InFocus-Kashmir Violence-01-02-2011-(Part3)

[LaliSJamwal]

The Vedas were written in Kashmir and close by areas. This is the original home of the Aryans.

[Anotherkashmiri]

@pythonjibraltar

I support Shiv Sena. They fight for the rights of maharashtrians in their motherland. And if they are so bad, then why is it that they don't give us Kashmiri pandits a tough time in Maharashtra?

These illiterate Migrant workers need to learn basic manners and hygiene...And hinduism is NOT one. We Kashmiris follow a confluence of vedic thought+Buddhism+Zoroastrianis­m+Sufism. Most Hindus don't even follow the Vedas, though they are quick to call themselves as Vedic followers.

[Anotherkashmiri]

@pythonjibraltar

Man, i don't know what u are talking abt. The Shiv Sena in maharasthra is fighting against North Indian migrants (who btw, are also hated in Punjab, Bengal, and all the States in the South). These North Indians will destroy my kashmir. I hate these pakis even more. Stop saying Hinduism as one religion....it is NOT and never has been one. It depends on which religion under the umbrella misnomer of hinduism u are talking abt....Not all were peaceful btw, though we Kashmiris were.

[Anotherkashmiri]

@pythonjibraltar

"importing hindu migrant"- God forbid. These illiterate villagers will destroy kashmir almost as much as these Pakis have....Now, Kashmir issue will die out as soon as Pakiland gets divided up...which it surely will. Witness how many Separatists are speaking in Urdu-Purdu and not even in Kashmiri...that is because they are all following instructions by their Paki taskmasters. As soon as Pakiland get divided up, so will the influx of Arab/Paki propaganda.

[Anotherkashmiri]

@pythonjibraltar

Look man, i hate these migrants (esp these North Indian ones) almost as much as I hate these Pakis. They will destroy my kashmir. Kashmir is for Kashmiris, but within India...period.

[Anotherkashmiri]

@pythonjibraltar

Vedas were not written u fool, but COMPILED and that too over 5000 yrs (not just a mere 3000 yrs ago) ago in Peshawar region. Hinduism has and is not 1 belief. That is a fact. Hinduism has also gone thru a terrible phase (Brahmanism), though yes it was never spread forceably.

[Anotherkashmiri]

@pythonjibraltar

If people volunteer to convert, that is their choice and has nothing to do with what u or I think. I also wish that u people wud make a concerted effort to learn abt Hinduism- it is NOT 1 religion and has never been 1. Hinduism is an UMBRELLA term for hundreds of DIFF belief systems- It is a name given to us by MUSLIM invaders and it mean Non-Believers who lived to the East of River Hind. Hindu neither denoted one ethnicity, nor one culture and more importantly, nor 1 religion

[Anotherkashmiri]

@pythonjibraltar

I am a Kashmiri Pandit. I don't need u to teach me about my own history. Yes, many Pandits fled...but an even larger number were converted. There is a smaller number of Pandit who volunteered to convert in early 20th century. Either way, majority of conversions happened during Aurangzeb- and these converts still maintain their Pandit surnames like Bhat, Reshi, kaul, Dar and yes, even "Pandit." Those who converted prior to that, now have more Muslim sounding surnames.

[Anotherkashmiri]

@pythonjibraltar

You don't know what u are talking about. Majority of Kashmiri Sunnis are Pandits who converted (and to be honest, not all were forcibly converted, though most were). Shias MAY have been already Muslims when they settled in Kashmir but they are 15% of Kashmiri Muslims. We Kashmiris are amongst the original Indo-Aryan migrants and 1st settlers of Kashmir. We are descendents of Saraswat Brahmins and we have named our motherland after our Saraswat Brahmin ancestor- Kashyap Reshi

[usk94]

@pythonjibraltar how does it show tht islam is nt a peacefull religion ! i mean wht happened back then ws unfortunate n shouldnt hv happened ! bt dint islam exist b4 de migration? dint they live peacefully wid muslims b4 de migration! thn y is it tht u call islam NOT PEACEFUL

wht i want 2 say is tht its all political propaganda !

n 2 remind ,muslims r de major victims of dis conflict ! de no. of ppl killed, raped r far more than de pandits!

[faheemalikhanshafi]

Great Job Shahana!!!!!!