at night with an empty
> stomach under a starry blanket. Excuse me but for me a hungry person
> comes first and then a hungry muslim. I wouldn't care if the person I
> help feed is a muslim or a hindu as long as he gets fed. Anyways all
> that money pumped into a joint economy would give you one of the
> strongest economies in the world. I would rather be strong enough to
> feed people than to kill them.

> Third, the sub-continent as a whole would be a force to reckon with and
> would have more of a say in the world.

> There could be a lot more advantages which I might not know

> One more thing why is there a general idea that Muslims and Hindus can't
> live together. Why would you beat up somebody for no reason at all
> except for a difference in religon (unless ofcourse you are a fanatic).
> I think muslim-hindu riots in India are induced due to the tensions in
> the two countries and not due to intolerance for eachothers religon.

> Another particularly irritating problem is the interpretation of secularism
> Why don't some people see it as the freedom to practice any religon rather than
> a limitation on Islam. People come on you are in a different more
> understanding enviornment now you have the option to believe in whatever
> you want and its about time you came out for under the blanket of
> pseudo-fundamentalist ideas you were taught and checked up on what's
> better for you.
> I don't ask you to change your morals but just to look deeper into our
> past and shape our future avoiding past mistakes.


> Take it easy, we are the ones who need to prove the world wrong about
> sterotyping muslims and I think the best way to do is by putting people
> before religon. Maybe you may not agree but think about it for a while,
> isn't it our religon that's been the cause of people trying to get us
> muslims down. Why aren't the Hindu's facing that same problem of being
> sterotyped???
> Maybe we are really carrying the religon bit too far. and maybe that's
> what's stunting our growth.


> My ideas might seem absurd  offensive or impractical but all I ask is
> give it a thought don't just outrightly reject them. Think about it in a
> calm unbiased manner and give it a fair chance, I would be glad to
> recieve healthy criticism but don't be abrasive and send me mail saying
> I'm unpatriotic. Respect my ideas as I would respect yours and if not
> more than atleast be open enough to listen to both sides of an argument
> before deciding.
> If anybody thinks my ideas are too nutty and I should change them ...
> convince me to with good arguments not with senseless e-mail bashing
> that won't work and to make it all the more annoying to people who think
> I'm annoying "I LOVE RESPONDING TO FLAMES" (Remember the dirty rotten
> scoundrel war)

> Waiting for responses
> Asad

What is your point?  What are you trying to say?

Tanwir Syed

agar yeh aap kay khialaat haiN to ALLAH bachaa-e aap kay khialaat say....


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