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2008-12-23 India-Pakistan

India wants Pakistan action, not "war hysteria" says PM Singh

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Posted by john frum 2008-12-23 11:34|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 The Pakistani journalist Ayaz Amir on
What, then, was partition all about?
So what was the compelling reason for the Muslims to insist on a separate homeland especially when there was no going around the uncomfortable fact that, no matter how generously the frontiers of the new state were drawn, an uncomfortably large number of Muslims would remain in India?

The purpose of Pakistan, transcending anything to do with safeguarding Islam or promoting democracy, was to create conditions for the Muslims of India, or those who found themselves in the new state, to recreate the days of their lost glory.

Posted by john frum 2008-12-23 14:53|| 2008-12-23 14:53|| Front Page Top

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