India, Pakistan should cooperate

India, Pakistan should cooperate
| Tue, 05/31/2011 10:29 PM
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/05/31/letter-india-pakistan-should-cooperate.html
(This is a response to my letter of 27th May 2011)

This is in response to a letter by K.B. Kale, titled “India, Pakistan have to bury hatchet” published in The Jakarta Post on May 27.
What you mention about India and Pakistan working together is so true. I am from Lahore and have traveled to New Delhi from Lahore a few times.
I have also traveled to China from North Pakistan and to tell you the truth I feel so sad because of this political problem between Pakistan and India.
When I am in India I see no difference between the two countries.
In Lahore, there is a deep culture of Sikhs and Hindus, which you can see and that is so amazing and beautiful because it gives color to city like Lahore.
As a Pakistani I feel the same as Indians, as a matter of fact, I even tell others that Pakistanis are Hindustanis because we are from the same culture and need each other to be complete.
I also feel the pain of people who have had to leave this side of Pakistan and have had to travel to the Indian side in 1947. It must have been so devastating for them with all the things they had achieved on this side and done, their birthplaces and the streets they grew up with.
They should be welcome to return to rebuild relationships with these places where they grew up and they should share their stories so this side can see them as who they are.
I truly believe it is time for us to move on and Pakistanis are waiting for the right leader to step up and move the country in the right direction.
The relations with India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, China and Iran are all very important for us all because we are not very different and look at the other aspect: business.
If these countries would collaborate (which will happen eventually) and work together we would develop amazing business. And think of the manpower we would have.
Can you imagine that? So thanks for your letter and I am sure now Pakistanis and Indians are moving forward and things will happen, Inshallah.
I am waiting for the day when we all will be able to travel freely from Thailand to China through India and Pakistan, hassle-free, and I am sure that day is coming soon.
Javed Nisar, Jakarta
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A Farmer XY, Multan / Pakistan | Wed, 01/06/2011 - 03:06am

Dear K.B. Kale: There is an urgent need of massive reforms in Islam. 2/3 of Koran is really useless. The famous poet & and philosopher of Pakistan felt the need for reforms in Islam some 85 years ago. His name was Sir Mohammad Iqbal. He studied in England and Germany. The Koran is comparable to fuming hot concentrated Sulphuric Acid for the Muslim minds, but they would need another 200 years to understand me. In my village I am known as a mad man, but they have not reported to the Police for my different thinking. Islam needs a Martin Luther. Please come to Pakistan and distribute the Bibles for the comfort of the poor souls. Some parts of Pakistan are running in a reverse gear. There is something wrong with Koran or its Interpretations, known as Sharia. The Koran contradicts or denies all important dogmas of the Christianity. (I possess a Bible as a PDF-File downloaded from the Internet). Is it possible that the Koran itself is a Satan´s most excellent and effective invention for leading men astray?
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Sorry for my poor English. I am only a farmer.
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K B Kale, Jakarta (now travelling) | Tue, 31/05/2011 - 20:05pm

My God, Mr Shaikh! You use very harsh words!
I hope Pakistan doesn't follow this path & a genuine democracy continues to flourish there.
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muradali_shaikh, U.K. | Tue, 31/05/2011 - 18:05pm

Spotlights From Imam Badi Ali
Jamaat al-Muslimeen Shoora, North Carolina
1. All the Muslim regimes are acting as security companies for the West. They serve only the interest of their masters, and not of their people.
2. True leaders are the servants of their nations, but most of the leaders of the Arab and Muslim countries are servants of Shaitan and enemies of Islam and the Ummah.
3. A country is like a ship. Everyone is responsible for his own part—except in the case of the Muslim world, it is like a slave ship.
4. Good leaders do not govern by hitting their people over the heads, or abusing and demoralizing them. That is not leadership, and not government. That is an assault. And that is what’s happening in the Muslim world.
5. Most of the leaders of the Arab and Muslim world are leaders by default, or because they cheated and stole government and authority from their people, with the help of the Shaitan and the enemies of the Ummah.

6. Most Muslim and Arab leaders treat the people of their countries like personal property or like an inheritance. They behave as if they inherited a grocery store, and the people are part of their inventory, in need of management. You manage inventory, but you have to lead people.
7. A question to think about: What jobs do you, the reader, think the Arab and Muslim leaders can do? Can you trust them with these jobs? I wouldn’t trust Mahmoud Abbas even to run a restaurant for me. I wouldn’t trust him as cashier. Or King Abdullah of Jordan. What could he do, besides drinking and being photographed at his exploits? I would not trust these Arab leaders to keep a flock of sheep for me. They will steal the sheep. Or they may even feed them to the wolves themselves.