The masked terrorists
in Kashmir: Pawns in a bigger game.
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Muslim and Hindu peoples of Kashmir have lived in relative harmony and
friendliness since the 13th century when Islam first became the majority
religion in Kashmir. The Sufi-Islamic way of life that ordinary Muslims
followed in Kashmir complemented the rishi tradition of Kashmiri Pandits
(Hindus), leading to a syncretic culture where Hindus and Muslims revered
the same local saints and prayed at the same shrines.
Periodically however, there have been rulers and leaders who have had a narrow view of Islam, and have subjected Hindu minorities to great cruelties and discrimination. The current armed secessionist movement in Kashmir mostly derives its inspiration from these people. |
The masked terrorists
in Kashmir: Pawns in a bigger game.
| A canard is now being spread past few years by the secessionist-terrorists and their sympathizers that in 1990 Kashmiri Pandits left Kashmir willingly, having been "tricked" by then Jammu and Kashmir Governor Jagmohan. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The fact is that Kashmiri Pandits were driven from their homeland after a campaign of intimidation and harassment was launched against them by the military-wing of the secessionists. Kashmiri Pandits were forced from their hearths and homes at the point of gun. The objective of this ethnic cleansing was to create a minority-free Kashmir valley where the goal of Islamization could be easily forced on the ordinary people. The books and articles below will provide you with an in-depth understanding of the genesis of the current political situation in Jammu and Kashmir. |
Terrorist leader
with bodyguards.
| This website aims to
tell the story of Kashmir as it was and what has become of it now. Contrary
to the misinformation currently being propagated, India did not "annex"
Kashmir. At the time of independence in 1947 from British rule 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 largest 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, Sikhs, and secular Muslims. Since 1990, with training and support from Pakistan, the terrorists are engaged in a low- intensity war against India for establishment of a theocratic nation in Jammu and Kashmir. |
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| The well-armed Islamic terrorists in Kashmir. | |
| To further their cause
the secessionists 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 following pages 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. |
The refugee camps
at Jammu.
A Kashmiri Pandit
victim of the Holocaust.
Terrorists at a
hide-out in Kashmir.
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