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By Syed Atiq ul Hassan, published 14/7/2006India and Pakistan should be encouraged to come together for bilateral talks on the issue of Kashmir.
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can you show me where I 'abused Muslims' ? I freely concede that I will scrutinize Islam as a faith, but can you show me any place where I have not given accurate information ? Feel free.
Irf.... thanx for expanding my appreciation of the use of the term "Syed". Your added input is always appreciated.
The dictionary I consulted gave only 2 definitions. But the author is a Pakistani Muslim, (?)and only those 2 definitions will apply to him.
a) Descendant of the prophet
b) Male Dignitary.
Kashmir.
If the Muslims lived happily under a Hindu Rajah ... can you explain why they are now unhappy ? Does it have anything to do with the following:
-Realignment of borders into Pakistan, Bangladesh and India
-Hindu Oppression in recent times.
-Radicalization of Islam in many parts of the world.
-All of the above.
Here is a comment on the 2 positions
http://www.chowk.com/show_article.cgi?aid=00002176&channel=civic%20center
Indians believe that they are entitled to the entire Jammu and Kashmir, including the parts now controlled by Pakistan and any agreement to accept the status quo should be considered as a major compromise; to Pakistan this is merely the starting point at the negotiating table. Its maximalist position is the plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir to determine whether the state will go to India or Pakistan and it believes that the consideration of any third option is a substantial climb-down on its part